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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Finally finished my first track

gusgranitegusgranite
in General App Discussion

Of course I’m not happy with it but it’s done! There was a deadline so I put it together pretty quickly over the last couple of nights. It was for a really fun beat battle on the BM3 forum. The sound was supposed to be old school electro style as per the rules but it became more of a wigged out noodle...

I love the other entries so you should check them out: https://intua.net/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/6330/bm3-battle-05-vote-here-open-for-48hrs-only#latest

If you’re interested, here are a few notes I shared on the forum from putting it together.

“Having just rushed getting my first track finished for the awesome beat battle, here’s a few things I learned:

  1. BM3 is amazing!! To be manipulating sounds in this way on the iPad is a dream come true. I can’t wait to get more into sample layering and multi-dial macros, etc. So cool.
  2. No glitches or crackles. I had 15 tracks on the go. MIDI synths and triggered samples. Automation, etc. It held up fine on the iPad Pro 10.5.
  3. No crashes either! At least when using AU plugins. The only crash I had was when I loaded an IAA plugin because I didn’t have an AU vocoder (little gap in the market there, devs?).
  4. So AU all the way from here on in. It will take a very special app like Quantum to get me to buy a non-AU app now.
  5. There seemed to be a bit of latency triggering samples from the BM3 keyboard. Will stick with pads.
  6. Phosphor synth bugged out on me for some reason. It’s like it wouldn’t release notes or something so I had to swap it out. Shame as I had a nice pad rolling. Will try to reproduce for a bug report.
  7. The bank MIDI menus jumped around like they were continuously resizing. I took a screen recording but couldn’t work out how to upload the damn thing to the forum.
  8. Getting from one AU plug-in GUI to the next is a chore. Press bank, press sample icon, click plugin, etc. Is there a quicker way? I’m used to AUM where you see every plugin loaded in a session in one view regardless of instrument or FX and can load it with one click.
  9. If using MIDI sequencers that get triggered by the transport (like Rozeta modules) then you need to remember to disconnect their MIDI bank connections once you have recorded their MIDI outputs to the timeline. Took me a while to work out what the heck was going on... :smile:
  10. I kept accidentally creating loop regions by trying to drag the timeline left and right. And once I created them I found them fiddly to get rid of. Might just be my fat fingers.
  11. I know they are not exclusive to BM3 but the automations are awesome.
  12. It sounds obvious but making a track is the best way to learn BM3.

So now I’m hooked! Can’t wait to start on the next one. Just need more time...”

Comments

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Great advert for BM3. Very creative. One day, I must get around to delving deeper into the app. ;)

  • RUST( i )KRUST( i )K

    Nice job.

    I think it is actually the first finished track I heard someone do on BM3.......

  • CracklePotCracklePot

    Excellent first track! :)
    I am gradually getting more and more into BM3. I am taking it slow so I don’t get overwhelmed with frustration when things get confusing. Since so many people mention “BM3 is soooo buggy”, I am frequently second-guessing myself when I am having trouble getting something to work. I am never sure if it is just me doing it wrong, or if it is a bug.
    Thanks for your detailed notes on your experiences while working on this successful project in BM3. It makes me feel more confident in the current state of the app, and more willing to dig deeper into its workflow, instead of just quitting out and going back to my other apps that I know work well.
    So I can honestly say that you have inspired me with your track. Thank you for sharing it. B)

  • encenc

    Groovy !

    Got an Extra Ts vibe going on there B)

  • gusgranitegusgranite

    @Zen210507 said:
    Great advert for BM3. Very creative. One day, I must get around to delving deeper into the app. ;)

    Thanks Zen. It’s the first DAW I’ve learned so that might help me get stuck in.

    @RUST( i )K said:
    Nice job.

    I think it is actually the first finished track I heard someone do on BM3.......

    Thanks Rustik. I love how you get tracks finished and move on to the next. Good inspiration.

    @CracklePot do it!! There’s still bugs alright but they’re identifying them and blitzing them as quickly as possible. Staying AU makes it easier as well I think.

    @enc that’s a wicked tune! I’m surprised I haven’t come across it before. Good dig.

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