Polyphase iOS Generative Sequencer (Review/ Deep Walkthrough) for iOS/iPad by Marcos Kohler

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Hi everyone! I know a lot of people have found this video - and many others I've made - incredibly useful. I have some donation links below but I recently opened a Buy Me a Coffee page here, so if you're feeling the love, whether you are a musician or a dev, I'd really appreciate it if you could make a donation - no sign up required. Donations make a huge difference to how feasible it is for me to keep this channel going. Big thanks! ❤ buymeacoffee.com/953211370u Original posts below: Edit: Polyphase is now more stable than it was at the time of making this video. Also - it now has Ableton link and syncs with hosts like AUM straight out of the box. This is a HUGE improvement, I’m so happy that Markus added that finally. The winners have now already been randomly picked, the names are below, and they have been notified. Congrats! 🎉 🎉 🎉 : Spidericemidas Nitsuanate Scott Hutchinson Gerald Adamson Coloring pad Original message below: I have 5 copies of the wonderful Polyphase to give away, only available to subscribers to the channel. Winners will be announced two days from release by reply to your comment below. To have a chance to win, simply a) give this vid a thumbs up, thanks! b) subscribe and click the bell that pops up after you press subscribe if you haven't already and c) write a comment, any comment, below. Good luck everyone. If you are watching this after the event, make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on future vids. I usually have free copies of apps to give away. 🤞Don’t forget you can follow me on Twitter at @gavinski_s. Also, if you enjoy the channel and would like to show your appreciation, my PalPal is paypal.me/GavinskisTutorials, any donations are greatly appreciated, making these videos involves a lot, and I mean a lot, of work. 👍 By the way - don’t forget you can route the 4 tracks of Polyphase to different instruments by selecting individual channels in your host. An earlier take of this video showed exactly how to do that, but I overlooked it in the final take. And definitely don’t forget about the midi CC lanes for modulating Polyphase itself or other apps in your host / DAW. This is probably something that many owners of the app are not using, and I demo a basic application of that in the concluding section of the video (See TimeStamps).

[@HEARDIFFERENT]

Once again an excellent video.❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@DickValentine]

Gosh, I sure hope my question where to find instructions for entering don't disqualify me from winning the giveaway.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Of course it doesn’t

[@ninobeatz_iOS]

Thanks Gav...now I have to spend a few days digging into this app

[@GavinskisTutorials]

U got it Nino? Great

[@krazywabbit]

Two years from the future of this recording. Excellent job. I actually deleted this app when I had no clue what I was doing. Now, with a little knowledge, this tutorial was perfect. Thank you.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Yeah, I think this was the first detailed review of the app. I found it very helpful to make it as I hadn't understood the app fully myself, but could see its potential and knew I really wanted to learn it properly.

[@impudentoyster]

Been waiting for your overview of this one. Really like the sound this generates. Thanks for not overlooking the bugs and fiddly UI.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

The bugs I have issues with for sure. The UI is great! Just that the manual is not good enough, so it takes some diving to get familiar with the UI, it is really intelligently done though, imo

[@chickenpasta7359]

Just bought this and I'm having so much fun. It really brings new life to my Digitone and how I approach more ambient stuff

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Yes! Truly great app.

[@ChaoticCastRad]

Just when I think my music creation tools are good, you have to throw interesting tools like this at me. Nice find.

[@alanb7868]

My "to buy" list of apps has grown exponentially since stumbling on your channel! Thanks!

[@bazebuster8330]

Thank you for all the great content and your work.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thanks Baze!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thnx for the super thanks!

[@CraftyOldGit]

I'm very pleased to have found your channel. I bought Polyphase last year and haven't done much with it as I couldn't make sense of it. Now I'm wanting to try again. This has been very helpful, thank you.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Welcome aboard!

[@Alex_Martz]

Marcos Kohler is one of my favorite iOS devs, I hope I can win this time, thanks for another in-depth tutorial!

[@mawal4395]

Between generative sequencing and granular synthesis the Ipad is turning out to be one of my favourite music-making playgrounds. Thanks for the video as always!

