Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.
Download on the App StoreAudiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
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Where did that chart come from?
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Good to see the pricelevel is quite steady
Exactly, that's why I just bought it when I decided I wanted it. No need to wait for a sale as the few $ saved is NOT worth waiting for. And the app is worth every penny, very well designed app, just like AudioShare.
Considering AUM, like AB3, is a key power-user app for iOS musicians, I think a steady price indicates a healthier platform for that niche market. If these normally 10-20 dollar apps are requiring too many incentives to get buyers to invest in what amounts to a central hub of their entire system, then the market of power users must be weak.
Definitely worth every penny. It's one of those apps you wondered how you managed without it
Exactly. I can't imagine what precisely this update will bring. Maybe a one-button reloading of all your stems back into AUM?
Any indication when this update arrives?
Not that feature but lots of useful things. The best one for me is IAA midi reception so you can send midi from Audiobus 3 through to AUM. So you could host all your Audio units in AUM but send the midi from AB3 with filters etc
this has got to be the most visually appealing app. love the minimal design, colors, etc
Ok, that makes sense, I think. How do you like ModStep, btw? It intrigues me, mainly because it seems a little like ableton, but you can't record inter-app audio, right?
A lot of us use modstep purely for sequencing midi. And AUM for hosting AUx. Unlike hosting them inside both modstep and ab3 this allows us to send automation to the hosted Aux inside AUM.
Modstep is great and and my preferred one for composition. I host everything in AUM too. but now that AB3 is out I'll be experimenting with hosting IAA apps in AB and Au's in AUM and mixing it all there.
It's possible to record into Modstep but it's not ready for real sequencing of Audio yet although I think that might be on the road map for the future, fingers crossed.
So do you use modstep as an output in AUM? A screenshot would be amazing.
No, I use Modstep as a midi sequencer only. Sending midi to AUM where I host all the audio units and other IAA apps. Send midi to AUM midi ports in modstep or send directly to the apps midi ports. It's a bit more time setting up but gives you more flexibility. I'll post some screenshots when the new AUM update cones out when I'll be trying some setups out.
I think an AUM + Audiobus 3 thread would be good.
It's going to get interesting when modstep updates with audiobus 3 compatibility as you will be able to save your midi routing between all the apps and AUM in 1 audiobus preset (hopefully)
Do we have an indication that this is on the table?
It's in beta but I don't know how long it will take before it will be ready.
You mean like loading a bunch of recordings into a bunch of AUM channels with FilePlayer nodes?
The improved Audiobus 3 integration in AUM 1.2 requires a version of Audiobus that is not released yet, so I will try to synchronize the AUM 1.2 update with the Audiobus team, to make it less confusing for users.
Ok thanks
I look forward to when it's released. I'm finding the current AUM is quite unstable when used with Audiobus 3 and often disconnects or loses sound.
So, I've been passively waiting for this to pop up but nothing yet. I'm guessing Apple weren't happy with something or are they just late reviewing @j_liljedahl ?
When waiting for quality, i am sure we can wait a few more days......
Nice
So, @Sebastian, when does the Audiobus update drop, so we can have this AUM update?
Seems like there must be something pretty hard to fix in AB3. The recent lack of communication from @Sebastian lets me assume they haven't really come close to a solution yet. I hope it'll be soon. Haven't really been able to use AB3 properly since it came out with my iConnectAudio4+. It's been a pretty long wait. Would love to hear some good news!
I'm still waiting for you beta testers to sort things out
The biggest price drop (apart from when it was first released) has been $4 - personally I would not let $4 hold me back from buying a great app and support the continued development.
+1, essential in my book - couldn't imagine making music without it now.
Without aum nothing Works, its one of my Most using Apps. Every Time since is the Release