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.
Old question: Selection of Synths (or sonic content)
My current, short list of Synths with my knowledge about their Synth / Sonics (Audio) content:
Anything that comes with Cubasis (Synth and Sonic)
Anything that comes with Auria Pro and the free downloads (Synth and Sonic)
Anything that comes with ThumbJam and the free downloads (all Sonic, i think)
Anything that comes with Beathwak
KORG Gadget with Madrid and Gladstone (Synth and Sonic)
modstep (Synth, drum Sonics)
Poison-202 (Synth and Sonic?)
Thor (Synth)
Magellan (Synth)
SynthMaster Player (Synth and Sonic?)
DM2 (Synth)
GeoShred (Synth, i think)
Other Apps do not realy quality for Synth or Sonic content, i think ...
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On my App Store wishlist, i added every Synth that got recommended in this forum or on the WAB site.
I know, i know ... old and stupid question ... but ...
Which (small) selection of the following Synth should i add to my above list of Synths?
(Please note, that i can mostly guessing about Synth / Sonics parts)
Sonics:
Patterning: Drum Machine
SampleTank
DrumPerfect Pro
KORG Module
bismark bs-16i
iFretless Bass
and less often mentioned:
Elastic Drums (Sonic with newly added support for Sonics and IAP Sonic content)
Attack Drums (just assuming Sonic)
Future Drummer (just assuming Sonic)
Drum Session (just assuming Sonic)
Synths:
Troublemaker
KORG iM1
Nave ---> last update 2015 .... AbandonWare?
Z3TA+ ---> last update 2015 .... AbandonWare?
Tera Synth (and / or microTera?!?)
Mitosynth
Arctic ProSynth
Animoog
Sunrizer synth
CASSINI Synthesizer
Phasemaker
LayR - Multi
Model 15
and less often mentioned:
iVCS3
iMini Synthesizer
BitWiz Audio Synth ---> last update 2014, seems AbandonWare
For Sonic content would gravitate to:
DrumPerfect Pro
KORG Module
SampleTank
But what about the real Synths?
Even when dropping the adondoned ones, the list is quite long
What could I need more - for any type of Music - to complete my list of Synths?
OK, sounds good ;-)
Thank you!
Sunrizer: Virtual analog -> will get
Animoog: Wave table (Nave seems abandoned) -> will get
Open slots:
FM = Frequency Modulation, I think
Granular Thing?!? No idea
Samples: I think that is covered by what I called "Sonic" above - should be covered
Thor seems to be of several such types, not sure how to classify it
Poison-202.... no idea ;-)
One of them a "Granular type"?
Magellan should be FM, I think - so FM is covered, right?
Moog Model 15 should be on every list.
Magellan allows for FM but it's not an FM synth. Phasemaker is the easy answer for FM at this point (IMNSHO).
Your list, + Sunrizer + Animoog + Phasemaker is a pretty righteous arsenal of synths by any measure other than app junkies.
And maybe Vince Clarke.
In which class falls Model 15?
Cannot find anything with that name in my App Store
EDIT: Haaaaaa, now I got it! :-D
Virtual analog. It's amazing but it's not going to fill a hole in your set up (though it might replace some stuff!).
So, Sunrizer over Model 15 in this class?
Orrrrrr? ;-)
I meant your collection of synths is a pretty righteous arsenal of synths by any measure other than app junkies or vince clarke.
https://www.google.com/search?q=vince+clarke+studio&safe=off&tbm=isch
Yep, on second read I got it and edited my answer ;-)
Elastic Drums is a synth that recently added sample import and sample packs via IAPs
Poison-202 is a digital synth
Thanks and thanks!
I try to update this above .... (could not edit the first posting anymore)
Patterning uses samples, and can import sample kits.
Keep in mind the special sauce of Patterning is the patterns it can create, which can be sent via MIDI to your synth of choice
Depends how deep down the granular rabbit whole you want to go but Samplr will do granularish things and it's monstrous beauty of an ios classic that no music iPad should be without.
Thanks ...
It seems i need some education about types of Synths
Anyway, i never heard the name "iPulsaret" ... are there other, more prominent examples?
Otherwise, i would add it to my list
EDIT: I cannot see MIDI mentioned in the description :-O
May be true, but last update was 2014 - i think, it is dead.
And knowbody knows if it will run on iOS 11+ anymore ...
If that work´s i may buy it on the next iPad :-D
BTW, this forum has just wrong smiley graphics ;-)
according to the infamous quote 'some said dead will live longer' ... just a couple of days ago I used SamplR as an essential tool in a collage of sounds.
If it won't run on current hardware some day I don't mind.
Any iPad Two has enough juice to run it, so it will simply get a refurbished new home.
GrainScience (same developer as Mitosynth) is worth mentioning.
Don't forget Borderlands granular. You can touch the music. Its super futuristic and you can create great soundscapes and drones. Love it.
Most of you seem to be very familar with the different types of Synths.
I googled and found some interesting sites - i post them in case of others stupids like me :-D
Quite short overview:
http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/6-synthesis-methods-in-a-nutshell-196545
Complete with some history:
https://sites.google.com/site/elenassynthesisassignment/types-of-synthesis
A little bit bad to read, but with some more details, less history:
http://musicterminology.weebly.com/synthesizer.html
And finally even with examples:
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/recognize-different-types-synthesis/
I got Sunrizer and Phasemaker.
Animoog/ Model 15 will need to wait - spend too much too fast :-)
I am not sure about those granular Synths....
Anything else?
Left on the prominent list:
Troublemaker
KORG iM1
Tera Synth
Mitosynth
Arctic ProSynth
CASSINI Synthesizer
LayR - Multi
Thanks for those! Always interested in getting more resources to explain synthesis methods to people.
A surprisingly useful overview is part of the online help for Apple’s Logic Pro X. Not only are all the instruments mentioned also in MainStage but the overview gives a pretty decent idea of some of the differences between some methods. Things get a bit tricky when you start mentioning “wavetable”, particularly with “vector synthesis”.
(Speaking of which... People here tend to find iWavestation rather dated, because of its association with the 1990s. But its synthesis method is quite specific, though it sounds like it may bear some similarities with Nave. Thing is, Korg still actively develops iWavestation and Nave has an uncertain future.)
Speaking of unusual methods, Animoog really is one of a kind. In a way, it’s like a combination of a wavetable/wavesequence synth and a virtual analog/subtractive synth. People rave about Model 15 but Animoog might remain my favourite iOS synth.
Ended up in this thread while searching for mentions of Arctic ProSynth. Have yet to try it but it’s on a relatively short list of iOS apps which support MPE, Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression. There’s a couple of romplers in there (like the iFretless series) but it does cover a few synth methods as well.
Very interesting!
And iWavestation, Animoog, Model 15 and Artic ProSynth increased their rank on my wishlist :DDDD