[tomduncalf]

Yes Buzz! Absolutely loved that software. So powerful and esoteric yet fairly easy to use (if you were familiar with trackers at least).

It was a shame there was the whole thing of losing the source code that killed development for years, and that it never made the leap to cross platform, otherwise I’m sure I’d still use it today!

Have you tried Drambo on iOS? I guess in some ways it’s the closest thing I’ve found to Buzz, in that it operates at the same level of “granularity” in terms of the modules, and in that it has sequencing (step based in this case, though piano roll is coming) built in. It’s easily my most used iOS music making app these days, really brilliant bit of software.

MiRack is also really fun, although I find dealing with the myriad UIs for each module a bit challenging sometimes (though it is a fun touch!) - Drambo has a much more standardised layout for each module (like how Buzz was just sliders IIRC).

[mastazi]

> It was a shame there was the whole thing of losing the source code

Yes, I can remember that very well! Eventually Oskari rebuilt the app basically from scratch, using .NET (at least IIRC) and that's what you get today if you go to the site and download it. It's not the original app but it maintains the same API for modules. Oskari nowadays is a researcher and he published some interesting articles: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5042

> Have you tried Drambo on iOS?

Nice, thank you! I had never heard of it but after watching a couple of YouTube videos I decided I'm going to download it

[tomduncalf]

Ah interesting! I think I had moved away from Buzz by the time it was rebuilt but have very fond memories of the software and the community around it.

I hope you enjoy Drambo! It can take a little while to get into the swing of it but if you used to use Buzz I really think you’ll enjoy it. There are a tonne of tutorials on YouTube about it to get going. Being able to host AUv3 plugins is awesome too!