====== Xequence 2 MIDI Workstation ====== Xequence 2 is a comprehensive, fast & stable MIDI sequencer, editor, arranger & controller for iPhone & iPad. It is the perfect companion both for hardware and for AUM & AB3 to create a modular, "DAW-like" music production environment on iOS. **App type**: App **App store link**: [[https://apps.apple.com/app/id1464669442|{{:appstoreblue.png?30|}}]] **Developer**: [[http://www.seven.systems/xequence2/en/index/|Seven Systems Cross-Platform Media Limited]] **Developer AB Forum Handle**: https://forum.audiob.us/profile/SevenSystems ===== Additional Info ===== From the app store description: HIGHLIGHTS: - Efficient User Interface for an amazing mobile editing workflow - Full support for scales and scale-based editing throughout the app (keyboard, pianoroll, etc.) - Over 70 scales in 10 categories included - Full Audiobus support - Ableton Link (tempo and phase only - use Audiobus for start/stop sync) - MIDI File Import & Export (notes, controllers, program changes, track names, etc.) - Best-in-class MIDI timing and clock output - MIDI In & Thru with rechannelization & rerouting to current track - MIDI Sync Master (Clock/Start/Stop/Continue/SPP) - other DAWs & sequencers can run in sync with Xequence, e.g. to use audio tracks, or external drum machines. Several modes for full compatibility ARRANGER: - Unlimited Parts - Xequence 2: Unlimited tracks - 64 Undo/Redo steps - Per-track non-destructive Swing & Delay +/- 200 ms - Multiple tracks per instrument - Parts can be independent or linked (editing the original modifies all copies) - Part-based looping - Program changes - Selection tools: Marquee/Rectangle, Same Track, Same Instrument, Linked Parts, Invert, etc. - Editing tools: Create Copy, Create Linked Copy, Unlink, Split, Join, Convert loops to parts, etc. - All edits can be performed across multiple tracks and parts - Global clipboard, even across projects - Position/Length Handles at screen edges for efficient editing PIANOROLL EDITOR: - 256 Undo/Redo steps - Fully scale-aware - Relative or absolute grid: Snap Events to nearest grid line, or move by grid increments - Live Auditioning of all note edits and mini keyboard on the left - Selection tools: Box, Same Note, Same Key, Same Beat Position, Invert, etc. - Editing tools: Copy, Legato, Quantize, Quantize Ends, Octave +/-, Flip H/V (mirror), Fill part with selection - Smart Draw mode: Touch to create, touch again to delete, drag up/down to transpose, drag left/right to change length - Global clipboard, even across projects - Note velocities can be edited just like controllers, see below: CONTROLLER EDITOR: - 256 Undo/Redo steps - Selection tools: Box, Same Beat Position, Invert - Selection modes: Add & Replace - Editing tools: Copy, Reduce, Quantize, Compress/Expand, Flip H/V (mirror), Ramp (various curves), Fill part with selection - Smart Draw mode - Note Velocities can be shown as controllers and edited with the same tools KEYBOARD / CONTROLLER: - Fully scale-aware, very playable single or dual keyboards - Glide support - Freely adjustable key width - Velocity emulation (via vertical position on key) - Drum maps and pads, highly customizable (In-App Purchase) - CCs (controllers) can be shown as touch ribbons next to the keyboard - All CCs can be controlled by sliding (ribbon), device rotation (up to three axes simultaneously), played like a button (sustain pedal, "trance gates"), or by touching the keys at different vertical positions. All highly configurable. INSTRUMENTS: - Unlimited Instruments (an Instrument is a MIDI destination & channel) - 3 definable CCs (Controllers) per Instrument (up to 12 via In-App Purchase) - Compatible with virtually ALL synths and hosts VARIOUS: - Audio & MIDI Metronome - Note chasing (notes play even when playback starts in the middle) - Robust controller (CC) handling with backchasing - Perfect song looping, no dropouts/jitter at loop points - Supports any time signature/BPM (fixed per song) - Generative music with PolyHymnia (In-App Purchase) - Files app support - Ruler (can be set to auto-hide to preserve screen space) - Bright or dark color scheme ===== Videos and Tutorials ===== The [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheVaZEAFk8v5rlt6JZMpxw/playlists|AudioDabbler]] has create a series of Xequence [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1UOvzUEcc&list=PL_rJp47Rkx3Aw-Zy6_bH4ZwKdW3vLwdgA|master class videos]]. ===== Tips for proper timing/syncing ==== Discussion thread originating this section: [[https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/52363/aum-effecting-xequence-timing-solved|AUM effecting Xequence timing? Solved]] === Korg Gadget === no timing challenges, Korg Gadget makes use of the MIDI timestamps generated by Xequence 2. Clock syncing is possible === AudioBus 3 === no timing challenges, Clock syncing is possible === AUM === AUM (1.4) does not use the MIDI timestamps when received over CoreMIDI (AUM Destination virtual MIDI port). At small sample buffer sizes (512 bytes or lower) this may not be a problem. Should you use 1024 or higher sample buffer size, wrong timing might become noticeable Best approach is to use Audiobus 3 / IAA * In Audiobus 3 connect each Xequence 2 MIDI out port to an AUM MIDI receiver port (8 in total) * In Xequence 2 use the Audiobus port in