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.
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Hello,
I tried.
Realy.
:-(
Opened Gadget, reset MIDI to Easy, MIDI Sync to Auto, Ableton Link diabled.
Added Berlin, touched MIDI, checked the record button, headline is flashing red.
Then switched to SP Pro, which is set to send to Gadget only, played some tunes, switched back to Gadget: Nothing
:-(
Oh.
I retried with SP Link Edition: And this worked!!!!!
Will check SP Electro and after that re-think the MIDI settings in SP Pro!!!
EDIT: Problem solved, thanks a bunch!!!!
I misconfigured both Apps, having no MIDI experience.
Now I am happy!!!!!
@tja a YouTube search can be your friend when it comes to learning the apps you've purchased.
Believe me, I tried - lots of videos and webpages, I even wrote to support of both SoundPrism and KORG!
The problem was, that I mostly tried with SP and did something wrong with the setup as Gadget was set to advanced MIDI.
But the main problem was, that I disabled Ableton Link in Gadget!
Without this, I did not get anything - and I just disabled it because of the annoying flashing bar at the top. Very bad idea.
I did it think Ableton Link to be required for MIDI, as only SP Link Edition has this feature, but not SP Pro and SP Electro!
But still, it is required in Gadget to receive MIDI from either.
Now it works like a charm and I can record all three channels separately and together at the same time - with Link and Electro, my setup is still broken with Pro:
Incidentally, in Gadget, you can rename both the scene (from 1, 1 copy, etc) and the other axis (the Track 1, Track 2, etc), making it easier to reason about it (whatever that means)
I also solved the miracle about SP Pro ;-)
Everything fine now
BTW, my brain works different to Gadget.
I would like to have the instruments on the left side in one column and the scenes from left to right.... Just like a timeline, able to see what corresponds to what and happens at the same time
I tried to give GarageBand a second chance.
Saved a Launchpad WAV and M4A to Dropbox and tried to import.
No chance.
Googled, and it seems you can only do this with a computer / iTunes.
Only other way seems to be the use of MP3 instead.
Cannot even comment on this :-O
This is just ill, in my book....
GarageBand should NEVER be a recommendation!!!!!!!!
GarageBand isn't for everyone, but you might want to do some more homework before poo-pooing apps and proclaiming absolutes.
http://midnightmusic.com.au/2016/10/how-to-import-audio-files-into-garageband-for-ipad
If you enable iCloud Drive (at system level) you can actually import files into GarageBand using the standard iOS Document Picker (ie. if you have your files in AudioShare import is easy). It's accessed from the 'loop' menu next to the 'wrench'. When you're in the loop selector select the Audio Files tab and at the bottom you'll see Import From iCloud Drive. There you can choose Audio Share from the 'Locations' menu...
The imported sounds are also available for the 'sampler' you have in GarageBand.
To export to AudioShare, just share the GarageBand session and use 'Open In..' and select AudioShare as the destination...
Now, I searched Google and read in several forums, incl. pages from Apple themselves!
And this strange trick over Voice Record was never mentioned - I cannot check the whole Internet!
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH24847?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3985265?tstart=0
And lots of pages more....
Still, this shows that GB is ill - It does NOT work in an intuitive way!
So, it CANNOT be a recommendation - being intuitively usable is crucial for something that gets recommended, IMHO.
Anyway, thanks!!!
GarageBand can be fun if you give it some time...
