It’s Moog day again.
All apps and IAPs are discounted.
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Good day to be discounting, with the launch of Logic Pro
The Audiobus forum is dominated by Logic threads. It’s much worse than the speculation threads here, because there’s nothing to speculate about, we know what Logic is like. It’s just gushing. Grumble grumble grumble.
Still better than Reddit lol, can’t get worse than those “first real DAW for the iPad” posts.
And here is me still wishing Korg gadget would support au3v plugins.
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At least they got a containment category now
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One thing I think is quite Interesting is the different approaches from Apple and Ableton this week. The Push 3 standalone, vs Logic on the iPad. Both totally cool, but also totally opposite ways to do a touch-based DAW.
I’m very, very tempted to get the basic Push 3. Especially if you can power it over USB-C and get full screen brightness
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I’ve been lurking without an account, time to register and mute. Or maybe it will all blow over in a few days.
Meanwhile, the gods of perversity overheard me and released Push 3.
Update: I registered on the AB forum, but there is no way to mute Logic Pro posts. Others are complaining about them also…
Free
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oh shit don’t know how I missed this!!
gotta download it and check it out
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Beatscholar’s main feature is its alternate way of looking at drum patterns (pizzas, pies, camemberts, you name it, coming in any almost relevant number of slices), which can be an inspirational source. You could for example use one lane per physical control (arm or foot) because it lets you use several instruments within the same lane. Another plus is the flexible slice number per pie, which is great for experimentation.
It is a bit poor in terms of sample-related features though. Nevertheless, I find it to be a pretty solid complement to the more feature-rich 4pocket’s Digistix 2, workflow wise for one and in particular for polyrhythmic stuff, which Digistix cannot handle quite as elegantly because of its grid layout limitations. One can even use Beatscholar for drafting a pattern and then actually print that into Digistix via MIDI (mapping is a piece of cake), as long as it fits into the latter’s grid.
I tried it out and ended up buying it for iPad and my Mac Mini. It’s a really nice app. I do find its interface a little clumsy and not as slick as I’d like.
I’ve been trying it with Digitakt and Rytm, and it seems to compliment them well.
Will do a little bit more exploring over the next few days 
please send the Devs a note with some suggestions they are very welcoming to good ideas. I believe the way the app and plugin have been marketed have not always been the best advocate for how awesome beat scholar really is…
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Will do once I get my head around what needs improving
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AudioKit King of FM presets sound very good IMHO. I think this has been out like a month or so, but I just picked up on it yesterday.
This is another great synth for when you’re prioritizing composition over sound design.
There are so many on iPad right now, it’s become dangerous for the wallet 
This is true even though iPad apps cost a tiny fraction of what hardware synths cost, simply because there are so many interesting ones. However, in this case, AudioKit King of FM is free!
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can’t wait for Baby Audio BA-1 on iOS, should be released this or next week.
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I’ve been using Aum and various synths and effects on the big iPad Pro I use for (non-musical) work, but it’s just too clunky for the portable battery-operated rig I’ve been recording with…so since the most recent iPad mini has been on sale, I got one specifically for music. Some of the apps I’ve been using are fairly granular and complicated and I suspect they’ll be fiddly on the small screen. What are your favorite simple, easy to learn apps that work well on the Mini?
Drambo and Loopy Pro both work surprisingly well on the mini. Thumbjam is good too.
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