[This app does not have ANYTHING to do with Rej or SingleCellSoftware, I am Teoti Graphix, LLC that has released it, I use Rej's Caustic Core for the Audio Engine)
I have released the Lil Drum Machine on Google Play.
The Full version is $4.99 and the Demo is free with no export and save. Thanks to all those that tested, I am finishing up the promo video right now but just had to get it out of my head.
EDIT : Anybody that does want to purchase the release version that beta tested, you will need to uninstall your RC version you got from me.
Now on to more apps. 
DEMO Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teotigraphix.lildrumma...
FULL Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teotigraphix.lildrumma...
Main Features
- Create new projects using one of 12 existing kits.
- Load / Share existing projects.
- Export Selected pattern as wav, ogg or mid loops.
- Export all pattern loops to a Caustic App .pcmsynth Preset format. All loops are exported as wav files and mapped for loading into a Caustic PCMSynth as Caustic's native .pcmsynth preset format.
- Application settings for performance, UI scale and application defaults.
- Help link to online documentation, the app also installs local documentation in the Help directory.
- Master mix volume.
- Display for current project, pattern and pattern time.
- Play / Stop the pattern sequencer.
- Master and 12 channel VU metering.
- Tempo beats per minute 20bpm to 200bpm.
- Master effects editor, 2 insert effects and EQ on master channel.
Pattern/Sequencer
- Pattern lengths of 1, 2, 4 and 8 measures.
- Pattern custom color and name (custom pattern name used in loop and pcmsynth exports).
- Pattern Swing, 1/8th and 16ths grid types.
- Pattern Follow through each measure during play.
- Choose between 16 unique patterns with varying measure length.
- Choose current pattern view / edit position when not in pattern follow mode.
- Copy / Paste all channel content.
- Copy / Paste all selected channel content.
- Double selected pattern content.
- Clear All Channels pattern content.
- Clear Selected Channels pattern content.
- Sequence 16th notes in a classic step sequencer.
- Adjust each note velocity with sliders.
- Show / Hide Position, Pattern, Velocity and StepSequencer with right drawer toggle buttons.
Channel Features
- Load an external wav sample for each channel.
- Adjust Amp Level, Tune, Decay.
- Adjust Efx Pan, Delay, Reverb sends.
- Adjust EQ High, Mid Bass range frequencies.
- Adjust Filter to None, LowPass, BandPass, HighPass
- Adjust Filter Cutoff and Resonance.
- Add 2 Effect inserts per channel. Choose Compressor, MultiFilter, Delay, Reverb, Distortion, Bitcrusher, Flanger, Static Flanger, Comb Filter, Chorus, Phaser, Auto Pan effects.
Drum Kits
- The Lil Drum Machine includes 12 classic and unique drum kits/percussion banks to get you started sequencing drum beats.
- All 144 wav samples are included so you can mix and match sounds if you do not have external wav samples already installed on your device. The samples are installed the Samples directory at application install time.
When exporting wav or ogg audio loops, the options exist to wrap the loop tail to beginning, cut the loop tail or detect full loop silence that contains all release effect tails. Exported audio exports to /root/LilDrumMachine/Exports on the device.
Keywords: Drum Machine, Caustic, PCMSynth, Sequencer, Beatbox, wav, ogg, mid, Caustic Kits
I dont know if i realy use it that much, but just to support your work and help you getting your business going on ill purchase it
@horst Thanks, yeah this app is really geared towards non Caustic users, younger/new to music users but I appreciate the support.
Caustic Remix and Guide should be interesting to you, maybe not Remix if you are not into clip launchers but Guide is pretty powerful for caustic Users.
I never used any sort of clip launcher software so i dont know if it makes fun to me,maybe i give it a try when its out
I've bought it - I'll probably use it sparingly but heartily approve of the concept.
Now if Mike finds a way where Lildrum can be accessed from within the same framework as Caustic's synths and sequencer I'll be in heaven.
I'm thinking that Mike is maybe working on things by building and releasing discrete apps that ultimately could all be combined into a new GUI / workflow.
https://soundcloud.com/james-muir
https://www.facebook.com/james.muir.77
> Now if Mike finds a way where Lildrum can be accessed from within the same framework as Caustic's synths and sequencer I'll be in heaven.
What do you exactly mean by this? Do you mean that my stuff(e.g. UI) could be loaded into Caustic itself? If that is the case, that just can't happen, it's apples and oranges.
There is a boundary that Rej and I just can think of a way to get past. Caustic Guide is the closet I have to breaking that boundary of my apps and Caustic's sequencers. I can load anything straight into a .caustic file notes, automation, synth properties, effects etc. But, there is no way I can get "inside" caustic. Rej and I thought about some type of messaging between my apps and a running caustic song but we deemed the security to be too great.
Anyway, I can't nor want to compete with Rej and what he has created, all my stuff is like satellites around the planet beaming in information with different interfaces and abilities.
No, I didn't mean that Lildrum would be able to be loaded into the Caustic DAW (although that would be awesome).
What I meant was that if you continue to build standalone apps using the Caustic Core that focus on specific things, what's the chance that you can then combine these apps together and wrap them in new UI...although ultimately, I guess that would become an alternative to Caustic which is probably not where you're planning to go
https://soundcloud.com/james-muir
https://www.facebook.com/james.muir.77
Yes, I get where you are coming from, but in the end I am limited to 14 machines so if I make crazy things like the LilDrum, I have to integrate it in other ways, this time it's resampling to pcmsynth loop presets.
I can also with this app, export to 2 beatbox presets, resample the channels to the beatboxes and save the note data to a LibraryGroup. Caustic Guide can then load that Group into any .caustic file you want or new ones.