[@SiEffen]

Nice, never done generative apps before but this has opened my eyes to it. Very relaxing to listen to, or at least the extracts you posted were ;-)

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thnx Si! Yeah it is one of the best sequencers for chilled and ambient for sure

[@ansonrathbone391]

Very comprehensive video, Gavin! I didn’t know much about this app, thanks for the intro.

[@PoppaDocRocks]

I love midi generative or semi generative apps. Just another way to spark creation, or add to something you already have going, or even come up with a whole track. Then you can apply CC or more midi fx after an app like this to transpose, as you did, or do all kinds of Different things, to change it up. This is an app I’ve always wanted but never sprung for... thanks for another great video @Gavinski’s Tutorials

[@JoeConley-Bumble]

Another one I’ve added to my list of apps to get. Thanks for going in depth on this one. It makes it so much easier seeing potential uses when it’s laid out in this way.

[@soysos.tuffsound]

Thank you for doing this. I’ve been on a real sequencer run lately and this ones very interesting. I snagged it because of your review and you’re right, the manual is confusing. I’m going to watch you video again!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Definitely one of the most useful, enjoyable to use and musical generative sequencers! There are a few new features in they latest version but should be easy enough to figure out. Glad you found it helpful!

[@michaelgariepy9285]

Thanks for taking the time to do the video. I’m gonna have to stick with Riffer, much deeper, with more features and really well thought out. Although Polyphase could be improved in the future ✌️

[@smallpaul2923]

I love these generative apps. They produce some great sounds that can be mild or wild.

[@manuelzito]

Very beautiful generative! AMAZING! Also synth in Polyphase is very very interesting!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

I agree Manual, truly a wonderful little synth. This app is a bargain at 10 bucks!

[@tonynekrews]

You’ve done it again. A tutorial than runs for nigh-on an hour without getting dull. All due respect to you mate

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Cheers Tone! Appreciate that some people watch the full thing.

[@InstantlyDistant]

I've been the proud (and confused) owner of PolyPhase for several months. Looking forward to watching your vid and becoming less confused!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

You lucky bugger. I had to get unconfused all by myself 😂😂😂

[@InstantlyDistant]

@@GavinskisTutorials and for that I salute you!

[@electronicbubonic]

Damn, this is generative AND musical. Hours of jams waiting with this. Thanks for this video!

[@Bowmans_journey]

Never pulled the trigger on this one. Really made for a wonderful AUv3 sequencer. I love Marcos‘ works!

[@djxia1]

Very cool app. Getting it to see what I can come up with. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Great, I'm glad the dev is getting some sales, well deserved

[@dimosbatris]

Thank you for the opportunity to get to know this app in depth!

[@etherealanthem]

I literally came here to watch your video on Riffer (again) before buying it, and now you've thrown me back into indecision with this lovely thing! I'm not mad. 😉 So glad you covered a little comparison of the two in the video--very helpful! This might be more my style...but will probably end up with both...

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Riffer is very cool too, this is also sonically more my style, but Riffer is AUv3 and very stable. Hoping the issues in this get fixed, it is so damn musical and wonderful

[@areality40]

Excellent video; the first of yours which I've viewed. I found myself exploring Polyphase on my iPad as the video was playing. Can't wait to see how this works in AUM and hosting to other MIDI apps!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Great! Be careful, the new update which just came out has some nice features but seems actually more buggy! I have a fair few vids on generative midi apps, by the way, and there is even a playlist dedicated to that on my main page, though it may not include all the vids I have done on that topic. Happy viewing, and welcome to the channel!

[@ruddockmusic9249]

Sometimes I like to paint. Other times I like to throw paint. Occasionally I’ll do both. It’s all good.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Haha

[@SkyTortoiseFerryman]

Here's how I do my art. Which one am I doing? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ2WhIlveKmanpo

[@xezazase]

I eat glue

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Hardcore lol

[@rolandpyle8914]

This tutorial is absolutely brilliant: a thorough exploration of an app that looks really deep. I've dabbled with Zoa and Rozeta suite. I think I'm ready for Polyphase. Thank you once again. Seems like the app has improved since you made the vid.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

It has! It now has Ableton link and a few other improvements. And yes, I think this was a really good vid, and is also one of my most viewed to date 🤓

[@senhorlampada]

This is a really good one. Have an eye on it for a time, but got distracted with all the others... Oh boy, your videos where already amazing, but now you have normalized the level of you voice with the instrument. Sounds way better 🥰

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thanks man, I still want to make my mic chain better, but yes, better than before for sure!

