TriqTraq revisited...

First off, really enjoy using this app. Always have. Theres a staccato feel to the loops that isnt quite like anything else Ive played with that makes for cool underpinning tracks when you need a little something extra or some movement. Complaints comparing it negatively to apps like Figure are missing the point and likely coming from users without much audio experience (though I could be wrong.) Theyre both basic sequencing grooveboxes of a sort

The feature set in TriqTraq is deeper than Figure and that gets complicated by its layout as well: its workflow is comparatively wonky and unintuitive, but it doesnt need to be.

For example, lets say I want to demo a new drum kit; in Figure you just swipe horizontally between kits, but in TriqTraq Id need to hit Kits, then go into the drumkit subcategory, pick a kit, hit load, and then one more button toggle to make sure its in Preview mode. Yall *could* do away with both the load prompt AND the need to re-select Preview and it would be a subtle but huge improvement. (Granted, the kit controls are more granular in TriqTraq; you cant load individual voices in Figure and you can in TriqTraq. That still shouldnt require so much toggling.)

Theres a lot packed in here and it mustve been difficult to get it all in there with the design constraints facing Universal apps - and this is definitely not the worst UI or workflow Ive seen, nowhere close. A mere 10 to 15% in workflow decluttering would probably lead to a 50-75% increase in personal use.

Would also like to see more and more interesting/unusual FX plus automation. Cross-kit sidechaining or choke on assigned voices for instance, it glitchy stuff - more than the standard verb/delay offerings. If theyre good enough Id IAP them.

A fun app worth checking out. One of the better beatboxes for iOS.

Ronzlo about Triqtraq - Jam Sequencer