4Pockets Product Showcase #1

[@bastiaananthonie]

I soo soo enjoyed all 4 Pocket apps have created many songs with them that have made it to my first CD Spinning Globes and other projects docked in my Alesis IO Dock that i still use.. And Paul i can whole hearty concluded that i still use them as i still have a working Ipad 1. The reason is they still beat all the other apps in so many ways. you are a music genius and i see that what you developed then became an standard of inspiration to new app developers. i sincerly thank you for all you created and joy i still today have composing with all 4Pockets apps you developed. Kind healthy and musical greetings from Finland. Bastiaan

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Oh boy, that was a really nice thing to say, and I apprecuate the feedback and support as always. Have a great Christmas my friend.

[@junevortexmusic7950]

Waoo. I have all these apps .. Thank you for your work .

[@dadadrew]

what a fantastic developer. Thank you!

[@lubbockleft]

Amazing stuff. Thank you Paul for the many wonderful resources you have made for the world!

[@Francesco_L]

Thank you so much for all your brilliant apps that have given me a lot of inspiration and fun.

[@Master_Ascendant]

You are brilliant my friend… I have forever wanted to get into programming, I don’t think I’ll ever make it but… if you’d like someone else to collaborate with I would love to work with you if you are at all up to it. If I could be of any help. Mostly just wanted to say thank you for all of your hard work and creativity. People in the community sure appreciate you. Thank you so very much! 😊

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate the support from yourself and the community. I do occasionally rope people into help out, so if I need a helping hand in the future I will be sure to look you up.

[@matthewchunk3689]

Neon is the most useful thing: It glues my other audio apps together. Nice job!

[@enriquepageperez1305]

Hey Paul I love your apps - straight up I have like 90% of them. I did want to say something since you’re showcasing all these beauties here: it would be very appreciated if you could offer an alternative way of switching “pages” on your apps - especially on iPhone it’s kinda hard to swipe on the very “limited” area that you’ve programmed to sort of work as the slider allowing you to switch pages - could you consider implementing a “buttons” switcher for the pages? Nothing too fancy, just a way of simply clicking a button to swap pages. It would honestly improve all your apps tremendously especially considering how little there is to it. I would also suggest reworking the overall window UI you have going so that it is more manageable on iPhone, but your synths are so complex and full of controls so I completely understand if this one aspect isn’t really doable… however the page switcher I think is certainly something you could add to your “core engine” in only a few days at most and it honestly would be a very welcome “option” for layout switching. PS: thanks for everything, you’re a magician my dude 🙏🏼

[@cartoondesignrevealed]

GREAT stuff! Thank you Mr. MusicMan‼️

[@robthequiet]

wow, so much to explore. thanks for all you do. just purchased stringlab and will never find enough time...

[@acornsonata]

I have most of your wonderful apps and at first hesitated at the price of the newest Strings app. However, not for long . When I realized how iOS really needed more physical modeling software and more importantly the incredible value of most of the 4 Pockets apps . And the in-depth tutorials and the free upgrades and the frequent sales, on and on. So I thought yes why not pay for this new String app (which I mostly use for bells , mallets and tonal percussion cause it sounds great) if only to support this unique , talented and extremely hardworking developer. Happy to do it.

[@dr.rabbitfoot7421]

You’re a problem solver and we all benefit. Thank you Paul

[@edzielinski]

Great video. Some of my faves are in there! Evolver is criminally underappreciated - it pairs really well with Progressions and Scaler 2 - just hook it up with a chord progression, pick a Performance, and you've got a whole band and a song in a few minutes! And NuRack - once I sat down and broke through my initial confusion suddenly everything clicked - it's like the 50-in-one swiss army knife with the magnifying glass, saw, and all that fancy stuff under the hood just waiting to be tapped. The "cool" factor on these apps is off the charts. Thanks Paul! 👍

[@wobblyman2000]

I just like to, thank you so much for all your hard work and making awesome music software and great videos

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Well thank you my good man, I appreciate the kind comments. It's what keeps me motivated.

[@3stig]

Wonderful presentation Paul 😎👍 Thanks for your Creations

[@SirKeefyKeef]

Subscribed 👍🙏😎

[@gregoryosullivan]

I have quite a few 4Pockets apps and have used Neon and MIDI Strummer , but hadn't considered Evolver. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@djba]

Thanks Paul for this first of what I hope will be several showcase videos. I have often thought it would be great to have an index of your apps. The index would address questions like, “I am trying to do something (fill in the blank), which app or apps can I use?” or “I am having this problem. Which app or apps will help me solve this problem?”.

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Yes my friend, it seems the older apps get forgotten so I do plan on doing a series of these videos to highlight what I consider the best.

[@kentaccordionist]

Nice one Paul. I haven’t used evolver for ages. I had worked out how to use it as a live arranger from the bass side of my accordion, I think I even made a video about it, but in truth while I love the app, Im too stupid to fully understand it. Nearly finished my move now so hopefully I will have more time to make music again, especially with the excellent string lab, which is great when paired with strummer fx.

[@nosense280]

Brilliant! I totally missed Evolver, it looks so cool, on my wish list now!