[@senhorlampada]

@@GavinskisTutorials i think it sounds awesome already, brother. pure gold :D

[@salamandersm]

Wow this is pretty cool. Lovely choice of sounds to demo this

[@MichaelLilley2001]

Desert island generative apps sounds like a cracking idea

[@tompoynton]

This is one of the few apps left on my wish list that I still think about genuinely acquiring (the rest are pretty much the dregs of the iOS music making app world...), but have never really investigated fully, looking forward to this video a lot!

[@GregoryRiker]

I've been waiting for your tutorial on Polyphase! Thank you for these deeply useful tutorials.

[@Exsurdo1]

Indeed, this looks like a must have generative sequencer! Very well thought out and with very muscial results - not always the case with generative stuff

[@Kkidzz]

As an owner of many hardware synths, apps like Polyphase and Fugue are just a pure joy to create generative ambient pieces. I'll just let my DAW run and record the audio from each....after a good ten minutes I'll stop and then listen back finding sections where the harmonics are just insanely beautiful. The next step is to cut up the sections and create beds which then become foundations for full tracks. ps I run my synths through FX pedals and will tweak them as I'm recording. My two faves; Chase Bliss Thermae and Empress Echosystem.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Sounds great, and I agree, apps like this are a real joy, so fantastic, this is a particularly great one

[@Illkacirma]

Woohoo! Polyphase seems to be fun and helpful for a lot of tasks. I definitely need this app! Thanks for your detailed review Mr. Gavinski!

[@saintmoz]

Wow, what an amazing app and an amazing walk through. This opens up the world of music making for people like me who are physically limited.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Ah, thank you for sharing, indeed it does! I'm glad to hear it is helping you, that is wonderful.

[@saintmoz]

@@GavinskisTutorials btw I’m not entering the competition for this one, it was a buy after watching this video.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Great, I am glad I made you want to get it

[@vagelismoschos4395]

Was just looking about polyphase!!! Thank you!!

[@dmitriiposlavskii6415]

Thank you for the detailed tutorial and especially for the comparsion with the Riffer3! And now I am going to test my luck! :)

[@fredbloggs2206]

Interesting. The timing of this is fortuitous as I’m currently weighing up options for Sequencers such as Polyphase, to use with AUM. This was off my radar before this. Thanks for the comprehensive overview.

[@detlef5771]

Thank you for the very detailed introduction and for doing this work for us. This is really a great help.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thanks, I feel the sincerity of your gratitude and appreciate it 👍

[@bisley3468]

Used polyphase when it was first released had lots of fun with it then. Inspired by this video gave it another go sadly unusable due to crashes every few seconds. Hope the dev heeds your words . Thanks for all your time and effort on these vids really appreciated

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Cheers! He's a good dev, he does care, he just wasn't that aware of the problem til I highlighted it, he is working on it.

[@TonyRodz11]

what a great video. This is now on my list of apps to get. haha Keep up these awesome videos

[@wakax]

oh! this feels like the best generative sequencer on iOS so far. great diving. it's deep:) thanks!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

I think it could be the best - now the dev needs to make it stable and squash the bugs. Wonderful wonderful interface and user experience though

[@jembolio]

Nice video! Thanks again for your work! Good luck everyone!

[@jimparker4645]

Another great deep dive. Gonna look into this one

[@ЕкатеринаШиткова-г5г]

I'm glad you did a review of this app, thanks!

