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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To bug you again, this is my current collection
As learned elsewhere, I will later add Moog Model 15 and ARP Odyssei
What is the question?
The question was written in my second posting:
And this, where I am now - so no new question ;-)
Someone true to my heart, complicate the most simple things...........................
Here is all I would ever need again:
Animoog
Synthmaster
Ripplemaker
DRC
Nave
Sampletank
LaPlace
AND MOOD.
Add Cyclop. LOL
My personal opinion is this.
Master 1 app.
Then another.
How do you master an app?
I have my own definition. It is, you can make an entire song with the app and design every sound from scratch.
I did it with the apps I listed (that you can anyway)
Started with Nave.
Then Animoog.
Then LaPlace.
Then DRC.
Now these apps are more than synth apps, they are extensions of my mind in the musical form. Different aspect of my personality.
I am working on mastering MOOD right now. I am close.
By master, I mean I can make almost any sound I can think of within like 10 minutes of twiddling knobs from the init position.
I suggest doing this and see what you think.
I also suggest, go through the presets and make notes in the name describing it. Learn the sounds that it can make before you try to make them. you know.
This is my method. Hope it gives you something.
Mood can do a couple of real cool tricks, but I'd rather add iVCS3 for it's distinct sound character.
It's way more difficult to operate compared than all the other IOS synths, but unique.
A stunning fact, as it's from the same developer(s) as Mood.
As long as Nave does not seem to get updates, I will not get it.
Animoog.... I am really not sure.
Maybe lots later
What is DRC?
I heared quite different things about SampleTank - Synthmaster Player and bs-16i may be enough.
MOOD? Mood from apeSoft?
Looks interesting, thanks for the idea!
Nave is an old pro.
Nave BPM sync'd before LINK.
Nave is a beast with a comprehensive synth to performance or studio platform.
It will get an upgrade but I strongly tell you to reconsider and not go by hype.
NAVE is a the definition of IOS synth royalty along with Animoog.
Both pure genius.
STANK and SMASTER are sample based with limited parameter control.
IF you like out of the box sounds, than nothing better than either. STANK newest upgrade raised the bar and impressed even pain the ass people like me.
I have all IAP and can say that Power and NRG are amazing.
Smaster I have all IAP. Many are redundant but none the less spectacular.
WHEN IT IS FIXED
WHEN
IT
IS
FIXED.
Wait on it.
SMASTER 8 was the premeir ios 8 synth that raised the bar on quality and the concept of further VST portability to the ios platform.
Let me know if you need any other help or advice.
I love to give advice.
LOL
Dont be limited with synth in how you view things.
You may also want to venture into the private label indy developers who bring other cool concepts to the table.
Like Mark Carlotto, he has some of the wierdest cool $2 apps money can buy.
You then need to think about things like Geo Shred and Geo Synth. I love them both.
Also, don't underestimate a ROTOR or KRFT for stock synths that offer more than just synths for the price.
Much out there friend.
Grab Launchkey app in the meantime and enjoy
RUSTiK out
Nave only when it get's updates - in face of iOS 11 too dangerous ;-)
Same goes for iMS-20
Animoog,.... OK
I downloaded SampleTank CS, which does not describe it's differences to the full version - I just hate it when such things are not Cleary defined.
And SynthMaster Player, I have.
LayR
Mood
If you like to program and custom customization by shaping custom programs of extremely customized presets for BOTH of these.
You tell me what type music you make?
it's a synth from Imaginando with an outstanding filter/drive section and some clever modulation options, that include delay and reverb as destinations.
One of the best engines in IOS, the humble look is totally misleading.
Big advantage: you can try it for free for limited time.
I cannot say ;-)
I like many things from Classical music, over Pop to Rock and different sorts of electronic music.
I think that I will stay at presets / patches for quite some time.
A minute ago, I checked my SynthMaster Player, which I registered so I have 200 presets.
