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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Tuning was never a priority for Noir as a percussion synth. But if you keep the oscillators tuned to neutral values (double-tap the frequency knobs to reset them) the sounds should be tuned chromatically. Mind you, FM and some of the other modifiers may introduce new atonal frequency content.
I got all excited to see what @brambos favorite app of 2018 was.
Dang It!
DAW - Nanostudio - have not clicked with a DAW on iOS until now. I primarily worked in Ableton recording to timeline previously and this workflow feels natural to me
Effect - REAMP - I add it to almost every track when I'm working on projects now. It adds so much character.
Instrument - Egoist - I held off until it got AU. I can see what the big fuss was about. I had ReSlice but for me the ability to have a slice and play it back in multiple ways in one 'scene' (pitch, direction, attack) makes it more useful. The sequencer is fun too.
Can’t believe I’ve never tried this - thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the reply :-) I will try that soon.
PS. Sorry about misspelling "Noir". Autocorrect on my phone keeps winning.
Since I only began iOS last April...
Cubasis + inapps and Ravenscroft 275. RC275 blew me away.. Then I bought a Kawai MP11se. I fell for the onboard piano sounds of the Kawai Shigeru and EX grands. So I bought a UR22mk2 AI. Then I made some recordings using that and was very pleased. Then the UR22 broke. Now I have returned to RC275 and... love it more than ever. So I will get the UR repaired hopefully but I probably will never use it for the pianos again!!!
The Kawai does have a great acoustic bass, however. I am sure I will use that.
Here is tonight's example of the amazing RC275. Two tracks of it (one EQd toward bass, the second toward treble) with BH Choir and SMP synths. I believe I still have a ways to go to get even better results with it, but the two track formula is definitely an improvement. There is a bit of overload at times, but I can live with it.(only 4:00 btw, not 12!)
Since i also bought an ipad pro in 2018, there are a lot of great apps i bought. Cubasis 2, DrumPerfect Pro, Animoog, Aum, Jubal Flute, Circle Of Fifths. But the most essential app to me is AudioShare.