[@coloringpad]

Here we go! Thank you again for the most thorough app review around! -Flight Manual

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Ah, thank you, I recognize that name!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

You won! Email me and also send a reply to this message just before you email me. I won’t write my email here because sometimes KZbin sees such messages as spam and doesn’t deliver them - you can find my email in the ‘About’ section of my KZbin channel. If I don’t hear from you in the next 2 days I will pass this on to someone else, cheers and congrats!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Hi Coloring Pad, I already sent you one message telling you you won but got no reply. Please check the message I sent you and get in touch ASAP mate! If I haven't heard from you within 24 hours I will pass this on to someone else, cheers!

[@coloringpad]

@@GavinskisTutorials I'm here!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

👍👍

[@benmoore2429]

Love generative stuff. Remember watching a video years ago on BoC style phase music, sounded great. Thanks for the video Gav, that's my evening sorted.

[@yellagin2965]

Great generative instrument , thanks for review.

[@mnbass]

Another great demo. Really nice musical generator. Thanks for creating this!

[@mundelator]

That sequencer is so beautiful to watch running I often get lost just looking at it 😂 Thanks for the ride I learned a few things. I completely overlooked the synth.

[@IsaakKwok]

Thanks the great overview/tutorial of the app!

[@Keybkeybkeyb]

I've been waiting for your review! Thanks!

[@ampism]

This looks ace! Great vid, as always @Gavinski's Tutorials. I just bought a Waldorf Blofeld (like, yesterday), and I feel like Blofeld and Polyphase could become very good friends...Count me in!.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Marcos the dev is certainly a fan of using iOS apps with hardware, sounds like a plan!

[@mateowalschburger3893]

This one looks son fun! Really like what is happening right now in terms of sequencing innovation. Great video!

[@tetkiktedavi1674]

Just got this app and needed a tutorial. This video was great, thanks!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Cheers!

[@mattydread6618]

Cool for getting ideas! Thanks for how in-depth your reviews are. 🙏🏻

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Cheers Matty 👍👍

[@mattydread6618]

@@GavinskisTutorials 🍻

[@RanKirlian]

Really inspiring app. A generative instrument that is able to send different midi signals makes this an awesome tool and a must in every studio. Great tutorial and demos my friend. Specially like that Philip Glass moment :)

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Thought u would enjoy this one Ran 🙌

[@RanKirlian]

@@GavinskisTutorials indeed, so much my friend ;)

[@shinyisshiny7780]

great video!! thanks gav!! seems like a really cool sequencer

[@secretstates]

Very helpful and in-depth. Bought the app immediately. Thanks

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Still one of faves!

[@VictorSteiner]

Oh man, I crave all kind of iPad music apps but sequencers are still the holy cow :D Would be super happy to test this one.

[@moops5040]

Thanks for the really detailed walkthrough- never gotten into generative apps much, but this definitely presents some options for great random sounds. Worth another look-

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Most def, Moops, I think these kind of apps are incredibly fun to work with, this one in particular is an absolute stormer of an app, beautiful piece of work

[@apinkelefant2825]

Great walkthrough Gavin ! Having the 4 tracks go to different instruments opens up orchestral possibilities 👍

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Indeed. I meant to demo that but it got overlooked in the end.... This video was a real beast to make and to keep track of all that got included in the end. I learnt a lot, but jeez, time for some lower hanging fruit.

[@wangyu-ching341]

Wonderful app! And wonderful tutorial as always! Thank you!

[@liamingraham7660]

Perfect timing on this tutorial!

[@nigelrogers8690]

Sounds amazing with that piano 👏🏾

[@PiotrTalalay]

Thanks for the video! A really composer's tool. The video is golden, because the complexity of the app is unavoidable, it's mostly in a text labeled buttons with acronyms. Thanks for the Brian Eno quote about "curating", very inspiring!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

‘Curate’ may not be a direct quote, but is the gist of his thoughts on this, I like that idea too!

[@reasOneMusic]

always been curious about this one, def something i news in my collection. thanks for the deep dive man

[@PoppaDocRocks]

Yes it can be very limiting if your not using midi generative apps. Great quote by Eno. Also great explanation on why to use these apps, I agree with everything you mentioned.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Cheers Chris!

[@vasre3993]

Did not notice this before. Much beter than i expexted. Thanks.

