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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Thank‘s.
Maybe the next iPad generation is not far away.
M1 like performance in an iPad would be nice.
The problem is you get no universal app and have to buy it for iOS and desktop.
Yep. The cheapest route I found is with an iconnectaudio, midi clips recorded in Bitwig from my sensel morph (connected to ICA usb host port), bitwig send midi data to AUM (with the proper routing) and get the audio back in Bitwig via an audio track that can be mangled.
I'll buy the trumpet and try to choke the iPad air 4
Are the key variations of the same instrument needed for piano players?
Waiting for advice also on this :-)
So a piano player could forgo the variations then and still get the same outcome? If so, thats a nice money saver.
Also, this IAP they might incorporate to unlock the advanced stuff sounds like it could get pricey when done per app. Even at just $10 each, thats an additional $150 all in. Knowing what you know from experience @FriedTapeworm, would you buy these as IAP’s (when available)?
Can anyone else comment on the use of these as orchestral instruments? This video mentions that it is a bit tough to fit these into a mix. Makes sense as they are solo. I seem to (mis)remember SWAM also promising some sort of brass section?
So I tested and...
The iPad air 4 could manage 14 instances of trumpet, bass tuba and tenor trombone. That s quite a lot !!!!
Apart from the tenor trombone, what trombones would you recommend to choose (jazz, funk, so I don't need a comprehensive orchestra:-) )
@ipadbeatmaking I won’t be buying the advanced features personally. The important stuff for sculpting a good sound are all there already. I wrote a somewhat lengthy post on page 4 of this thread about the pros and cons of some of the locked Parameters.
@FriedTapeworm I hear you. If it’s under $10 I might buy it. Although I’m sticking with the trumpet only until the saxophone and double bass drop.
Nice! In hosts like cubasis where you can freeze it seems like skies the limit with this. Did you buy the bundle or single products? If single products, does it give the option to complete the bundle? If so, how much does it say it is? Thanks
@FriedTapeworm Thanks for sharing your insight. So no need to buy the alternate note versions for keyboard midi controller users right?
Question... the SWAM standalone still play a prerecorded midi track? (Not possible with GeoSWAM inapps).
@ipadbeatmaking Correct. There is no need to buy, for example, trumpet and trumpet c. If all you are looking for is a trumpet sound, either will work. One has a range slightly lower in register than the other, but only by a couple of notes.
If you are planning on doing a lot of pieces with multiple trumpets playing in unison, maybe you would want both for the slightly different tone of each; but you can also use EQ and other instrument parameters on the same trumpet to achieve 2 different sounding horns on a track.
I’m curious how many people will jump on the bundles. I can’t see myself needing 4 different trombones, or 2 different tubas. I think I may end up with one trumpet, one trombone and maybe a French horn as a third for the calmer tracks. The geosax can fill in the alto range for a full “horn” section.
Think Id buy 3 apps and not the whole collection. Mainly I guess if theres cpu limitation on IOS. A mix and match of 5 apps for £85 would be cool.
That’s a shame they include the key variations in the bundles. I expect a lot of people won’t need them.
It is, I imagine very few people will buy the bundles
What would he great would be one bundle option that had one instance of every instrument. 1 trumpet, 1 tuba, etc etc
That would be great, and the obvious best seller.
Has anyone been able to compare these to the SWAM instruments in Noise? Is this a newer generation with improved sound?
Haven't compared, but will do later when I get the chance. I would say it doesn't matter even, because the advantages of having these as AU with so much more control over vibrato etc means these completely kick the ass of the Noise Swam sounds
yep, I'm kind of shocked that this isn't an option. kind of a no brainer. I would've bought that in an instant. now I'm probably going to pick one or two to buy instead.
Thank you! I just realized the Noise packs are all woodwinds and strings, so they are actually a nice temporary compliment until they release those instruments at some point. Still curious how they compare in general when using the seaboard for example. But yeah AU is huge.
For anyone deciding on bundles vs. single instruments I recommend this site for a deep dive into each family of these brass instruments. There is a wealth of information here which may be helpful. I have initially bought the trumpet. Not sure I will invest in the bundles. But I think I will be buying the tenor trombone and a French horn to cover the bases I am most interested at this time. This site was useful in my decision process. YMMV. This is a small part of the trumpet page at this site.
http://andrewhugill.com/OrchestraManual/trumpets.html
Yeah I agree too. Usually I’m all in for bundles but I can’t go for the key variations. I’ll probably just end up with a few now instead.
It looks like these are the exact bundles they already sell for desktop, so I can’t imagine they will change that for iOS. Different audience though. Even in noise (which I will now stop talking about lol) they had the 2 quartet bundles. Those would sell so well.
I've just emailed Audio Modeling suggesting the kind of bundle I mentioned earlier. Let's see what happens, you never know. I am hundred percent sure they will sell more if they make the kind of bundle I proposed. Their market on desktop is pros, on iOS it is hobbyists mostly. The way they do the desktop bundles is likely to make most money on desktop, but not on iOS I reckon.
@FriedTapeworm thanks for listing these to the community, but I have to correct you, as you listed some parameters as "locked" erroneously.
Timbre:
Advanced:
MOREOVER, these Apps have been built and optimized with Wind and Breath Controller players in mind, especially.
Please pay attention to what you spread to the community, and double check the truthfulness of your info
Best!
We would have liked to release a complete "Solo Brass" bundle, unfortunately Apple allows up to 10 Apps in a bundle, no more... that's why there is not a full "Solo Brass" collection. You need to buy three bundles (you save $45, more than two Apps are free!)
The trumpet beta is phenomenal. I love moving the mute options around to different positions with my finger. I can only image they all sound as great.
@audiomodeling Thanks for clarifying. I will edit the post accordingly.
If you just need a trumpet, a trombone and a tuba, go for them separately. With the current launch offer, $60 is nothing for such realistic and expressive instruments. We are planning to offer mixed bundle in future, when we will release all other instruments... it will make more sense.
Has anyone used one of these apps with iFretless or Geoshred? I’m hoping to use the on-screen guitar layout with a Behringer FCB1010 foot controller for expression via the pedals.
Any insights and answers appreciated. Ta.
Works fine.