Silent demo: sqsl Tactile by Michal Macura (iPad Midi Controller) modulating Fundamental2 Synth

video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"sqsl Tactile is a gorgeous-looking and satisfying-to-use multitouch midi controller for iPad that was designed to control VCV Rack but can also be used to control anything that accepts CC messages on Channels 1 and 2. Sqsl is the dev of other apps I’ve reviewed on this channel like sqsl Latch and sqsl Lottery. Note: normally I would post a short, silent video like this as a YouTube Short, but in this case I didn’t, as this app only uses landscape mode, not portrait mode, but Shorts must be in portrait mode. Fundamental 2, the synth I’m using it to control, also does not resize properly in portrait mode.

Here I’m using Tactile to control the gain levels of the oscillators in Fundamental2 synth loaded inside AUM on my iPad. If you look at the video, you can see these 8 sliders on the right side of the Fundamental2 UI moving—they’re being controlled by Tactile. I am sending midi from Tactile out on Channel 1, which means (see below for more info) that the distances between my fingers and the dots on the Tactile UI is the thing that is setting the depth of modulation. Although here I’m modulating gain, you could of course route Tactile to control all kinds of things like filter cutoff, and so on. Note that sqsl Tactile is not an AUv3 app, it’s standalone only, but that midi can, of course, be routed to other apps and hosts, like I am doing here. Be sure to read the Appstore description below to see the limitations of the app, users should also have a basic understanding of Midi CC to know how to set things up, but it is very simple to operate if you do."