LE05: Digitalism 2000 + AUv3 4+

Uncomplicated yet versatile within its proscribed boundaries, it’s a lot of fun right out of the box. Unfortunately, AudioKit have once again released an app that does not retain/ restore the last settings. That decision makes using it a lot less pleasant, as it requires remembering so much just to get back to where you left off. Most other AU3 apps retain their settings as standard, so why not AudioKit?

Nic

State-saving. Doesn’t hold the Audio Unit patch setting and various parameter settings inside of GarageBand (can’t speak for other DAWs). Open GB up having been happy with the patch/adjustments and Digitalism says ‘welcome’ in the patch readout…tap on that, it comes up with the CORRECT patch, so you try hitting the GB ‘play’ arrow, still no sound…forces you to change the patch, LOSE ALL SETTINGS and then return to your patch! It’s a pfaff, users will just use something else - can you imagine if ALL 32 instruments in GarageBand did this?! Put the other way around, I wouldn’t dare make an entire song with Digitalism alone that would be about 160 extra taps every time just to get this AudioKit offering to make its sounds! Come on, replace this Audio Unit or fix it, pretty please.

Inferior to the earlier D1 in every way, aside from the fact that D1 won’t work in auv3, despite advertising as such. The D1 is still packed with a variety of sounds so wonderful that I’ve learned to live with the lack of auv3.
But this app doesn’t have the rich diversity of sounds that the D1 does.
That’s not to say it doesn’t have some beautiful presets, but for those of us who’d rather not twiddle knobs all day it does feel sadly lacking in comparison.