My GrooveStudio will directly translate into a .caustic file, keep an eye out for that one. :) This is a full on groovebox step sequencer with piano roll behind the scenes.
Congratulations again Mike! I can kinda get why you're calling this more of a toy than a tool, but at the same time, with all of the sound shaping control you have over each sample and the ability to import samples and export wavs and midi, I gotta wonder why it couldnt be used in pro audio production. I guess mainly because you can only use it seperately from whatever song you might be trying to build?
Even so I can still see a lot of potential if you wanted to build on this....especially if you master wav editing...but thats for another day.
Also, were you planning on creating public forums for your apps either here or on your site or would this be it right here?
Congrats, sir. You are finally off the Start Line and on your way to seriously expanding your work, and making your presence better known, as what I beleive to be, a strong player in this field, as Rej did as his apps evolved a few years back.
Well done.
@Afx Well I call it a tool but advertising wise, I have been moderating this forum for 5 years and have heard it all about how Caustic has to have everything, so it's a toy. ;-)
Pro audio... of course, I will use it for base rhythms in my tracks, bring it into Ableton/Bitwig chop and timestretch.
A forum? haha we will see but right now, unless I get 100's of users it's not a concern of mine, a lot of apps don't have forums, just their support email, which I do have up there.
@Jason Thanks, yeah sometimes I look back and see all the time I spent "dreaming" and wonder if it's going to be worth it. Thanks for the video of the N9, I am going to check a couple places to see if there are any known issues. What is od is the screen IS animating, just not the vus untill you touch!
Yeah, I just don't know what the "trigger point" is that causes this to happen. If I figure that one out, I will certainly pass that bit of trivia on to you...
Jason, the only thing I can think of is the ONE place in the app I use masks is the VU meters. I mask the foreground with the less sum of the VU value.
I am pretty sure this is a mask issue and I am going to change it. One of the previous implementations I had was instead of a mask, I used a skin of the actual vu background color to "mask" it.
I am going to add this change and put up a new apk on my site's beta forum. I know you don't have a lot of time but, when I get that new version up I will send you a link to the apk.
I apologize if this is an inappropriate inquiry.... But I can't help but be curious in relation to your (Mike ) "unless I get 100's of users" comment. I.e. If you are anticipating less than 1,000 users than that caps your return at $5,000 (selling a $5 app). I believe on another thread about skinning you said "there is no money in that." So I am curious as to your thought process with regards to the capacity to monetize projects / ideas, and how you prioritize developing them. I have only dabbled in programming, but generally speaking with regards to independent creative work, I feel like I have often gotten stuck investing time in projects that I have made no money off of either because I was obsessed with seeing the intentions come to fruition, and or I had rock star like delusions of future grandeur.
> If you are anticipating less than 1,000 users than that caps your return at $5,000 (selling a $5 app).
What I meant was within this month or two. I have 4 more apps I am working on right now, so putting up a forum isn't a priority. I have been doing web dev since 2000 and know that forums are the most "ethereal" feature of a product. I'm not looking at creating a community right now is really what I mean, support email is standard with a lot of apps.
This forum was my idea 5 years ago, Rej was satisfied with email and his blogspot account.
I am pretty sure that over a year or so, the demo version will get quite a few downloads, which could lead to sales.
My comment about skins, there is no return on investment. I wouldn't be spending all this time if I didn't think there would be ROI with the apps I am creating. ( I do other things than just android dev ).
EDIT : Truthfully, I already have a working forum on my site(which you know), it's just setting it up for public account registers and the 10,000 spam bots that are going to want to create fake users that I don't have time for.
Sorry, I didn't convey correctly.... I wasn't so much trying to ask about forums and skins specifically, but rather asking for the general mentality / decision making process involved in being a freelance (?) self-employed(?) developer / creative type.
Ah, yeah I just wanted to make it clear I didn't have a passive attitude towards support and success of the apps I release.
As far as freelancing/independent developer, it's about focus and taking pride in what you do. It sounds weird but that is the inner drive a lot of independents have, they see/feel something they believe in and they get it.
I have had plenty of short falls in the last 15 years, things I thought would work etc. It seems like life will keep leading towards what you need to do. Also, it seems closely related to opportunity. Trying to get something at the in opportune time usually fails, but if you keep trying to walk away from something and it comes right back, that is usually a genuine opportunity that is going to succeed.
Then what I said above kicks in, the amount of "pride" focus/drive you put into the opportunity will pretty much directly relate to what you get out of the experience.
Bottom line is, nothing in life is certain, optimism gets you so far, work gets you to the finish line. This has been my mantra with these Caustic Core apps sine I talked to Rej about them in 2011. I have had many obstacles in the last 5 years but finally getting LilDrum up has made me feel like it all going to be worth it.
So I keep on building. :)
all good words, thanks..... I have a friend opening up a music store / music shop / live venue .... And I want to do an "introduction to mobile music production" workshop for free.... Obviously I will refer people to y'all's apps.
@Mike - I hadn't assumed that the Caustic x 14 limit would still apply when playing with Caustic Core, I'd assumed it was more a self imposed one (by Rej) in order to ensure the app could run on as many devices as possible
https://soundcloud.com/james-muir
https://www.facebook.com/james.muir.77
> I hadn't assumed that the Caustic x 14 limit would still apply when playing with Caustic Core
Nope, it applies and I know exactly why. I just have to be creative.
PS Check my site things are starting to roll again.
Got it. Need to read the docs now in order to give my testing some meaning and context.
https://soundcloud.com/james-muir
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Even my 12 yr old figured this one out and made a few beats. This is quick and easy to set up and use. I like the organization UI components without leaving the main console..... FX, EQ, Filtering, Amp etc.... Alot of new people will have fun with this, and help discover CausticCore and the potential for that foundation to go big.
Well done, sir.