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.
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Using sampler and standalone fx app simultaneously
Hi,
I'm currently trying to work out a plan for my final university project, and I would appreciate any advice...
Using audiobus, would it be possible to trigger a sampler running in the background using an external MIDI controller, whilst simultaneously manipulating fx parameters in another standalone app.
Could anybody recommend any audiobus-supported apps for this purpose? Ideally the fx app would allow me to build my own custom interface (for example a full screen xy controller)
Thanks in advance,
Joe
Comments
Yes.
For a sampler, checkout BeatMaker2.
For effects, well, there are two options that come to mind. 1). LiveFX has xy pads built in. Others probably too but I'm not thinking of any. 2) get any fx units that support MIDI control of parameters and then use one of the MIDI control surface apps (like MIDI Designer, s1 Midi Trigger... whatever) to create your own custom interface for the effects app(s).
Have a look at Turnardo? Everything can be very easily controlled by midi and some of the FX are simply amazing.
Also...Depending on what you're trying to do - you might find Loopy useful as your 'sampler'. Works nice with midi and you can record and loop up to 12 different samples on the fly.
Flux fx is suppose to come out soon. Xy fx with plenty of fxs onboard.
And +1 for midi designer
You could use it to both control the sampler and as one or more x-y pads to control fx. You'd just need hook it all together carefully with midi CCs and use audiobus to channel the sound.