Axon 2

Axon 2

By Audio Damage, Inc.

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2017-10-09
  • Current Version: 2.0.12
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 12.81 MB
  • Developer: Audio Damage, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
Score: 3.30769
3.30769
From 26 Ratings

Description

Axon 2 is a drum synth driven by artificial intelligence. (Well, "intelligence" might be a strong word. Artificial something-or-other.) An experimental instrument, Axon uses a modified artificial neural network as a sequencer, and features seven FM-based percussion voices, that are really a single 18-operator FM voice. If that sounds weird, you ain't seen nothing yet. It is surprisingly intuitive once you get the knack of it, and is capable of all-new, complex rhythms that repeat in surprising ways. It often gets referenced as a "random sequence generator," but there is nothing random in Axon; it is entirely determinative. The sequencer features seven "neurons" that trigger a voice and send a pulse when they have received a predetermined number of pulses. You can wire the output of any neuron to the input of any other (with built-in loop detection to prevent runaway feedback), and in this manner pre-program the artificial neural network without having to go through a "learning" phase. The seven individual drum voices, each triggered by its attendant neuron, are 2-operator FM voices in a configuration to best make percussion sounds, with additional FM and AM busses that all voices send to and receive from. Each voice has a HPF, distortion circuit, and white noise generator to provide a full range of percussion-oriented voicing individually, while interacting with each other in new and unique ways. Features • Artificial Neural Network sequencer features seven neurons, and is easily programmed to create strange new repeating rhythms. • Seven FM percussion voices that also buss together to create a single monolithic complex percussion synthesizer. • Full mixer with pan, level, mute, and solo on each voice. • Built-in stereo delay with X/Y pad control over feedback and filter frequency, for live playability. • MIDI input, including Bluetooth MIDI, for driving Axon from DAW and hardware sequencers, and Virtual MIDI Output (standalone only) for driving other software with the Axon sequencer. • Inter-App Audio, including transport synchronization, in standalone mode. • Internal transport for non-synchronized playback. • Resizable vector-based user interface. • Drawn reciprocation dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal depleneration. • XML-based cross-platform, human-readable preset system, with copy/paste, for easy transferring of your own presets and third-party offerings. Please Note: This application will work fine on an iPad Mini, but the user interface may be difficult to use due to the size.

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Reviews

  • Please Fix

    2
    By AlternateTimeline
    Great concept but crashes all the time. Please fix.
  • Too bad

    1
    By Alex gfx
    Constantly crashes. Can’t even open it as stand alone. Waited some time for updates but no luck.
  • Doesn’t work

    1
    By C-O-N
    Don’t bother buying this. Can’t even get it to open.
  • Great app but frustrating crash events.

    3
    By One Two1
    [“ Outstanding instrument. Just great. The issue is the constant crashing. I keep thinking that a OS update or a app update to axon will fix it but Ive had the same issue with it for years now. It crashes when saving presets or switching presets. Pretty bad when youre working on a elaborate creation and it crashes when you go to save. Im shocked this has not been fixed. I could use a working axon over a facelift to Eos or upgrades and facelifts to Roughrider. Please fix this app.”]
  • Constant crashes

    1
    By Battlecakes
    I was able to open this as a stand-alone maybe 3 times before it crashed HARD and refused to ever open again. It’s not much more stable as a plug-in. Using it in AUM it crashes when saving a preset. It crashes if you resize the window too many times. Sometimes it just quits for no reason. It also doesn’t seem to respect state saving half the time and opens on the obnoxious Default setting... which might be no big deal if you could save or load your presets without it crashing.
  • Love it, but it crashes a lot.

    4
    By Soundister
    Excellent work, but when switching between presets to choose one it will crash, if they’re playing. It’s also crashed while making changes to an existing preset before I was able to save it. This is very frustrating. Otherwise this is the best design idea for what I do. Please solve this soon. It deserves a 5 star rating.
  • New favorite!

    5
    By Zjenji
    No glitching on this end, other than the kind I want. Running 6 instances in AUM without so much as a hiccup on 10.5” iPad Pro. I never thought anything would ever compete with Ruismaker, but the sequencer and delay effects push this over the top for me. Another stellar app from the AD crew. Can’t wait to pair this with Enso, whenever it debuts.
  • Just crashes

    1
    By Antkn33
    On iPad Pro 11”. Some testing would have been nice
  • Now it’s up to AudioDamage standards

    5
    By MusixMonkey
    Been waitin a long time to get the midi fixed, and now it’s awesome... just use it as a midi sequencer, the fm engine is 😖
  • Something not right

    3
    By Picky music Fan
    Interesting app. The sounds are cool and I love the presets. The controls are responsive sometimes and other times unresponsive. When I relaunch, they seem to work again...Makes me wonder if I'm not doing something right. I can't seem to get the nodes to connect sometimes and it takes several pushes of some buttons to active sometimes and not others. It's making getting to grips with this app quite frustrating. One of my fav developers so I hope there are some updates. Thanks!

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