[@SLPGroundSoundMusic]

Neon is a favorite app of mine, but i still think that Neon can be a bigger app if it had the option to work with different samples at the same time, instead of just one at the time, basically something like Koala sampler, also the options of having a sequencer/piano roll like Helium too, plus a sample root key note finder Chord Ai,,, if that the case would think Neon would've been the greatest sampler ever made !! but i guess that would be just a thought and not a reality 😭 anyhow great video Paul 👍🏽

[@matthewchunk3689]

Neon is my favorite 4pockets app too! Hope it continues to grow.

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

This was so cool, thanks Paul, epic 👍😊

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Thanks mate, Il love a bit of nostalgia so will be doing more of these.

[@paulsargeant8179]

Wonderful. Is there a basic arpegiator in Helium ‘randomise’ or how can I integrate one please Paul. Also, have you made some music and can I listen to it please!!!

[@PaultheMusicMan]

There is no build in arpegiator in Helium as it is a MIDI recorder I expect most people will be recording MIDI from external arpegiators.

[@paulsargeant8179]

@@PaultheMusicMan give me a quick tip on sending MIDI notes into helium from, say, Rosetta suite, or strummer please. Is your music on Spotify or you tube ?!

[@PaultheMusicMan]

@@paulsargeant8179 Helium is an AUv3 so needs to be hosted inside another app like AUM. You can easily route MIDI keyboards in and out of Helium using AUM but it totally depends on which host app you use. Take a look through my videos at the Hulium playlist. I'm not a music producer as such.so I don't have any materials online.

[@gm-kp8is]

Hi Paul, I’ve just purchased evolver fx. It looks brilliant but I have a problem that I hope you can help me with. On the performance tab, chord pad I want to generate a chord set. I can select the root note ok but the dialogue box that pops up is empty and no chord set is generated. Also I can’t assign a chord to a pad. The assign box turns yellow but when I play a chord using the on screen keyboard and press a pad nothing happens. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Thanks

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Yes, I can reproduce this error and can say with confidence this is an iOS17 issue which I need to fix. If you display another popup too quickly iOS17 doesn't add the backing view controller correctly. Annoying issue that Apple need to resolve, but I do have a solution and will get a new version posted over the next day or two.

[@gm-kp8is]

@@PaultheMusicMan Thanks Paul that’s brilliant! I have indeed just updated ipadOS to 17.0.3! Really nice video by the way, it’s good to see the brilliant apps you’ve created over the years and I look forward to seeing your next one! I wish that I had a fraction of your knowledge and experience. I’m only a novice but I really like the look of EvolverFX and want to take the time to learn it properly (I’ve got plenty of time now that I’ve retired!). I’ve also recently purchases Scaler 2 and would like to use the two in conjunction with one another. I only have GarageBand to work with but I’m having fun and that’s the main thing, Thanks again and keep up the good work, it’s really appreciated. I’ve liked and subscribed so I shouldn’t miss any of your excellent videos 😀👍

[@PaultheMusicMan]

@@gm-kp8is If your open to experimentation I highly recommend AUM, its one of those pieces of software I have never regretted buying and I am in awe of Jonatan the author who write this fantastic piece of software. It brings together so many great apps and you can do far more in this app than any other. I've submitted the app to Apple so it 'should' go live over the weekend (hopefully). In the mean time I look forward to retirement!!

[@gm-kp8is]

@@PaultheMusicMan Fantastic support, thanks! Thanks also for the recommendation. I kept looking at AUM but couldn’t decide if it was right for me. I do like to tinker but I would also like to produce some actual compositions as well. I still have an awful lot to learn with regard to the technical aspects of midi and audio as I’m a bit late to the game!

[@bishopdredd5349]

This is a great overview video and background info.

[@issiewizzie]

windows mobile ... thats going back . miss the ipaq and all the HTC windows phone. i have elvolver, and a few of your other apps I'm wishing one strummer would accept chords in real time ..instead of having to key to the pad first in neon can i save a looped file with the loop infomation enbded

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Do you remember any of the 4Pockets apps on Windows Mobile? I also had a couple of iPaq's too, in fact I still have them somewhere!!

[@PaultheMusicMan]

You can export WAV files including slices but not loop points since there are very few apps that support it and there are too many ways to embed loop points. In strummer, change the input mode to Piano to Guitar Chords, then you can play in your own chords via MIDI. The only issue with this is you need to register the chord before the beat.

[@issiewizzie]

@@PaultheMusicMan Thanks Pual .my VST that support looped wav is Logic Alchemy, Soundpaint, Omnisphere, falcon, wavestate, cube. The benefits are you can use a tiny size looped as a new oscillator....quite fun

[@DavidTaylor-cz9pz]

Paul, I have long regarded you as the reigning genius of iPad music creation. I have no idea how you can keep coming up with so many varied and beautiful ways of creating music on an iPad, much less turn them into such elegant and useable apps. i may have missed a couple, but I make a point of buying each of your apps as soon as you release them as an expression of my support for your work. You create them faster than I can absorb them, but just knowing they are there and what they can do feels like I always have unopened presents under the Christmas tree. I’m going to go open one of them right now and see what I can create with the amazing Euclidean app.