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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I think it’s the way the original post was worded. I fully expected Rozeta to be great and it is - no surprise.
Thumbjam never goes out of style! I still use it ALL THE TIME...
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I was scrolling down this thread, wondering why no one had chosen Rozeta...and there you were.
Rozeta is also my choice, simply because it opened up new possibilities, and made it worthwhile reinstalling Gadget thus turning my IAP’s into avoid decision.
@ExAsperis99 huh? It took me to beatonal website with links to the AppStore if you don't have it and instructions. Oh well
I would have been really surprised if it stunk. @brambos is a living legend around here.
i'm an ex-guitar man. first love. fond memories picking the eve away. i still have a play now and then. can't remember much on it now tho
might try sampling those occasions
I only purchased three music apps this year: Final Touch (Black Friday sale), Korg Mono/Poly and Beatmaker 3. Of the three I'm most satisfied with the Korg Mono/Poly. As much as I want to praise Beatmaker, I haven't finished a production with it due to crashes. Sadly they won't get to be on my top 10 list this year. Korg, on the other hand, released several big updates to Gadget this year making it incredibly stable, easy and enjoyable to use. I bought Final Touch on sale out of curiosity. As far as I can tell, a mastering app is better suited for real instrument recordings rather than electronic music. Having tested the app, even with slight adjustments, the final mix, when done properly in Gadget still sounds better than the "mastered" mixes put through Final Touch.
@JohnnyGoodyear
XDrummer's AI functions by having you play a 30 second snippet of a tune (rhythmically) you have in mind, and then matches it with the closest sounding beat that would complement what you played. For example, today I wanted to have a stable drum track to my playing and singing of Earth Wind and Fire's September. I tapped the AI button, chose "Funk" as the genre and strummed the first 10 or bars on my acoustic guitar. What came out after about 10 seconds of processing from the app was a perfectly structured (and customisable) 124BPM Verse - Verse - Chorus - Verse - Chorus - Chorus funky drum part. It was complete with fills and accents which sounded almost like how a human drummer would've played it. That all happened in less than a minute! I also played September (to make sure I covered all songs named September) by Daughtry immediately to the "Rock" genre and it delivered wonderfully as well.
I own Rock Drummer, Soft Drummer, Garageband, SessionBand apps and the like but nothing comes even close to the workflow, convenience and results this app gives to a live guitar/keys player. The app before its update had BPM issues but that was months ago and they responded to my mail and fixed it within two weeks. Now the BPM tracking is on-point and you can half/double it at the touch of a button if the app doesn't get it right. The current iteration of the programme even gives you the selection of how intense you want the drum track to be, changing the samples and the hit velocities depending on how energetic you want the drums to sound.
There is a very slight learning curve if you want the AI to deliver consistently though, it doesn't process arpeggios and non-4/4 time signatures well. The last mail exchange I had with the developer they told me 3/4 were in the works but I never really checked if they included that in the update. The samples aren't going to blow you away but overall, this app is easily the top app of this year for me without even getting into MIDI, export and editing functionalities!
While you have cost me (if sale price holds!) ten bucks,
I am grateful for your thoughtful explanation/review. Very good and thank you.
Snap drum machine was my surprisingly useful app of the year.
I should mention that I'm using it as a midi sequencer triggering multiple ableton tracks with midi effects like chord, transpose, arpeggiators, scale and random in various setups. My beta is still working for a while but I don't need the save function to use it this way so the midi I/O will be enough.
Also Zeeon, didn't think I could possibly need any more synths but now I hear what all the fuss was about
I'm just starting, so best for me in this year are Geoshred, new Gadgets, and Lumbeat drum appps
I didn't like the IAP structure at first, it seemed weird to split it into 2. But now that I've spent some time with the free version, I actually prefer the 2 separate IAPs. Like you said, I also want to use it more as a midi sequencer, so I really only need the midi IAP. I can record any midi if I want to save it. The save IAP would be for people wanting to use this as a drum machine with the included sounds I think. If they just charged $8 upfront or had a single $8 IAP, I probably wouldn't go for it. But for $4 as a midi sequencer, this thing is pretty great.
SynthScaper, since i got sounds of it, that i never expected. It has a very pleasant lo-fi vibe.
Well congratulations guys. After reading all of the positive posts on Beatonal I tried it, loved it and went for the pro upgrade last night. I love this forum but I gotta stop buying great apps...or do I?
True - there's a lot squeezed into iwavestation
Now that you mention it - I've been surprised at how much I use it for a variety of sounds. It's a great one.
Hey, we don’t make the rules, if you feel the need, the need for apps, go for it. Or not, as budget applies.
HA! So said the bartender as he polished the vodka bottle smiling....
Syntorial,It is helping to understand more about synthesis. Superb app.
You are not
But changed my mind again now Syntronik has gone AU!
Yeah, me too. What a great little app. Needs work, of course, but lots to like here.
@u0421793 we need a video wherein you abuse the Beatonal synth
After much rumination ... sooo hard to decide.
KRFT
Good call.
Latest Gadgie updates
for me its xequence
i wanted an awesome midi sequencer for the iphone, and while there's sunvox and i love it, i wanted a traditional piano roll mama, and xequence was it - and now with link its insanely wicked to da ultra max!
Does herpes count?
Kidding.
Easy one.
K MACHINE
https://everyplay.com/videos/44152420
He he. Me too.
Yup.
I think my biggest surprisingly-supremely-satisfying purchase was Mood. I was fairly sure I was going to like it but had no idea how much I'd love it.
I caught that one late in a sale for seven quid. Hadn’t really thought much about it, but since buying it it’s gone straight into my favourite synths folder. Really good app.