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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BM3 - ? on editing MIDI, saving Patterns, and re-using Scenes
REALLY looking forward to the BM3 book from @tk32.
Hoping someone can help me with a few BM3 questions.
- Is it possible to edit and save MIDI patterns that have been loaded into BM3? For example, I have some MIDI drum sequences where the slots don't match up to my current pad setup.
I'd like to save these MIDI sequences after I've edited them to the BM3 pad structure so I can reuse them later. Is this possible? I can't seem to figure out how to Transpose these properly either. The MIDI file by default imports sounds on Pads 36-42 and 52-54, but seemingly not in any consistent fashion across MIDI files. I'd like to get all the sounds producing MIDI notes onto pads 1-16.
If it's not possible, is there a good App to open and edit MIDI like this?
- On a similar note, is it possible to save an individual Pattern or Scenes? Or can I move a Scene between projects? I have a few different loops in one project that I'd like to add to a different project, but can't figure this out either. Same goes for Patterns. Can a Pattern itself be saved and imported into other projects?
If I can simply save the Pattern after I edit it to reload it elsewhere, that would suffice.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
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There is a way to do what you want, but it requires a slight hack (ie exporting/importing an empty bank that serves as a transfer host for your midi patterns)
I'm traveling at the moment, but will reply properly with the steps required later on.
Glad you're excited about the book too
Thank you, kind sir!
FWIW, I'm an instructional designer and educator in my 9-to-5, so if you'd be interested in getting any feedback from that perspective before publishing, I'd be happy to help. I've developed more instructional guides and job aids than I care to remember.
A very kind and generous offer. Instructional design is an area I am very interested in. It's also (kind of) my 9-5 too.
Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
Almost forgot my promise...
Ok, here goes. I’m currently away from my ipad, so please excuse any mistakes.
Step 1 - Moving the patterns for export into a new blank bank
Step 2 - Exporting the blank bank with all the patterns
Step 3 - Loading the ‘pattern bank’ in your other project
This is excellent! Thank you.