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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yes, indeed, now it is working. I’ve just confirmed it.
When recording MIDI to prevent the "eating up" of the first notes (the scaler situation -> aem), I set a smaller buffer. It helps, but the overall stability is low, so the buffer returns to the initial settings. It's quite time-consuming. In Auria Pro, the buffer could be set separately for recording and playback. Is there any other solution in AEM?
By the way - all MIDIs have a slight delay, regardless of the buffer settings ( I mean the buffer helps, but the problem still occurs, even with 64 frames) It looks like in the picture.
Edit: all the first notes are preserved if I record to Atom though.
I think it's best if you contact me at [email protected], since it would be too problematic handling this here. Rather than fiddling with buffer sizes I want to know the real cause of the issue.
I'm trying to digging into AEMS principles before purchase and that MIDI out workaround is not clear enough for me, so thanks for clarification.
What I want to do is to use "MIDI Curve" effect just after my MIDI input (Arturia Keystep) and apply output from MIDI Curve to any existing or future MIDI track in AEMS I will need. Something like I have in Loopy Pro projects now:
I thought that scenario for AEMS could be a similar to Loopy Pro, so
1. create MIDI track A, put "MIDI Curve" as MIDI FX there
2. create MIDI instrument track B and set its MIDI input to track A.
Will that work?
No, sorry, you cannot take the MIDI output of another track as input or put a AU MIDI on the input itself. You would need to add the AU MIDI to each instrument track.
Thank you for your quick response. It reminds me one more thing I'm using in Loopy now. I'm sending MIDI from Lumbeat's iBassist app to up to 3 MIDI instrument tracks on different MIDI channels:
Can AEMS handle this situation?
That shouldn't be a problem. You can set the MIDI input channel for each track to 'All' or a specific channel.
Thank you again, so I'm on the boat now - purchased
Thanks!
@filo01 I think you'll dig it.
AEM is my go-to. Rocking it on iOS and Android phone.
@dwrae sorry for the silly question, mate. On iOS it's not so much an issue because we have some Midi AUs, but I miss on the android mainly an option to set a root and scale for the keyboard sometimes. Did I miss something on the manual or is there a plan for that on the roadmap?
Cheers and thanks for this amazing daw
Thanks. Ok, so you mean that the virtual keyboard changes into only 'valid' notes in the scale, right? If so, no, that isn't possible yet. Currently trying to get a beta out where you can do almost everything without stopping/pausing playback first.
I see it wouldn't be as easy as I thought with iBassist and sending MIDI notes from it. I don't know what (maybe) I'm doing wrong in AEMS so let me explain situation in Loopy Pro where it works.
The first track is MIDI track with iBassist and its main MIDI output is routed to 2nd AU track with KingOfBass because I want to use its sound instead of internal iBassist sound. The 3rd track is AU track with NumaPlayer and I'm sending chords from iBassist on MIDI channel 3 there.
The point is that 1st iBassist track in Loopy Pro is not MIDI AU track (it doesn't have its audio as its output) but simple MIDI track with sending of MIDI notes on its output.
I can't do the same in AEMS because
a) iBassist in not present in "AU MIDI" list when the track is "MIDI track".
b) iBassist is not sending MIDI if it is MIDI AU instrument when the track is "MIDI instrument track".
This doesn't work in Loopy Pro as well that's why I'm using iBassist as MIDI processor and not as AU instrument there.
Do you see any way out? I suspect I'm in the same situation as with MIDI Curve, to which @dwrae replied that AEMS can't do that.
Yep... Exactly that
But wow... anxious for this new update already
THanks again
Does AEMS have internal preset management for AU? I didn't find any clue in the manual nor app where I can save current state of AU unit as user preset. https://www.audio-evolution.com/manual/ios/html/AudioUnitsandIAA.html
For example due to my MIDI keyboard I want to use MIDI Curve app in almost any MIDI track so I have to set 5 values manually every time I insert this AU to the track.
I don't understand a) since there is no code that makes a difference between a plain MIDI track and an instrument track.
No, I'll add it to the todo list. It is currently only possible for audio effects.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, do you not understand because I explained it wrong, or do you not see why it is the way it is?
Here is my list with AU instruments on the left and list of AU MIDI effects on the right (iBassist is not there)
Wait ... so even if iBassist was in the AU MIDI list, it still wouldn't work? I tried sending chords from track with ChordBud to track with NumaPlayer instrument and that didn't work either.
These lists should be different! One is AU instruments and the other is AU MIDI effects. They are totally different beasts.
What I thought you meant was that if you created a plain MIDI track (the last item in the list when you select the + button at the bottom right), the listed AU MIDI effects were different than when choosing an instrument track and listing the AU MIDI effects there. That is not true.
According to the screenshots, iBassist is an AU instrument, not a AU MIDI effect. In AEMS, an instrument track cannot output MIDI, it only outputs audio.
OK, thank you.
To sum up: My situation with iBassist MIDI output has obviously no solution here. I can't use MIDI output when iBassist is treated as instrument and can't use iBassist as MIDI processor/generator as I can do in Loopy Pro.
The ChordBud or any other chord/melody generator I can use only as MIDI AU effect within MIDI instrument track and I can't use it as a source for more MIDI instrument tracks.
Do I understand it correctly?
Well, you make it sound like it's the app's fault that iBassist cannot be used as AU MIDI, but AEMS supports all AU MIDI effects.
But yes, you cannot send MIDI from one track to another, except as input of audio effects.
Thanks for the explanation and your time @dwrae.
I rephrased it wrongly…
when I press record after undoing while looping parts with playback on, it starts recording on playback marker
I believe it to be a much smoother experience, but maybe it’s because aem i doesn’t react as fast as BM3 to button presses
(Logic is the worst for instance, all these uncalled for animations to make menus pop up is terrible, so SLOW)> @dwrae said:
Do you need any more beta testers?