the instrument (Wavy icon, not MIDI connector icon) * In AUM connect each audio unit to one single IAA ports. No need to filter MIDI channels in the AUM MIDI Control Destination screen, because each IAA port will receive only on MIDI channel 1 Sync option 1 * use Ableton Link in both AUM and Xequence 2 * adjust the Ableton Link offset and/or the Minimum latency in AUM to get perfect timings. Example on an iPad 6th gen/iOS 15 good results at 2048 bytes buffer size with * -64ms in Ableton Link offset * 16ms minimum latency. Sync option 2 * use MIDI clock syncing between Xequence 2 and Audiobus * create an X2 instrument connected to the Audiobus 3 MIDI port, and activate the Send Sync option * make sure Audiobus 3 listen to MIDI clock on its Virtual MIDI port, in teh sync settings * adjust the Ableton Link offset (not the Minimum latency) in AUM and the Audiobus clock input offset to get perfect timings. Example on an iPad 6th gen/iOS 15 good results at 2048 bytes buffer size with * Audiobus clock input offset at 16ms * in AUM: -16ms in Ableton Link offset. Then you should be able to record MIDI in Xequence 2 and play it back, and sequencers/drum machines hosted in AUM remain sync'ed with Xequence 2 in both cases. ===== Instrument configurations database ===== As from version 2.3, Xequence 2 allows import/export of the instruments configurations, retaining * name and color * sync settings * drum map * MIDI destination and channel * MPE settings * controller setup (mapped CCs) This section gathers a non-exhaustive database of X2 instrument configurations. [[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B9tWUjfyjIiSe8ehnWGYSN--oVeSc107?usp=sharing|Shared folder containing all the available instruments]] ====How to install the Xequence 2 instrument configurations ==== in the Files app of your iPad/iPhone - unzip the downloaded instruments archive - copy all the extracted .xeqinst files to ''On My iPad/Xequence 2/Instruments'' Or ''On My iPhone/Xequence 2/Instruments'' ==== Korg Gadget instrument configurations ==== Extracted from the default MIDI CC mapping file generously made available on the [[korg_gadget_2|Korg Gadget 2]] page, these are the Xequence 2 instrument configurations with **all default CCs mapped to a controller** for each Korg Gadget machine. **From Xequence 2.4.0, the Korg Gadget instrument configurations are included in standard.** Remarks * all Pan parameters are mapped to a centered X2 controller * the instrument color may or may not recall that of the Gadget's color :-) ==== Instrument configurations for AUv3 synths hosted in AUM ==== ===================================================== **Introduction:** Most Xequence instruments need a corresponding MIDI Mapping file to load in AUM or in the synth itself to map the AUv3 parameters to the same CC numbers as those configured in the Xequence instrument. [[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B9tWUjfyjIiSe8ehnWGYSN--oVeSc107?usp=sharing|Shared folder containing all the available instruments]] === reference table for available instrument configurations === see below the table for additional explanations | ^ Mapping type ^ Remarks ^ Build ^ ^ Animoog Z | //Internal editable// | see [[#how_to_install_the_midi_maps_for_the_moog_apps|special instructions]] | 20221002 | ^ BLEASS Monolit | //AUM// | | 20220928 | ^ Fractal Bits | //AUM// | Transpose and Stereo are centered controllers | 20220919 | ^ KOALA Sampler | //AUM// | Defaults to drums pads in Xequence 2 \\ Controllers do not return \\ Pitch, Filter and Vibroflange are centered \\ The AUM MIDI Mapping needs to be copied in two places if you want to use it both when Koala is loaded as input node and when loaded as FX| 20220919 | ^ Moog Model D | //Internal editable// | see [[#how_to_install_the_midi_maps_for_the_moog_apps|special instructions]] | 20221002 | ^ OB-Xd | //Internal static// | | 20220919 | ^ Strng | //AUM// | | 20220926 | ^ SynthMaster Player | //AUM// | | 20220928 | ^ TAL U-No-LX | //AUM// | master octave transpose and master fine tune are centered controllers | 20220926 | Mapping types: * AUM:The Xequence 2 instrument works and is provided with a dedicated AUM MIDI mapping file, which is editable in AUM. * Internal static: The Xequence 2 instrument does not need any extra mapping file, the synth publishes its own MIDI mapping. The Xequence 2 instrument can be used without AUM (in other hosts or standalone), and cannot be changed in the synth. * Internal editable: The Xequence 2 instrument works with a synth-specific mapping files. Both can be used without AUM (in other hosts or standalone), and the mapping can be manually edited in the synth. === What do the Xequence 2 Instrument packages contain?=== * an X2 instrument file (.xeqinst) to copy in the Xequence 2 / Instruments folder * if mapping type is AUM: an AUM MIDI Mapping file to copy to the right location in the AUM folder * if mapping type is Internal editable: a synth-specific mapping file === How to install and use the AUM MIDI mapping and corresponding instrument configuration in Xequence 2?=== **1) Install the Xequence 2 instrument** see above **2) Copy the AUM MIDI Mapping files in the AUM MIDI Mappings folder** in the Files app of the iPad - unzip the instrument archive - copy the extracted .aum_midimap file to ''On My iPad/AUM/MIDI Mappings/