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.
A little Sunday ambient inspiration sharing
I love to wander the corridors of YouTube and Bandcamp, exploring ambient offerings there.
Especially YouTube, as I'm not only listening, but looking, to see how the music was made. I learn a lot from this. More than from any tutorial or manual.
I have gathered quite a list of inspirations for my creative journey. Some well known, and some who work on the phone in their pocket. I thought I would share a few with you, who I found a great inspiration as to the power of iOS for ambient music making over the years, and remain an inspiration today.
Our very own @echoopera here.
https://www.youtube.com/@echo_opera
Andrew Tasselmyer.
https://www.youtube.com/@andrewtasselmyer2436
Haik.
https://www.youtube.com/@haik8482
Rina Kaito.
https://www.youtube.com/@rinakaito9061
RemixSample. (he mostly uses Volca Sample, but this video is iPhone and Koala only)
Innesti Ambient. (Eurorack, but an inspiration to me musically, and for miRack and VCV rack)
https://www.youtube.com/@InnestiAmbient
Andy Othling. (guitar and pedalboards, but his ambient creations are an inspiration)
https://www.youtube.com/@AndyOthling
And of course, nature, to get outside, listen to the birds, walk through the trees, stand by the edge of the sea, and just listen.
I'd love to see what others here can share as to their sources of inspiration for ambient music production. Do share!
Comments
Definitely Hainbach. I'm sure his channel has cost a lot of his viewers a lot of money in instilling gas for rare vintage gear, thank god I just don't have much desire for hardware but I often like these kind of sounds so I definitely find him inspiring. Really though, I don't watch much YouTube related to ambient. Generally I'd rather just tinker about, experimenting and making my own little noodles.
Ah yes, I love Hainbach too. I remember still, a tiny promo video he did for Flip Sampler, which opened my eyes to the possibilities that sampling on the iPhone presented me for ambient. I use most of the apps associated with him, and also bought the instrument he has with Spitfire Audio, which has brought some Hainbach goodness to my desktop too.