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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@JohnnyGoodyear you should keep him on FL since he has a good workflow on it. When he gets older and his and learns even more about music, he can look for different tools to fill the gaps he feels he is missing.
I think you're right. I've also been very very careful about the whole intervening thing. If you know anything about smart (and smart-mouthed) 15 year old boys you'll know that either having the mother telling them that shirt makes you look lovely darling or the dad saying I know what's best for you sonny.... is guaranteed to have them hurtling off in the opposite direction while doing the full Dick Cheney snarl. So, yeah....
Has he actually pined for a different controller?
No.
But he has usurped my Yamaha AND I think he will like the extra bells and whistles. The notion is that I buy the Novation and if he wants it I get the Yamaha back and if he doesn't I will inherit the new thing. Normal parental horse-trading and weaselly self-justification etc What's YOUR big gift from Santa going to be this year?
I had the launckey for a while and the in-control worked very well in Ableton, you don't need the mouse for recording clips and arranging ideas. I saw Novation have a promo on this controller now, free copy of Addictive Drums 2
https://global.novationmusic.com/community/news/free-addictive-drums-2
Good to know BGS. Thanks.
very true! lol When I was younger, no one could tell me anything!
This might not be on the list now...sounds like Maschine has its own MIDI thing so the pads don’t trigger drum pads in the software, and it doesn’t save your custom maps. Automation movements aren’t recorded at all. Won’t affect you as you don’t use Maschine, but it’s wrapped my excitement in damp wool for the time being as Maschine is my thing.
So I either ask Santa for:
A Launchkey that works with the iPad and Logic (which I don’t really use) but not that well with Maschine,
Or break the bank and get an NI controller that works with Maschine but not very well with everything else (not going to happen)
Think myself lucky I even get a pair of novelty socks.
Or think of something else.
I’m breaking into a cold sweat just thinking of trying that out here...