[@eross21]

this is fantastic. really hope this is the one i finally win. thanks again for all your videos

[@TimeScribe]

Brilliant video. Informative and helpful.

[@oskultrecord1731]

Tips to recall presets with session. Use Audiobus then add polyphase and send it to AUM. Then you have presets recall for all IAA apps and nice clocking with Audiobus than sending clock from AUM to Polyphase plus you have Audiobus remote for better navigating between apps. 🤘

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Yeah, I have Audiobus but never use it, I should for apps like this, thnx!

[@CKNC]

Very nice and detailed review thanks

[@stephankochen1518]

Thanks for the tutorial. This one looks interesting! Wanna try it with my Juno 106.

[@ladamaury]

Another good one, thank you for all your work mr!

[@JoseFernandes-bp6rc]

Thank you for the detailed walkthrough! Such a powerful tool.

[@nathanreidt]

Yeah this definitely goes on my want list. I kept skipping over it because I already had riffer but this looks equally useful for different purposes. Thanks for the video!

[@pedrityabrantes12]

Awesome! I really want this super tool!!

[@MickTurnerMusic]

Thanks for giving the time stamps Gavin. They are invaluable on a video of this length. Still trying to get my head around it. 🤣

[@mistersimonstrange]

wow! this was intense Gav! thank you!!

[@LeeCrampton]

Hi Gavin. I see the full details and time codes etc but not the rules for the draw (unless I am being dense) but as a subscriber to your channel and a big thumbs up for the tutorial, I think that’s all that’s necessary to be added. Great stuff. I love your in depth tutorials. Happy New Year. Cheers. Lee

[@GavinskisTutorials]

It is Lee, sorry, the comment was accidentally unpinned, I have repinned now, your comment enters you fine as usual!

[@LtCore]

Wow! Amazing app! This app and Riffer are killer MIDI tools!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Agreed!

[@viridisvir7077]

You had me at Generative.

[@Kaiser333333]

looks awesome, thanks for the great review!

[@markfabricius1361]

This is an amazing app...just love what you can do with it..endless possibilities:)

[@TheAardvarkguy]

Thank you Gavinski for a truly remarkable achievement: You have single-handedly saved this - potentially excellent- but sadly, horribly implemented app from being permanently deleted from my iPads! I bought this the day of release and have had nothing but frustration with it since then - despite the aforementioned possibilities it offers. Now I believe it IS genuinely useful and worthwhile keeping. TOP MAN Gavin. Thank you again👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Excellent! A glowing review if ever there was one, thank you kind sir.

[@HollowCryptmusic]

Been eying this one for a while. Great stuff as usual!

[@therawmaterialists1825]

Been looking forward to this one. Looks like it’s going to be very in depth!

[@digixmedia]

Great and helpful review as always, thanks for your efforts 👍🍀

[@eylvy]

Thank you for making a video about this app, it's very informative, answers a lot of questions I had. Already own Riffer, but I think Polyphase might serve me better. I'm also a sucker for good synth sounds and this "basic" built-in synth is to really my taste.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Yes, I also think the synth here sounds really super super good

[@WHIRecordings]

This looks amazing, great video

[@PhilosophyOfSound]

Another interesting app! Thanks for the in-depth tutorial.

[@cyclopsandowl]

Suuuuuuper intrigued by this one! Been adding a lot more random and chance to jams lately. This would be an exciting step further in that direction. Appreciate how thorough you are as always ✨🙌✨

[@cvwonder]

Great work, love your videos.

[@collisionaire]

This looks fantastic. Excellent tutorial as well. Nicely done..

[@MariaCalfaDePaul]

this app is right up my alley!! thanks for the chance to win :)

[@oliadhesive]

I didn't know about it! Great Seq. Thanks!

[@Weareroses]

I feel like I should make some popcorn for this one 😂 thanks for taking the time to go through this APP. I love this one too, I know there’s things I don’t understand yet, you always give great tips and run downs. Gonna sit back and watch this one and utilize everything I learn.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

Yeah man, this one is really worth the time I think, cos it is such a powerful tool. I'm really glad I took the time to learn it properly!