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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Great tip dendy! I still haven't tried this...
Guilty. I got no official answer on it, but could tell that it would have to at the end of the list and wait to see how much it actually gets requested. MPE is rare for DAW, but seems like the future off all apps must include MPE. One Day...
BTW, I call NS2 a DAW because it is a short-hand term that we all get the gist of: software to compose music. True Audio Tracks in NS2 would leave no one to doubt this term, but for me Audio Clips for now is close enough. People referred to Auria as a DAW before Auria Pro got MIDI. For me, no MIDI is not a real DAW. Semantics aside, those from a more traditional Audio Recording environment background just need to know that this app does not have the features you want just yet. There are plenty of apps that have audio recording into Audio Tracks - for many years now. NS2 was delayed and launched a year after expected. It does not make sense to make everyone wait until June just so that NS2 will have Audio Tracks and be formally eligible for the designation DAW. Many many users will primarily be using synths/samples & Audio Clips and not 'need' Audio Tracks. So maybe we can temporarily use the designation DaW for NS2 to denote baby audio and full grown Audio Tracks...?
@SpookyZoo Hell yeah, you found it :-)
That was my hidden yoke with point revealed just now :-)
I can agree that it is nice to have a mega-forum where all iOS music production apps can be discussed, but it is such a massive site with so many threads that I really get lost quickly.
Normal M.O.:
Hear about new app on AB Forum
Check out Dischord
Look for vids from Doug or Jakob or whomever
Buy app
Get busy and forget to use app (AKA "Rinse")
Check back in on the AB forum (AKA "Repeat")
Staying on Nanostudio forum will make it easier for me to manage time and actually get around to using the vast array of apps I have. Nothing personal against you guys. (Yes, I do get that your post was joking. Wait? It wasn't a joke...?)
I fully understand, @Slam_Cut
Starting with the 2nd generation, Gadget, BM3 , Cubasis etc..would get random CPU spikes and/or buffer over runs resulting in clicks and pops. With each new iPad, I restore from backup, so the apps and data are all the same. This limits the variables for root cause. I've AB'd the same song data files on each iPad for audio anomalies...
As it stands now, I have to run BM3 with a 2048 buffer just to get it reliable enough for use on some projects. Same goes for Cubasis and Gadget.
@Slam_Cut
Normal M.O.:
Hear about new app on AB Forum
Check out Dischord
Look for vids from Doug or Jakob or whomever
Buy app
Get busy and forget to use app (AKA "Rinse")
Check back in on the AB forum (AKA "Repeat")
Mine is the same except I sometimes buy the app and then check out Dischord / vids etc - which is completely wrong way lol
Less buffer over runs on older iPad Pro 12.9... random CPU spikes aside, CPU utilization is lower on average in newer unit.
Thanks
You disabled 120 Hz, Background Activity, Notifications, Animations and other stuff already?
I did not yet do much things on the 12.9 and did not compare to my 9.7 Pro.
To stay relevant, I will compare NS2 on both Pros!
@osc1 is his happening also if you use just AUv3 plugins and no IAA/AB ?
Why won't you release ns2 !!! Take the money now
Did it say 2018?
Thanks. Once audio tracks (which require disk streaming) are available next year, I wonder if Matt will add a disk-streaming option for samples in Obsidian and Slate?
And did I read that correctly? Individual notes can be modulation sources in Obsidian?!
Like C3, C#3...or is key-tracking a mod source?
That would make sense, definitely good idea in my opinion. But i'm just poor beta tester and content maker, decision is always on Matt ...
C'mon you guys. I've been out all over Austin fighting the rush-hour-in-the-rain traffic; no one else bragging about their installation yet?
I rather call NS2 a groovebox at this moment. It's more in the line with the Korg Electribes and Groove Rider than real DAWS like Auria and Cubasis.
Yes, it does say 2018...
Y’all let me know how the midi recording measures up.. it sucks in BM3..
few mod sources, watch “note”, that is what i was talking about
PantsOfDeath on iPad Musician FB page...
Sorry, it is nothing like electribe or GR. It’s a full fledged linear sequencer. Electribe and GR are pattern chainers.
Just because NS2 doesn’t have audio tracks doesn’t mean it’s a groove box.
Newbs
Everybody who used NS1 knows about the workflow. That’s the main selling feature. There was something about those drag handles that made you come back to it over and over.
Come on someone post some videos!!!!!! 😁😥🎊🎉💕
I agree, it’s a sampler/sequencer although not having time stretching/pitch shifting was shocking to find out. It’s certainly not a DAW.
I AM READY.
Super impressed with the mixer and fx. Loaded up a demo track with a stack of tracks and heaps of fx on each channel.. uses 23% of cpu on my iPad mini2!! 😍
Also really like Slate and response when hitting the pads is excellent.
Look forward to doing some sampling later
Program is slick too. Smooth and looks great. Do some real testing over the weekend with keystep and tascam audio interface plugged in
Yeah, all that is coming, IMO. Based on what he was saying in the forum, he’s built it with an open framework in mind, fully knowing he couldn’t get everything he wanted done, but building its core functionality first. Now he doesn’t have to focus on a mixer, effects chains, routing, all those things people would be asking for anyway with audio tracks. He’s not not doing audio tracks or time stretching...he just hasn’t done them yet. He’s already said that he still has to focus on making sure that stretching audio on audio tracks with tempo changes works correctly. As in, if i’m At 120 BPM for measures 1-24, then I do a BPM increase to 140, the audio has to change accordingly. He can apply much of the same code to the audio editor and only have to work on it once.its smart coding.
He’s just an extremely detailed guy that doesn’t like to release whatever people want because they want it. That’s why he’s releasing it this way because he purposefully built it to release this way. Modular functionality that isn’t bolted on, but a planned phase approach.
Also, a lot of the NanoStudio following don’t necessarily care about audio tracks. I could care less, for example. So I think he is making the hardcore NS1 fans happy first, and then he’ll make the rest of the world more happier a little later.