Having a look at the IAP, they seem to amount to 200 euros or such, but did it check and compare the bundles - anyway this is represented in a very bad way, to say the truth.
And with SampleTank it also is not fully clear to me what the difference is compared to SampleTank and SampleTank Pro (an IAP)... SampleTank would be 21,99 plus 54,99 for "all sounds".
Both need to wait, I think.
But I re-added LayR, which was already on my list ;-)
And I already have GeoShred, KRFT, ThumbJam and Launchkey :-)
Sampletank I only installed PRO SYNTHS and VOCAL-ETHNIC, FUTURE SYNTH, SONIK, and POWER and ENGERy
If you have TJAM you don't need entire Samptank PRO
That's ... unexpected ;-)
SampleTank has about 1.5 GB of samples ... should that not be more diverse samples and better quality?
:-O
I'll be honest. You're buying too many apps. Learn what you have. Use what you have. Only then start buying more.
What @gonekrazy3000 said.
By the time you learn them/are bored with them, there will be a hundred new synth apps to ask about.
Yes, i know ;-)
I bought an iPad Pro and got on a daily shopping spree... explaining to my lady that I loved her veery much
I just had to have these apps... added each day, to not raise to much suspicion.
She might have thought I had an expensive drug habit or visited hookers,
Addictive Pro Synth
Addictive Synth
ADM-1 drum machine
Akai iMPC Pro
AniMoog Synth
Arpeggiator Pro
Arpeggist Virsyn Step Sequencer
Arturia iMini Synth
Arturia iProphet Synth
Arturia iSEM Synth
Audiobus 3
AudioEvolulion DAW
AudioCopy
AudioFormat
AudioShare
AUM
Auria Pro DAW
BeatMaker 2 DAW
Blocks Wave (free)
CHAiOS 2
Chordbot
ChordFlow
ChordPolyPad
Concentric Rythm with midi unlocked
CrystalSynthXT
Cubasis DAW
DM1
DM2
Final Touch
FM Essential (free)
FM4 Synth
forScore
FugueMachine
GarageBand
GeoShred
GrooveBox (free)
iGrand Midi
Infinite Looper
IPlayMIDI Full
iRig Mic Room
IRig Recorder
iSymphonic Orchestra
iVCS3 Synth
Korg Gadget
Korg iDS-10
Korg iM1 Synth
Korg iMS-20
Korg iWAVESTATION
Korg Module
Korg ODYSSEi
KRFT Modular Music Production
KQ MiniSynth
Launchkey Synth
Launchpad with midi expansion
LayR Synth
Link to MIDI (free)
Lorenz Synth
Magellan Synth
Mellotron M3000 HD
Mic Room plugin unlocked
MIDI Link Sync (free)
Midiflow
Midiflow for AudioBus 3 Adapter
Midiflow for AudioBus 3 Keyboard
Midiflow for AudioBus 3 Monitor (free)
Midiflow for AudioBus 3 Transposer (free)
MidiWrench
MiMiX
Model 15 Synth
ModStep
MoodScaper
MoodScaper Extended Edition
Music Studio DAW
MusicSoft for Yamaha Tyros 4
Nanologue Synth (free)
Nave Synth
NodeBeat
Notion
Orphion
Patterning Drum Machine
Phasemaker Synth
Phonem Synth
Piano 3D
Pianoscaper
Poison-202 vintage midi synthesiser
ReadRythm
Rebirth for iPad (abandon-ware)
Ripplemaker Synth
Roland SOUND Canvas
Ruismaker
Ruismaker FM
Sampletank Pro with Miroslav 1&2
Sound Font Pro
Sound Pad Electro
Sound Pad Pro
StepPolyArp Step Sequencer
StudioMux
Suggester
Sunrizer Synth
Symphony Pro
SynthMaster Player Synth
Tabletop (free)
TF7 Synth
TF8 Synth
Thesys Step Sequencer
Thor Synth
Viking Synth
Vogel CMI Pro Fairlight II
Voice Synth Pro
WaveGenerator PPG
Xynthesizr Step Sequencer
Yamaha Synth & DrPad
YouCompose
zMors Synth
Hehehe, you surely beat me.
