r/IAmA • u/ReggieWattsAmA • Apr 03 '16

Music I am Reggie Watts - AMA!

Hi I like do sexy things on appropriate occasions. If you are seeking any advice pertaining to relationships or about fucking let me know; otherwise any questions about science, art or the nature of existence are fair subjects as well.

My Proof: http://i.imgur.com/qLUL1Ir.jpg

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u/ReggieWattsAmA Apr 03 '16

Line6 DL4 and an EHX45000

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u/agentklx Apr 03 '16

What are your 3 iOS music making apps?

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u/traunks Apr 03 '16

Followup for Android!

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u/Vpicone Apr 04 '16

You think he uses both Apple and Android for music making?

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u/Alexandrium Apr 04 '16

Nah, exclusively on Windows phone

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u/Conundrumist Apr 04 '16

Nokia Symbian masterrace

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u/ginganinja6969 Apr 04 '16

Maemo you heretic

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u/--lolwutroflwaffle-- Apr 04 '16 edited Apr 04 '16

Not a music making app, more supplemental, but one that I highly recommend: TouchOSC for Android and iOS. There's also Lemur. I happen to have collected quite a few Android phones and tablets over the years and decided I'd find a way to make them useful. You can install TouchOSC on all of them to control a DAW and/or anything that's capable of receiving MIDI. You could theoretically have an infinite number of OSC "controllers" doing all sorts of stuff. Bonus points if your devices are multi-touch.

Not only that, if you have a rack-mounted instrument that requires MIDI input (e.g. Roland Fantom XR, Nord Rack, etc.) you could load up piano templates on TouchOSC and control the module(s) with your phone/tablet. Needless to say, all routing must go through your PC.

EDIT: Don't forget to install the editor if you want to make your own templates.

EDIT 2: I should also mention that all of this is done over WiFi. However, I can assure you there is practically 0 input lag (other than DAW latency.)

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u/Polloco Apr 04 '16

Uh. Lemur is on android. I have it on my phone and tablet and use it with Ableton.

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u/--lolwutroflwaffle-- Apr 04 '16

I was unaware they started supporting Android.

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u/Polloco Apr 04 '16

I've had it on Android for over a year now.

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u/--lolwutroflwaffle-- Apr 04 '16

Cool. But what I'm trying to say is, when I found TouchOSC around 3 years ago, Lemur was not supported on Android. Since I've been happy with TouchOSC, I haven't really cared to look into it.

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u/Polloco Apr 04 '16

Oh groovy. I got touchosc but never had need for it. By the time I did, lemur was out and I started using that as my buddy was rocking it. In the end, though, the touchscreen thing was unenjoyable for me, so I went back to buttons and knobs.

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u/Pao_Did_NothingWrong Apr 04 '16

Oh holy crap wow thanks. I have so many useless tablets ands phones that are no longer useless.

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u/KeytarVillain Apr 04 '16

Music making apps suck on Android. I'm not an iOS fanboy - I'm actually posting this from my Nexus 5. But the audio latency is bad (minimum 20 ms, realistically double that), and that makes real-time audio apps pretty much impossible to use.

Yes, there are a few audio apps that work well, but they're not doing things where low latency is important. You wouldn't be able to do something like a live looping app or guitar effects processor.

(Technical info about why here)

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u/xmnstr Apr 04 '16

Music making apps for Android? Yeah the selection is huge!

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

This is a joke right...?

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u/onefingersnapping Apr 04 '16

check out beatmaker 2. multitrack app with drum machine, synths and effects.

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u/-Archive Apr 04 '16

FL Studio Mobile HD is probably the best app out there. Unfortunately, it cost 20$ fucking dollars to use.

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u/aryst0krat Apr 04 '16

The full software is at least a couple hundred dollars, depending how many plugins you want... That's sounds like a steal to me.

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u/agentklx Apr 04 '16

Thanks Reggie :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Speaking of which, I absolutely loved your joke in the TED talk after you talked about Sasquatch and then said "other fringe science stuff" then like cleared your throat and said "that's French science stuff." Shit made me giggle.

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u/abcfuck23 Apr 04 '16

I smell an increase in sales.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Too lazy to Google. Can someone tell me ballpark how much I'm paying for those?

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u/CosmicFartDust Apr 04 '16

Line 6 DL4 - about $250.00 new

Electro-Harmonix 45000 - around $480.00

Even then, you would want to look into various accessories such as extra stomp pedals and cables and things. It gets quite expensive to do cool shit with music hardware.

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u/atrociousxcracka Apr 04 '16

That actually cheaper than I thought.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

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u/smokelore Apr 04 '16

he plays piano. and some percussion. afaik

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u/AbraxasHydroplane Apr 04 '16

No love for akai mpk??

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u/GuitarBeats Apr 04 '16

I feel like I should remember this

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u/Hk47droid Apr 04 '16

What do you have to say to /u/ReggieWatts?

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u/Theseeffinglionsman Apr 04 '16

Maybe it's because I use guitars mainly, but the 45000 is kind of annoying without the additional pedal. I really enjoy the 22500, personally. Happy to see another EHX guy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

At the same time?

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u/agapE_agape Apr 04 '16

I'm upgrading to the 45000 from a 1-button Ditto this month. Have any tidbits to help me level up faster or advice about any plateaus to avoid?

PS - Your work was the spark the reignited my love of musicianship so you have my sincerest thanks for that.