So I just bought the family a new M1 iMac and I remember reading that you could run iOS apps on them. Is anyone doing this?
I had a search and all I can find that we’re compatible in the AppStore are Drambo and Sunrizer. Is this all there is available at the moment?
animoog and moog 15 are working fine here … most apps dont work, not yet …
but it’s very easy to connect your ipad to your daw and play from there …
I don’t have an iPad 
I am excited by the prospect of hooking up Borderlands Granular and Patterning 2 with Ableton Live as VSTs. Dunno how either would work though as they both rely heavily on the touch interface. So I doubt it will happen, and if it did they would be a hot mess to work with.
There’s also the fact that many apps are also available as VSTs such as Sugar Bytes’ Drum Computer, albeit the iOS versions are significantly cheaper. Not sure the devs would want people getting the same functionality for less. Or if they would be happy with their mobile products working in a janky fashion on laptops and desktops. Not a good look.
The developer can decide if they want their app to run on M1 Macs. I guess every developer who also sells the MacOS version might not allow it. Or if they feel it does not work well with mouse and keyboard.
I’m betting you can side load any app somehow
You could, but that loophole got shut down.
It also depends on the APIs that the apps are using. Some of them are iOS/iPadOS specific. Just because the CPU arch is the same doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Spectrum synthesizer bundle should work, but requires an AUv3 host (such as Drambo or Garageband).
looking in my applications folder(so i can run as an app) - i have :-
bit maestro
classic fx
elastic drums
elastic fx
glitchcore
koalafx
model15
seekbeats
sunrizer
synthscaper
vectornator
unsure about vst/au/etc etc in ableton.
So you can use auv3’s in hosts on the Macs! That’s good. I might need to buy drambo
Not all hosts yet - Ableton Live does not support them for example.
Thought I read a desktop version of Drambo would be in the works at some point. Would certainly be cool
i just downloaded drambo and it runs standalone too.
can be run full screen though obvioiusly theres no touch screen.
if i knew how to use it i’d do more testing
Can you still use it effectively with no touchscreen?
Thanks very useful
I meant, can you run sunrizer as a plug-in inside Drambo on the Mac?
It has been for quite some time !
As long as sunrizer has been released with M1 support, then yes… sounds like from other comments in the thread that it has but I have no personal experience with it
This is an amazing list, thank you for taking the time to share. Elastic Drums and Seekbeats are some of the best on the iPad, Sunrizer is a wicked emulation of one of my fave synths and there are some solid effects on that list as well.