What exactly are you into / looking for? What style of music / type of instruments / effects / utilities (compressors & eq) do you usually go for?
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My favourites are AUM, Drambo, anything by bram bos, DRC, Spectrum.
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So many to pick from depending on what you want to make and how you want to make it but my choice
Drambo
Mirack
Rozeta suite
Moog model 15
Mixbox cs
Troublemaker
seems new
Another day off and some time with the OctaTrack sequencing the DigiTone, MicroFreak and Korg Module Pro in AUM with PlayBeat and DrumComputer on beat duties:
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Anyone know of an app that will take link and/or midi clock from a host and output MIDI Time Code?
Looking to sync some external gear via MTC. Iāve found a couple generators, but nothing that takes the current clock source and syncs MTC out.
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Benn is so right about his hardware bashing at the beginning. You only realize how incredible bad Apple is regarding compatibility when you follow them through a few generations.
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in my case he is also very right that ios music making only leads to frustration if you want to produce full tracks and incorporate external gear and guitar recording etc
But itās extremely fun exploring all these highly innovative and creative apps and just spend time jamming with them.
Drambo + Auv3 now changed a lot for me and brought everything I like about ios together in one savable place
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I own almost all iOS music apps, and I mean that lol. I really appreciate the platform and I actually have my iPad with AUM and an iConnectivity Audio 4+ setup as insert FX for my Vox, Guitar and two synth channels. Itās amazing how modular and flexible the AUv3 format is, especially paired with AUM or ApeMatrix.
But I wouldnāt turn to my iPad for full polished production. I feel the computer is just so much better suited for that, UI/input devices given and all.
Nevertheless, when Iām on the go or traveling (whichā¦well itās been a while) I usually take my iPad + Roli Seablock + my field recorder (Zoom H5) with me as mobile setup, and it works really well to capture ideas and get lost in leisurely music creation.
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I wish Icould use this Auv3 but in Aum i always get prompted an error Ā« could not communicate with a helper application Ā», whatever app i try with.
Whatās the advantage of opening an app thru Auv3 vs the app itself?
The ālink to midiā app might help - if did a job I needed at the time but havenāt revisited it. Think itās free
Some fun with the iPad being sequenced by the Polyend tracker:
And another via SunVox and Gauss in AUM
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Great video. Personally, Iāve had the most success and least frustration by just using an app (or two) at a time. No iOS DAW and no external gear (which I tried and got annoyed with because of all the cables). I love sitting down with just the iPad and a pair of headphones while I use Drumcomputer, for example, which I think has a great GUI for the iPad. I detested using hardware because of all the cables (CCK3, power banks, hubs, interfaces, etc.). I thought for sure Iād like using Turnado as a kind-of KP3 for my hardware samplers. After all, Turnado on the iPad has an XY touch interface like the KP3 but with the ability to use multiple effects at once. For whatever reason, I didnāt enjoy it (again probably because of all the cables). But I do love using a single app like a granular app or Drumcomputer or Ruismaker Noir. The phrase āless is moreā applies for me with iOS stuff. Korg Gadget is done very well, though. Itās DAW-like without being overwhelming and un-fun.
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Itās utterly disgusting how much obsolete gear I have for my iOS devices. While I continue to use them, I no longer invest in peripheral devices and minimize their importance in the set-up. The rate of planned obsolescence is too damn high.
These devices are computers, there should be no difference except that apple makes it so.
Iām the same, but I prefer the clickiness of the korg nanokontrol as a bluetooth controller. But also like you I have spent most of the last year in my house, and elektronās grooveboxes have completely replaced the iPad as a sketchpad for musical ideas.
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Midi Time Code is not midi clock. Its SMPTE
Itās completely different.
Yeah thatās true! I was specifically referring to the form factor, input devices available & optimised for (keyboard + mouse/trackpad) and the UI design of MacOS apps vs iOS apps. Because Apple makes it so, they are not the same (even if the keybaord/mouse thing can be approximated on an iPad).
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Here are some of my faves:
Samplr
Borderlands Granular
Patterning 2
DM1 and DM2
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You can open as many instances as you want of an app with auv3, you can only use one instance when not using auv
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Is this the only advantage?
Iām asking but since Auv3 doesnāt work for me i guess iāll have to have imagination 