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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@dendy look out its the literal police, we have this new thing called conversational exaggeration, but obviously beta testers of NS2 never ever ever ever ever exaggerated anything, right
(FYI for everyone else, me and Dendy banter, he knows how much I love NS2)
@espiegel123 I didn't really make an educated guess, for one I lack any kind of education, but I was simply trying to make the point that everything is guesswork here, we have no proof of anything one way or the other, and personally, I hope the guy has moved on and is making some real tin, he certainly wont make any here.
@cian As per usual, some ABF random, makes up utter nonsense to fit his own tiny little world of whatever it is you do, I never said any of the things you implied, generally humans grow up as part of the cycle of life, you may wish to try it at some point.
@drez well that certainly told me, I am not sure what it told me, because i don't like reading as much as you like typing obviously, but consider me told.
@anickt Zenbeats does not have the best mixer on iOS, NS2 does, Zenbeats does not have the best selection of bread n butter effects of any DAW on iOS, NS2 does, Zenbeats is not a bunch of tweaks from being the best DAW on iOS and actually competitive with the top ten DAWs on the desktop, NS2 is, don't get me wrong, Zenbeats is the number 1 music making app now on Android, everywhere other platform, it has some seriously stiff competition just as a groovebox.
Nah, ok :-)) I got the point of your original post.. just cannot help myself, i'm fact bitch
**I even agree with many things you wrote ** (also in this thread). Lot of assumptions and speculations here, doesn't help to anybody. I think people should hold back, do not speculate, do not assume, do not expect to much - to avoid later disappointment. And do not buy any app just because of potential future features !
You don't like too much enthusiastic people, ok, in some way i understand, it can be annoying. I'm enthusiast about NS simply because it fulfils (even with few weak parts, which are there no doubt) most of my production needs - there are no other motivations for me. I don't have any $ from sales, i'm not employee of Blip Interactive, Matt is just my friend. But ok, i learned some people don't like to much enthusiastic approach so now i'm trying to hold back. Everybody makes mistakes, it's important to learn from those mistakes and move forward.
Btw. another fact is that NS2 discounts periods aren't anything special, they are comparable for example to BM3:
NS2:
source: https://appsliced.co/app?n=nanostudio-2
BM3:
source: https://appsliced.co/app?n=beatmaker-3
This is nothing unusual .. It's simply sad reality of AppStore - short periods of discounts are crucial for devs to earn at least something, it's valid marketing tool (and it works good, especially in iOS community where people are not willing to pay more than few bucks for awesome apps)
Especially with apps like DAWs with long development cycle and lot's of free updates/fixes - developers of smaller plugins with many items in AppStore are in dramatically better situation. In general it's lot better for DEV to have many small apps in appstore than one big. Obviously income from NS2 isn't like it was expected, that's why Matt mentioned he cannot work on NS as fulltime job. Market is different, people needs are different, lot things are different than they were when NS1 entered the market in 2010 - and we underestimated some things during development. People are making mistakes all the time, some mistakes is hard to fix, but you have to try, all the time.
Regarding DEV communication. Ok, there are devs very active on this forum. It's their choice. If they have enough energy and spare time to spend it here or if they feel urge to inform users about progress on social networks - it's completely ok, it's their choice. It's another marketing tool, totally valid.
But look for example at desktop companies (Steinberg, Presonus, Ableton, Propellerheads, or even Apple with Logic X) - Usually, after some period of total radio silence (which tooks years sometimes) they simply release something new, that's all. Just iOS users think it's dev's duty to inform users about progress and timelines. It is not. Some devs are 'caveman' type - they lock themselves in basement, work hard and after they are satisfied with result, they release it to the wild. Matt is one of them.
Long post, i know. Final result is - do not speculate, do not assume. Use what you have now. Do not expect too much, then what comes in future can be just nice surprise for you, never disappointment ;-)
@dendy
From Blip Interactive web site:
I know it just states that audiotracks is high priority and it’s not a promise that it will come.
BUT it creates expectation among the users!
I bought the app, started to use, realised how great is it. Tried to figure out when the audiotracks come by reading forums including blip interactive. Some developer close guys confirm on these forums that it’s high priority or says next milestone, etc.
I understood that the developer doesn’t want to set a deadline, it’s ok.
I don’t say he should be super active on social media. I don’t expect him to spend hours interacting with the users. But it would be reasonable IMO to share just a few thoughts each month or bi-monthly what’s going on.
I would even accept if he said that the development is suspended due to other priorities in life, in job, etc.
Once the expectations are set and even a community has been established on the official web site I think our wish for a little more than zero communication is reasonable.