I am addicted.
I will also provide my current list of Apps ;-)
Instruments:
MISC:
Sequencer:
Additional Sequencer:
DAWs:
DAWs that i do not use:
Synths and Samplers:
Wave / Audio Apps:
Archive:
Also some filters, audio analysis, MIDI stuff ...
Not bad at all, broh
Today I had to have Tera Synth and DRC polyphonic synth...
There should be psychiatric help for musicians like us, but it's fun to buy a new synth every day.
If you wanted to do that 20 years ago, you had to be ultra rich, and have a very very big room
Of all my apps, I love Symphony Pro the most. And sometimes Notion.
When a theme comes into my head, it's much easier to scribble down the notes, than use a sequencer.
I then transfer the score as midi, into whichever app I want.
Even though you have to be able to write music like you write words, it's learnable and doable.
Basically the Mozart method.
@tja Medly in Archive? We're working on the biggest update for Medly to date, and have kept pushing out smaller updates and bug fixes (including one today).
Uhhh. The delevoper ;-)
Sadly, yes.
Want the long answer?
Medly, Auxy Classic and BeatWave brought me to music in iOS.
BeatWave seems dead.
Auxy Classic is gone.
Auxy can export MIDI files, but cannot import MIDI files, but cannot send (or receive) MIDI to other Apps, as Auxy Classic could. The new Song mode may be great, but does not help without MIDI... Sad thing.
And Medly... can also only export MIDI files and that's it. And it does not have a song mode.
For me, Importing and exporting MIDI files and able to send and receive MIDI is just the most important thing at all. Only then you can use an App in between a workflow.
I still did the most stuff in Auxy Classic, controlling other Apps over MIDI.
I presume that the intention of the developers here is to get the people stay in their Apps and because of this may buy more IAP.
I think it is the other way around.... if I can be sure that I can handle my creations back and forth between Apps I may rest calm and do many things in one App. And then I will much more be interested in buying more IAP.
I just bought Animoog and Model 15, and daily buy more IAP - as I more and more know that I will use them.
Something like Auxy, BeatWave or Medly should first make sure to fit the role as sketching environment and being able to push MIDI in any form back and forth.
Then it will be used!!! And then, people will buy IAP, IMHO.
Adding more stuff like multiple parallel play heads like in Fugue machine, Patterning or ReSlice can add more application and interest.
And yes, ALL of this could already be IAP, generating money!!!
So.
Please tell me that such things will be happening ;-)
@tja
Actually, Medly has a "song mode", we just call it loop mode. Hit the loop icon beside the play button to get into it.
Even though I understand you'd like to import MIDI and send and receive MIDI events is part of your workflow, I strongly disagree that it somehow makes us an "Archive" app. It also doesn't mean people aren't downloading Medly or purchasing IAP., I can't share our numbers, but we've never been healthier as a company. Just by rankings, we've been in the top 60 music apps (iPad) in the US for sometime, and we're climbing!
Though it's true we think MIDI IO may eat into our IAPs, it really isn't why we don't support it - charging for the feature removes this concern. The concern is really time investment versus who will pay for it, or at least use it. Unfortunately, from our understanding, it's a niche segment and the amount of work involved is far greater than one would expect. So to us, it's always the easiest thing to cut when we're running out of time or want to fit something cool. Even though we indeed want to add MIDI IO for ourselves.
As to if MIDI IO will come, I can't say. We've made the promise countless times before and broke it. So we're now taking a stance of saying nothing of new features until they're released, beyond "thank you for your feedback". Which is infuriating, I know. But nothing is worse than having to break promises over and over...
Symphony Pro Seems similar to Notation Pad.
There is a free version of Notation Pad, maybe you could compare them!