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.
Best apps
For someone who does not have a midi controller what are the best apps? Suggest to me some to buy
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Going to have to throw Animoog out here for the exceptional in app keyboard.
Bebot is a cool free-flowing swingin’ cat who never marched to the button-down MIDI beat. 🤖
Start with some free Apps (some that hope you'll upgrade):
AudioKit Synth One (free but so good... has a keyboard)
Reason Compact (free but sells extra sounds and control)
Aparillo (free with jump in presets up to 500) uses an innovative interface to amaze you using 1 finger
I'm sure there are more. Auxy might be a good start (subscription to get more) or some of the Blocs Wave stuff (free with upsells).
Have fun.
AudioShare, Patterning 2, NanoStudio 2, Model 15 and Samplr.
Dang I miss limited being stuck on ios9 on my ipad4.....what a bummer
Korg Gadget: iOS 9.3
Groove Rider: iOS 9.0
Cubasis: iOS 9.0
What else do you need?
ChordPolyPad
GeoShred! It works on iOS 9 last I checked with just a couple versions back.
Roseta < -- sequencer pattern-er extraordinaire
Thumbjam and/or Geoshred < -- move your fingers and make some sounds
Soundprism Pro or ChordPolyPad < -- backing chords and progressions
GrooveBox < -- good for just pressing buttons to get stuff
Patterning < -- not just for rhythms. It's for whole songs even
Beathawk < -- great soundpacks, easy, good arranger, and simpler than BeatMaker.
AudioBus or AUM <-- for routing and recording if you don't have a DAW
and all the synths 🤪😜
GarageBand has the best touch instruments on iOS.
Gadget and Nanostudio 2 are also pretty good in this domain, you can write entire tracks without a MIDI controller. but really GarageBand should be the first port of call for anyone who is new to iOS.
Beatmaker 3
I haven't touched a controller since picking up KB-1.
+1.
Always has a place at the table.
iFretless bass too.
Saying that, I agree with @richardyot about GarageBand. If you need to save up for a new iPad then you can try setting a time limit (4 months?) and write songs there as you do - hone your craft, watch some tutorials on music production techniques that you've heard of but don't quite understand, and level up.
+1 for GarageBand
Btw, you can run iOS 10 on an iPad 4.
What is the best app for writing beats? And what daw is best for recording midi and editing midi notes.....is auria good at this or do I need to buy cubasis?
Ya I have 10, I just got confused
What is the Kb-1?
Oh boy, there are endless reams of digital trees wasted on such subjects on this forum alone.
1. The one you have
2. They all record and edit midi. I’d watch some videos to see what suits your mind and process. Everyone has there druthers as to which is the “best”
3. See above. Unless you already have Auria then use that.
http://numericalaudio.com/kb1/
Somehow this is the beauty of this forum isn’t it?
but you can play around. If you want to make tracks. And NanoStudio 2 is just incredible.
Someone is new to the game and asks, what is the best stuff... instead of try search function, everyone has different tastes or what ever he actually gets passionate and dedicated answers. I like that.
1+ GarageBand. Super cheap (when not thinking about drowning 800 into an ipad
Have fun exploring this vast ocean called iOS music making, haha
If you already have Auria then yes it can do MIDI.
If you're new GarageBand is your best bet. It's great for all sorts of Music.
You can use Hexler TouchOSC, One More Muse Control, Justus Kandzi Trigger Box, Coffeeshopped Patch Base ... and some other interesting apps.
👍High praise for KB-1! Excellent AUV3 keyboard controller. It make AUM much more playable. And thus the apps loaded in become more playable and expressive. Surprised that there aren’t more apps like it available by now.