Genome MIDI Sequencer for Android

This is a nice app. But like other apps I've tried, there seems to be on way to change the meter on just a single bar or pattern within a song.I hoped that maybe I was just not finding the right button... To me being able to change the meter of a bar or pattern is almost just as important as everything else they've included in this software.I don't understand why they were would leave that out. It can't be a cost issue. Maybe there's an update or something.

Essential Midi sequencing app hat has all the right features. UI can be more intuitive or a better manual. Biggest problem so far: METRONOME can not be set to all tempos. Right now I NEED 95 BPM and it will not do it. Keeps going back to 94. Can’t get Song Mode to work and play pattern sequences. That’s a problem because I won’t be able to record the work I’ve don’t Please fix for ios11 and Mobile Pro then I’ll give 5 stars

As far as iOS sequencers go, Genome has a great piano roll editor and—unlike more expensive apps like modstep and Gadget—global undo/redo and MIDI file export *per clip.* I like using it in AUM as a “quick-sketch” sequencer while I work out songs. The UI is comfortable to work with on a touchscreen, and the sequencer is extraordinarily fully-fully featured (it even supports grooves). The MIDI capabilities are especially good: if things need to move somewhere else, Genome can export songs, parts, or clips as individual MIDI files.

OK, I don’t have a rack of hardware synths—but I like to pretend I do! I have been using this app to sequence virtual synths on my Android. I mostly use Propellerhead Reason, but also Google’s Main Stage. Genome MIDI Sequencer (GMS) executes Virtual MIDI on the Mobile expertly, but resource limitations of my Mobile Air mean I can only get about four synths/instruments running—but GMS has 16 tracks! I can get around this a little by using a multi-instrument app like bs-16i or SampleTank, but they have little flexibility in sound design and control—and GMS is a monster controller. But with Reason on the Android I can easily get 16 instruments loaded, and with effects on all of them. (So, Reason is my pretend rack of synths.) I like the GMS piano roll editor the best. One can draw in a sequence or record one and edit it expertly. This app does so much so well it is too much to sing all its praises. Please read the description and the manual on the apps web page—it does all that! There are a few things I wish it had, so I’ll list some of them. (1) There is no polymetric capability, meaning each track must have the same time signature. Workaround: for 4 against 5, use 4/4 and make a 5 measure pattern for the 5 beat part. (2) There is no 2/4 time, which would also give one 6/8 (compound time) thanks to the triplet feature. This is a problem with long polymetric sequences as noted in the workaround above—especially with three or more time signatures. Workaround: set the Song mode to 1 step = 1 bar, then you can escape the loop whenever you want. Otherwise, GMS will repeat the patterns until they all finish at the same time. (3) There is no polyrhythmic capability. Workaround: set “time in ticks” and zoom in to 128th notes and meticulously count out your beat divisions—use the Euclidean algorithm to pad the note lengths. It should be close enough. I would like to do sequencing for my Reason projects while away from the Android, so the following two suggestions would help. (4) Sometimes I have a drum part composed and wish I could switch to another app/drum machine. This can be easy if both apps support General MIDI mapping. But Garage Band is different, and Reason’s Kong is different still. So, I would like to be able to create drum maps. (I guess this also entails a drum editor.) Then, when changing drum sources one would only need select the corresponding drum map. (5) Sometimes I have a note track I wish I could switch to a different synth or other instrument, but just temporarily for mobile composing. This can be easy if both instruments are assigned to the same pitches. But many synth parts/instruments are programmed at different octaves. So, it is an obstacle when there are many patterns in a track. If it is only one or two patterns it isn’t such a big deal as one can just transpose them in the editor. So, a per track octave shift would be nice—just like on a MIDI keyboard.

In my search of the app store for a midi sequencer for external hardware this app proves to be the most capable and versital. Most other apps are either too limited to things like single channel or simple step sequencers, or try to be a full production daws with libraries of built in loops and instruments that I have no interest in. This app is perfect for people who want to create actual compositions on multiple peices of external hardware. The 16 tracks of pattern based sequences that can be arranged into songs is an extremely powerful tool for both live performance and studio creation. As far as the UI goes, I found it to be very intuitive and easy to navigate despite a lot of the critisms from others. Of course, a quick reference to the manual is necessary every now and then to understand a button or a setting, but the basic workflow is very easy to understand. tldr: best midi sequencer for external midi gear on the app store. All functionality, no fluff.