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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Ah. I think I know now. It's because your system fonts are much larger than I'm used to seeing. That affects the layout of GarageBand.
I would never have predicted that. How is everything synching?
Midi over USB...with the SP un-synced and playing free
Nice trash cans,haha!
Same setup but at 1024 sample rate. Doubt I can record stems. Only recorded master out.
Dual mononoke. Thermo. Fundamental in Aum with ec4 controller. Drums and samples in Drambo. On same ipad ( background audio ) to a Drambo host on other ipad.
Other ipad. Aum ipad to loopy pro but the drums/samples from drambo. To other ipad Drambo host ( background audio )
Or aum and drambo drums on ipad. To other ipad drambo which is sequenced synths and imported loopy loops and aum stems.
But not mapping until Drambo update. Not sure if faderfox pc12 and ec4 combo. Will be better for synths and effects. Instead of a drum kit on pc12/more for live tweaking etc. So a controller thats always the same. A drum kit. Maybe sb drum though ( with drambo update ) If only pc12 were encoder like ec4.
Think it would be best for a controller for synths and a controller for effects. Depending on how many synth parameters I map and how many effects I use. Even with Drambo. Maybe just use screen for drums. Then overwrite locks etc, with an ec4 mapping but use other controllers for synths and effects. Its just with the pc12 and the overlay you can buy. Would it be best for effects or synths. Probably effects but it would be loads of effects parameters.
Think I bought too much stuff anyway. People prob make better music than me. With just a phone.
Other general mappings are bt keyboard to loopy pro and drambo synth host ipad. So theres no filtering needed when launchpad is also routed. You then get the key mode of the launchpad, to the drum ipad ( if needed/maybe samples ) Custom modes to drum ipad like drum pads. Then drambo patterns of both ipads mapped to launchpad for a psudeo rewind ( timeline ) Then its just deciding on whether to map more synths or effects to pc12. The nanokontrol should be able to be like a dj mixer for dj player pro on an ipad with audio sent via usb. Then the akai controller be bt cue points of another dj player pro for the turntable and line input, with a phone. There would still be an a spare ipad with controllers via usb but I think Iv made better noodles with just a screen.
Think I may have to map synths/effects. As it cool to tweak a synth + effect. I can then move volca drum to ipads but keyboard will be far away from screens ( hence more need for mapping synth/effects ) Why is a volca drum easier to program then any app? Its not pro sound. Like if you make rock drums on ipad. Ipad is better but ipad apps take too long to make drums and then they sound 2d. Why is a volca drum better. Anologue with digital effects? Maybe its because the volca drum sounds like more than drums. A drum track is more than a drum track etc. Think I will sample volca drum. Just to start a drum track.
or this, when we are off shooting
Calling out to Godzilla.
An emotional song. With a mafia scenario.
Here's my recent hybrid setup (more than 3 devices makes my head spin).
Audio: iPad audio (headphone jack) > audio interface (connected to laptop) > audio interface output > Force's inputs.
Force can sample the iPad or laptop quickly without too much fuss.
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Too many cables.
Does Nessy enjoy the beats?
I added a few more cables!
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Okay you got to give it up. Where are you and what music are you making for whom?
I see you rocking the much beloved AudioShare on your iPad.
How do you like the iloud monitors and also what are the white PA columns there?
So many damn questions right?
Wow
1st time hit on this link
18 pages later, wow super jealous of some great set ups
I had just built a desk, set up ableton, my push 1 and was looking at interfaces to incorporate my 3 iPads,
boom
damn covid, wife took over the desk to work from home, 2.5 years later she still there
Fingers crossed that she goes back to working in the office soon, slowly filling the piggy bank, ready to purchase some hardware
Good I miss dials and real buttons
As I’m into recycling old tech.
Here’s what was once an M-Audio X-pression Pro Mixer,
nothing more than a simple midi controller, nothing fancy.
Found it for twenty squids.
It looked a little bit grey so…paint brush time.
I took the photo before I put the knobs back on.
What a cool idea. Please post a picture when you get it all put back together.
Current iteration:
Just added the Michigan Synth Works 2HP CV Pal to the Tape & Audio Machine so I can sequence it standalone with the iPad away from the main rig.
Glad you like it.
Will do.
I may even do a vid with it in action so to speak.
Here it is.
Here it is.
Here it is.
Mmm oops. Actually there it isn’t. Couldn’t drop the picture in for some reason.
And wrong thread as well 🤦🏻.
This is awesome.
Are you in London?
We may make that date real.
That looks like super geek fun.
Lololol.
Thanks. It is indeed super geek fun ! Still learning my way through it, what I like, and what works for me. Just need an intellijel 1U VCA and a couple of Sloth Chaos LFOs to finish it off. I’ve focussed primarily on warping found sound audio, physical modelling, mashing up these with fx, and recording everything as I tweak for ‘good bit ‘ editing later on - pretty much what I do virtually on the iPad, actually, only orders of magnitude more expensive!
I used to commute to London but since retirement am now a couple of hundred miles away with no intention to return to the Great Wen any time soon.
I do however intend to post something made wholly on the rack soon… honest
Awesome.
I've also started exploring modular.
I'm still on the virtual but I'm learning all of
the sound, noise thingys in MiRack at the moment.
I "found" the Portland Weather module last night.
Absolutely bonkers.
Pitchshifting and filtering individual delay taps.
Right up my street.
Love it.
Wise move.
When you're ready.
The final setup apart from pc12 overlay for effects. Got rid of ipad stands. I were leaning against walls etc and were going to quit ios maybe.
Just got a new piece of gear so you know what that means 🤪
Rebuild!
