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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Is there a direct Pluginboutique link?
Jon - have you tried the Hora Spectral Processor in VCV? It’s a premium so I haven’t tried it yet https://library.vcvrack.com/Hora-Processors/SpectralProcessor - not expensive though and I love the Hora drums.
It is what it is, a copy that doesn't quite match the results of the original Bulchla version. It's comes reasonably close but the Buchla original is a like for like facsimile of the original hardware. Todd Barton created a playlist of possible use cases on the Softube YT. Be sure to click through to YT as the AB forum only embeds the first video of the playlist. Considering the Softube Buchla is down from $149 to $49 it's definitely worth looking at if you already own Softube Modular.
Todd Barton YT Playlist
@NeuM
Here’s the link.
https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1769
MSXII has the Lofi Jazz Guitar Sample Pack at $34 off down to $.99
https://www.msxaudio.com/products/lofi-jazz-guitar
They have a few other packs at approximately 20%-50% as well…
Pips is a newer app that is still free but will be $1.99. It’s this tone generator with time zones sorta thing. So yea, free.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pips/id1603871264
Edit oops wrong thread. Lol.
Good stuff. I’m going to stick with VCV and Voltage Modular which should keep me going. Will watch the videos for ideas though.
Available for Mac so you're forgiven...😉
Oh wow I just checked the first video, I want the 296e as an effect for processing audio. I just got the demo and made the spectral morphing patch he did in the YouTube on some random loops. Holy crap. About to try the spectral panning he did. I’m afraid to watch the other videos about the 259e I don’t want to get lost in modular but we’ll see. Looks like this sale goes thru the weekend right?
RC-20 for $19!
https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/3016-RC-20-Retro-Color
I believe today is the last day.
It’s still on the site, the wording is strange there... I have made the most insane noises with this thing tho(296e) so I’ll grab it now to be safe. Thanks for posting this
Thanks for this!
Not that I'm attempting to make you spend even more. Have you demo'd the 259e? There's no other oscillator that comes close to the harmonically rich timbres that come out of this thing. The reason it's so different is the way it modulates its internal FM and wave folding capabilities. Plus it's an aliasing oscillator by design. It's these things that make it such a perfect partner to the 296e.
The Soundcloud playlist on the official Softube website is the best place to hear the 259e in action. But don't worry if you don't want to spend the money now, Softube discounts their Modular range on a regular basis. And whilst the heavy discount on the 296e is unusual the 259e usually gets a 40-50% discount, so you should be able to pick it up for close to $49 another time.
https://www.softube.com/buchla259e
bought
thx, this thread is gold
and I've also got myself four of these brilliant Falcon expansions (Spectre, Atmospherics, Inner Dimensions & Hypnotic Dive), buying at AudioDeluxe made them even a bit cheaper again ~ happy (off to play)
IK Multimedia has the x-drive pedal as a free download, just go to their site (which is getting hammered right now).
That’s the one x pedal I didn’t get in the group buy so I’m looking forward to getting that one later.
Gassing the Arturia Easel after playing with the demo the last couple of days, you can get similar results with VCV and mirack to some extent, but there’s something really nice about the feature package - a great set of limited choices each implemented really neatly and tied together perfectly. It would actually be a perfect standalone iPad app to be fair, tactile and self contained…
Good thing that was one I chose for free earlier.
I think it's one of Arturia's best emulations. It really captures the essence of the Buchla Easel. And it comes alive when played with an MPE input device.
It's a bit of a CPU hog but who cares when it sounds so damn fine. Well worth the €74 if you don't own the V Collection.
It really invites you just to dive in and play, and, as you say, the sound is exquisite.
Thanks!
Thanks for that! Am I the only one who has trouble authorising new products in Amplitube? I followed the steps found online for this and clicked re-authorise in IK Multimedia Manager and X-Drive still shows as not purchased. I went through the same thing with previous X-Drive purchases and for the life of me can't remember how I jagged it to work!?
Did you do the bit where you opened the products page in your account and clicked redeemed on the popup? IK really do make you work for the goodies.
Aha! Thanks so much for this. I thought I could bypass the website entirely but I was wrong. All working beautifully now
It’s fun! Like a scavenger hunt.
Wow with my loyalty credit I got RC-20 for 15€, that has to be the best deal ever.
Does RC-20 give a different enough sound palette to, say, mixbox to make it a worthwhile addition?
Yes
Definitely