I think this dude is the uncrowned king of GB
iPad Audio Units
AU HOST
Audio Evolution Mobile Studio (Davy Wenzler) *instruments & effects •iPad only
Auria (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects •iPad only
Auria LE (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects •iPad only
Auria Pro (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects •iPad only
AUM (Kymatica) *instruments & effects •universal
Cubasis (Steinberg) *instruments & effects •iPad only
Cubasis 2 (Steinberg) *instruments & effects •iPad only
Ferrite Recording Studio (Wooji Juice Ltd) *effects only •universal
GarageBand (Apple) *instruments & effects •universal
Helio Workstation (Peter Rudenko) *instruments & effects •iPad only
midiSTEPs (Arthur Kerns) *instruments & effects •iPad only
modstep (AppBC) *instruments & effects •iPad only
MultiTrackStudio (Giel Bremmers) *instruments & effects •iPad only
n-Track Studio MultiTrack Recorder (n-Track) *instruments & effects •universal
TIZE (Tize Music, Inc.) *effects only •universal
Twisted Wave Audio Editor (Twisted Wave) *effects only •universal
Twisted Wave Recorder (Twisted Wave) *effects only •universal
zMors Modular (mobile only) *instruments & effects •iPad only
INSTRUMENT PLUGINS
Addictive Pro (VirSyn) •iPad only
Baervaag - FM Synthesizer (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
BASSalicious (MIDIculous LLC) •iPad only
Colossus Piano (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte) •universal
CMP Grand Piano (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte) •universal
Enkl monophonic synth (Klevgränd produkter AB) •iPad only
FM Essentials (Yamaha) •universal
Heavy Brass (Crudebyte) •iPad only
iCathedral Organ (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte) •iPad only
iSEM (Arturia) •iPad only
iSymphonic Orchestra (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte)•universal
iVCS3 (apeSoft) •universal
Jussi - Vocal Synthesizer (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
KQ MiniSynth (Ryouta Kira) •universal
NS1 (Nikolozi Pty Ltd) •iPad only
Oriental Strings (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte) •universal
Pads - Lush Pad Synth (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
Phasemaker (Bram Bros) •universal
Phonem (Wolfgang Palm PPG) •iPad only
Poison-202 Vintage MIDI Synthesizer (Dmitrij Pavlov) •universal
ReSlice (VirSyn) •universal
Ruismaker (Bram Bros) •universal
Ruismaker FM (Bram Bros) •universal
Sensual Sax (Embertone) •universal
SwarPlug (Swar Systems) •iPad only
Tines (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
Troublemaker (Bram Bros) •universal
Turbosounds for Accordian (Reinhard Rieder) •universal
Viking Synth (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
WaveGenerator (Wolfgang Palm PPG) •iPad only
WaveMapper (Wolfgang Palm PPG) •iPad only
EFFECT PLUGINS
6144 equalizer by DDMF (Christian Siedschlag) •universal
apeDelay (apeSoft) •universal
apeFilter (apeSoft) •universal
AudioEffX (VirSyn) •universal
AudioMaster Pro (Future Moments) •universal
AudioVerb (VirSyn) •universal
Buttercup Bitcrush (Flora Creative Ltd.) •universal
DC-9 Overdrive (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
Envelope AU Reverb by DDMF (Christian Siedschlag) •universal
Esspresso de-esser (Klevgränd produkter AB) •iPad only
F-16 Filter (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
frekvens (Erik Sigth) •universal
FuxEQ (mattoncino software) •universal
Haaze- Stereo Tool (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
Korvpressor - smart dynamic hotdog device (Klevgränd Produktion AB) •iPad only
Lofionic Duplicat Delay (Chris Rivers) •iPad only
Lofionic Mani Chorus (Chris Rivers) •iPad only
MicSwap: Microphone Emulator & Recorder (Future Moments) •universal
MicSwap Pro: Microphone Emulator & Recorder (Future Moments) •universal
NoLimits Audio Unit Limiter by DDMF (Christian Siedschlag) •universal
Phlox Phaser (Timothy Barraclough) •universal
PressIt multiband compressor (Klevgränd produkter AB) •iPad only
Remaster (Audioforge Labs Inc.) •universal
Resampler (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
RF-1 (Kai Aras) •universal
RP-1 (Kai Aras) •universal
Saffron Saturator (Timothy Baraclough) •universal
SquashIt (Klevgränd produkter AB) •universal
Svep phaser, flanger, chorus (Klevgränd produkter AB) •iPad only
ToneBridge Guitar Effects (Ultimate Guitar) •universal
Voice Rack: FX (TC-Helicon) •universal
Zero Chorus (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
Zero Reverb (Blamsoft, Inc.) •universal
zMors EQ (mobile only) •iPad only
Just saying
@Samu:
While your alternative sounds OK, I cannot open WAV or M4A into GB from the iCloud App. Tried also with AudioShare, but no chance. And the whole reason for GB was, to NOT depend on other Apps ;-)
But I tried what you wrote, and this hidden way works!
You can even change to read from AudioShare!