Peace,
GLacey
You probably weren't around while pretty much the same went down with bm3... there is no answer, detail or hint that satisfies enough people without pissing off twice as many...
I wouldn’t have bought NS2 if I had known this delay with audio tracks.
Simple as that
😂
Which apps do you use?
Too funny. Guy at party wonders why everyone is so rude to him as he shares his views on the legality of hentai porn with another victim...
Maybe, and I know it sounds crazy, everyone here knows your opinion on Nanostudio and audio at this point because you have derailed multiple posts with your rants. Maybe we'd prefer not to hear it again because, how shall I put this, it's just not that interesting.
That's fair. Sadly I get the impression that Matt didn't realize it would take this long either.
My guess is that it's probably quite close. I would be surprised if it wasn't out before August, and I've always suspect that June was a likely release date.
Whichever I want to, determined by what I am doing, Beatmaker and Nanostudio would probably be the most used DAWs, just because I point out facts about some over zealous nonsense, does not mean I don't like a particular app.
Come on then smart arse, tell everybody my opinion of Nanostudio and audio, please, quote me, then when you are finished eating that huge crow, go away and grow up before posting more utter made up crap.
Well, you screwed up then. Learn from it!
Sorry ... just messing with you. Sort of. If we were in a bar, I'd buy you a beer to take the edge off.
Not really, and this is the valid point here, buy for what it is, not what it isn't, this isn't Alice in wonderland, and I am some kind of anti NS demon because all I stated is that he has probably moved on to make money and I hope he has, he deserves it.
there are some seriously troubled and over entitled numbskulls on this forum.
Any word on audio tracks for NanoStudio?
@dendy could be our man.
Nope.
No seriously, i was marked as "fanboy" and accused of building overhype by some AB users after initial release, so i decided i will never ever discuss anything about future features or about current stage of beta. Even indirectly. Even if / when Matt releases some public info i will NOT discuss those information. In any way. It's all entirely on Matt's to release any info. I'm silent like grave about anything related to development. I will not say even what what i don't know, not just what i know :-D I will not even say what i don't know i don't know.. like .. you got the idea
I gave up on NS2 so far on this, which renders it useless as my DAW for now. I hope next year?!?
SO I am curious as I gave up on this long ago..... just opened up and see you still cant record midi? Meaning load up Autony on a track.. it plays but no record? Or do you have to a 6 point routing maneuver to get this done?
What about automation of AU’s both Midi and Audio? Can you do that now?
Thanks!
That’s a shame Dendy.
@dendy november 2019 : 'Actually now audio tracks are #1 priority :-) It's next big milestone.....'
Man ya’ll a bunch of whiners. Make your own DAW with audio tracks if you want it so bad. Go ahead, we’ll wait.
None of the above
BUT WHEN/IF it happens it will be so so glorious
Hell yah, wire that shit up in Drambo.
Whoot!
@dendy ,
I fully understand and respect your approach. However at least could you talk to Matt and tell him that there is a community which desperately look for at least a tiny bit of information?
I know and I think most of us know the reasons behind the full radio silence.
But still we are a community created (even in an indirect way) by Matt. He has some sort of responsibility for us
We are completely blind, we need someone who shows the light
And even a clear no is better than leaving us in darkness.
Good words, it's not so strange to ask a developer for information. He used the community to promote his product, so there is some kind of responsibility. There could be a good reason for it, maybe we hear it one day........
Hey @dendy don't take those accusations to heart. If you feel like sharing what you know, there will be some of us that will listen.
As far as I know, Matt is working on this as a side job and he takes his time. A little bit of information as @GLacey says, would be great.
And just add that I think NS2 is a work of art, in terms of UI, functionality and so on. Just a pity there are no more ressources to push its development.
To be honest I love ns2
But even if blip just said 'no' audio tracks aren't coming, or I am still working on them, and it's gonna take a year, that would be better than zero response, it only takes a few minutes to type, as someone mentioned above , we were promoted to the app ( can't remember if blip actually come on this forum )
Also I understand that it's his right to not send out any messages
Just curious
NanoStudio 2 is an amazing app and the design of it is absolutely fantastic.
Audio tracks have taken way too long to come.
Both of the above statements can be, and are, true.
In the same time, it took Matt six years to finish version 1.0 of Nanostudio 2.0, without audiotracks, so, yet another year of developing is perhaps absolutely necessary...?
I love Nanostudio 2.x very much, with or without Audiotracks...
In the meantime, we have some substitutes like Beatmaker 3.x and Auria Pro/Cubasis 3.1 (and a few other DAW-like apps)...