12/30/2023 0 Comments Melodics finger drumming![]() So… apps like Melodics are great tools for learning especially because of the gamification they apply to learning music. It feels a bit weird to weigh in here, since I’m obviously biased towards my own ‘product’ but I do feel like I can elaborate a bit. Nothing tops AD2 and a solid groove session with one of Rob’s lessons. However, the dynamics are just awful and the drum sounds are flat and devoid of soul. So, for those warmups and playtime for when I am too tired to do anything meaningful, I can do the drum lessons in Melodics. My Presonus Atom had no luck, since the note output is set for each pad and there’s no changing it to match the QFG layout. I found I could map my Launchpad X to the General MIDI for Percussion notes with the awesome QFG layout and the Melodics drum lessons would function perfectly, as if my pad controller was an electronic drum kit. But QFG teaches the principles to make a musician out of me.Īnd a further update: The drums lessons in Melodics are so much better than the pads lessons, since they strip out all the zany melodic stuff and sample nonsense. That being said, I think its a fun thing to do when the brain just can’t handle anything too hard right away. Changing the pad layout worked great, and they have this Memory mode now that weans us off the scrolling cues. Update: After hearing what folks had to say, I tried Melodics again and I must say they have added some features that make a big improvement. However, it was my frustration with Melodics that led me here, so I’m glad I gave it a try! I’m sitting here with an mp3 of one of Rob’s custom click tracks, drumming on my table, counting one two three four and the rhythm is entering my bloodstream. ![]() For those who want to become musicians, it starts to feel a bit canned and pointless. It’s fun, motivating, and challenging, but it can’t help being primarily a game. Many people will be satisfied with the app and never crave more. I feel like Melodics is a great place to start and it is not one or the other. Do you agree?Īnyway, really curious to have your take on this. I guess that sums it up: Melodics is targeting beat makers, while QFG strictly focuses on finger drumming. ![]() But for a beginner like me, it’s a bit confusing as well as I have no ideas where to begin making my own beats. Playing with all sorts of different samples, like Melodics does, is interesting and playful as well of course. Not so with QFG, as far as I understand, which strives to establish solid patterns using a constant layout, which arguably makes it easier to make it one’s own instrument. ![]() It looks like QFG is taking a different approach, though, and I could still be wrong about Melodics…įor example, it looks like one notable difference is that Melodics is using the pads for all sorts of things, not just drums, which means that the pad layout is a moving target. But I’m also growing a bit frustrated with it: I can see that my skill improves, but only for mechanically reproducing pre-made “scores”.įor the record, I was trained a violonist for many years, which I kind of regret, because I don’t feel like it made a musician out of me I was able to reproduce some reasonably impressive pieces, but I was completely unable to compose anything, or even to improvise. The gamification gimmicks help, I must admit. The software is good and I love doing my daily sessions. I have been using Melodics for the last 6 weeks or so.
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