Thanks ;-)
Still: WHYYYYY, Apple???
@Shazamm
Ummmh.
Yes, lots of Apps.
And? :-O
Edit: Ahhh, you recommend AU instead.... yes, maybe later.
Right now I am happy and try around things ;-)
lol I only produce on iPad Pro now so I wanted everything lol. I own those apps
Cubasis is the best all around DAW in my humble opinion. Auria Pro has nicer plugins, but a worse interface and more CPU hungry. Everything else is icing.
worse interface i think its the best. Crazy how we all love what we love
Garageband has become a really viable option for the majority of users. Especially after the latest update (and price drop) it's a pretty sweet solution.
I always used to surprise myself when I realised how much stuff I'd started in GarageBand. I'd then migrate the idea out of GarageBand once it got to be a concrete direction and before it went too far. Experience tortoise that there's a lot of technical difficulty in getting a reasonably progressed work back out in any useful form. However, it is a superb, and in my opinion one of the best, way of starting off an idea. Just plan on moving the idea out soonish.
Continuing about GB:
I cannot even find a way to save / export something'
If it is possible, then only in an obscure way...
I even googled and found this: http://www.delora.com/hdocs/?page_id=502&title=how-to-export-files-from-garageband
It seems, many have this problems ;-)
In any other App I ever tried, you can find what you seek within seconds, maximum a minute.
Not with GB...
Not sure what the screenshot is about, but somebody likes drum machines.
Anyway, this ought to help...
GarageBand for iOS 2.0.x (iPad): Share GarageBand songs
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH24835
Basically, the same info here, but formatted better...
GarageBand for iOS (iPad): Share GarageBand songs
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17218
I come to this impasse quite a bit with music creation .. not necessarily with GarageBand.. but certainly with a lot of other setups.
I'll read about all these intriguing apps .. ModStep .. StepPolyArp.. and a bunch of others I see people using in really complex and interesting ways ... and I assume I should just understand how they are work after seeing or reading about the great things done with them .. and feel discouraged because I am not there yet.
Then it all just becomes sort of stressful and not fun anymore...
Sometimes I find it good to step away and do something else to distract ..come back with a fresh outlook on it.. .
This doesn't address your original question .. ( what Apps ) .. but hope it helps
Thank you, I found it!
You need to leave the song to be able to export it ;-)
I will continue with my GB experiments!
Thank you ;-)
But I have no stress, but lots of fun!
I just like to comment on my feelings when something like GB makes me angry.
Otherwise, everything is OK and I try many things with my apps.
The sequencer in Gadget is not good enough for me, missing linked pastes / copies like from Medley and beside copying scenes, I really would like to be able to copy whole tracks.
Also grouping patterns, maybe even hierarchical would be great - not sure if such a software exists.
So, I will seek a better stepper / sequencer....
I would use a sequencer and the syntax from Gadget to create loops which I then use in Blocs Wave and Launchpad to arrange songs.
I still have to check, if I can get the MIDI from this out again and back into Gadget to later change the synths or part of them :-O
As I think about this, getting MIDI out of Launchpad and back into Gadget will most probably not be possible.
Maybe I try the two loop gadgets, Abu Dhabi and Bilbao, instead of Blocs Wave and Launchpad. But this is sad, as I love them both
Yeaaah, you're not going to get MIDI out of Launchpad (audio clip launcher) or Blocs Wave (audio clip launcher / arranger / re-arranger) as they use samples.
They are great at what they do! Especially for jamming.
I love Launchpad for creating songs.
Rearranging and repeating samples...
This ****could**** be done In Gadget, but is quite strenuous and not very applicable to the process of creation.
But the result from Launchpad is just audio, not patterns - I cannot return into Gadget and change synths / sounds.
I need something that preserves the MIDI structure for further work ;-)
I think this could work in Bilbao, need to check.
I would need something that preserves / saves the structure of the loops, their repeatings and FX and so on.
Something like a Meta MIDI, where as MIDI handles channels and tones and pitches and such things, but instead for whole loops instead of just tones.
This way, you can arrange a song and it's structure, but do not loose the ability to change all sounds....
Maybe there is something like this?
Bear with me, I have 0 experience.
GB can do midi loops. Maybe that's what you're looking for?