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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@mAxjUlien Ya know, this statement of yours is exactly the thing ... "It really just comes down to what you’re trying to accomplish" ... and something I need to think more about. Cheers.
iMPC . But
-They tend to launch new paid versions instead of updating (classic->Pro->Pro2)
-Slow updates (well ,BM3 update is also delayed)
-BUGS
Could you possibly elaborate on this?
What exactly is beatmaking for you and how is BM3 best in it?
I always thought that the sampler is the good part of BM3, and maybe the song mode for composing.
Many thanks, @mAxjUlien
And dito about GB
I resurrected bm2 on my phone and realise how good it is too. Never pondered on the possibility of using it on the iPhone and transferring to bm3 before. Doh!
Though in practice does it use file apps? As otherwise it would seem that I would have to copy and duplicate over gigabytes worth of my well organised bm3 sample folder ?
For those wanting to use AUv3 instruments/fx in BM2: as with other IAA only hosts, AUM is a working go-between...AUM is IAA, and handles the midi the BM2 sends, so...
I don't remember anyone ever complaining about its feature set.
It's more often the workflow that many struggle with, which is somewhat "unusual" to say the least. We can learn to use it, no question, but musicians are usually neither too patient nor too "logical" - and that's how BM3's workflow feels like for me.
Hate to say it, but this and the lack of hardware sync options somewhat forced me to use Gadget as the main DAW. I'm missing the great sampler though, and for sampling-based beatmaking, there's indeed hardly a better option than BM3, except hardware boxes like the ones from Elektron...
Very true, we have plenty of options serving most workflow preferences today.
Concerning usability, comparing BM3 and Ableton Live, I find Live so much easier to use than BM3 with its pad-centric approach, it's almost no comparison. Live's session view with all routing, mixer, plugins/instruments/presets/loops browser all foldable and on one page, also the bottom pane that shows the clip's content when the clip is selected and the track's content (instruments and/or FX) when the track is selected. Super-simple, no questions left. All seems so logical - but maybe it's just me.
Choice is great. Choice helps you find something that works for you - BM2, BM3, Cubasis, Auria, iMachine, BeatHawk, Gadget, GR16 etc etc etc. At some moments in the creative process, one app will just be right while another is lacking.
The above is one of the things that attracts me to iOS music making - the choices and variety of approach are within grasp at very cheap prices.
The main problem I have and mainly why I’m still searching for an approach, is the poor communication between apps. One app may be perfect for writing and starting a project, then you find you can’t share the midi stems, just the audio. To me this is the biggest gripe with the iOS Mix and match approach.
So yeah, BM2 May feel right for some ways of making music, then the limits show. Maybe it’s lack of money or resources, but so many iOS apps seem to have little corners cut. They be great in many areas and then have some silly limitation. At times it’s almost made me think of going to a Mac plus iPad approach, but then it’s the cost!
Exactly .. If you live in the states and your credit isn’t horrible, Apple has a pretty generous financing program. As soon as the new AIR or whatever they’re gonna call it hits next month, that’s gonna be my jam. iPhone or iPad straight into Logic for fine tunining.. and use my pro iPad 12.9 for a second screen/control surface .. not to mention the new Logic version were all expecting..Meanwhile I’m still checking out those Pete Johns GB videos.. Amazing what you can do w just that.
This is pretty much my workflow but without GB. Are you saying that you export stems from b3 to gb and then to logic? Why not go from b3 straight to logic ?
Makes sense. And a good way of incorporating some of the good stuff from GB into a track. Though personally don’t think I’d have the patience to track each sound from b3 into gb and I like to have each sound separate for mixing. If you have 25 tracks that would be too tedious for me.
is BM2 stable? So... solid timing, no crashes?
• Whats the maximum of audiotracks? Can I import 32 audiotracks 10 mins each and do a mixdown of the project?
• Is there a '16 level - note' function? Can I play a melody with a sample on a pad?
My experience so far is that BM2 is very solid.
https://intua.net/beatmaker-2/
Does it have files app support
Ah nevermind.. I can do everything + more in Caustic already..