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iPhone daw
What's a decent iPhone daw? I use Auria on the iPad. I'm finally moving from android to an iPhone, and want to be able to do some basic messing about, record ideas that I can then transfer to Auria. Thinking ease of use on the iPhone, multitrack, midi and audio.
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multitrack daw. no midi though.
GarageBand. Simple, AB, and a great interface. Unfortunately MIDI is not an option. Music Studio might be more in tune with your needs, but on the iPhone it has a messy interface - I only use it for the sound banks.
@High5denied, Does it work well in the smaller format screen? Getting a 6s.
multitrack daw does, all i used before i got an ipad.
I'm not a huge GarageBand fan, but might look at it again.
BM2 the most featured real DAW on iPad. You'll need to break the UI barrier though. After that it is fantastic.
I have done exactly that, gotten myself an iPhone as well, and have been looking for ways to create ideas on it that I can continue working on when I get to work on my iPad.
I came to the conclusion that I can sketch ideas ok-ish using Beatmaker 2 (midi/audio) and also Jam Maestro (quick sketching when creating, not recording). That is on top of all the instruments of course. I'm deliberately trying to avoid GarageBand though that could be seen as an option for some, as I think it takes too much work to get whatever I would do in Garageband on an iPhone into something that I would be able to use in Auria Pro on my iPad.
Just my £0.02
SunVox all the way!
https://www.google.com/search?q=iphone+daw+site:https://forum.audiob.us/
Nice, @syrupcore. Tx.
Sunvox looks interesting. Does it do audio, @t0dk0n?
I just keep finding I go back to nanostudio. Love the workflow and that I can actually make it work how I want, which is a rarity for me.
@crouchie does nanostudio do both audio and midi? Also looks interesting.
For audio+midi theres not much choice on iphone, its gonna have to be beatmaker
I find nanostudio superior in workflow but not if you plan on using a lot of audio (you would have to trigger pre-cut samples) and sunvox takes "audio in" but doesnt record it, if I'm not wrong (you would have to double check that one)
personnaly on iphone i use mtDAW for audio and will use gadget (soon !) for the res
Nope, SunVox records audio just fine.
Thanks for that
If only there was a piano roll somewhere... it would certainly be my mobile daw of choice
There are plenty of piano rolls on your iPhone/iPad already
For midi, I have been writing in Notion, then exporting as midi and importing. @Jocphone, I'm assuming Sunvox imports midi as well?
I imported midi in Sunvox with success
Like importing a long 5+ minute audio track from another synth? It sure does! it takes a little getting used to, but definitely doable!
Edit: it also has a really cool modular synthesis and effects engine, works over bluetooth speakers in a car even tho it has mic input, cool color theme options, and a bunch of other great features!
Just want to check, @jocphone and @t0dk0n, I could plug my iRig pro into the iPhone, and record a track in SunVox?
Also, could I play Thumbjam, and record it into SunVox, through IAA, or Audiobus?
Even though it lacks audio tracks, I think Nanostudio is the best. The workaround for audio tracks is to just import phrases to the drum machine and treat it like a clip launcher.
Got be able to play guitar and record, either through a mic or line in.
You can record into the drum sampler in Nanostudio through the mic, and even edit the sample and apply effects.
Recording to the drum sampler with Audiobus no longer works unfortunately. Supposedly Nanostudio 2 is on the way though, and I suspect it will have proper audio tracks. May just want to wait for that.
Truth be told there is no ideal DAW for iPhone.
Never tried using my audio unit with my iphone so I can't answer that but I'm pretty sure you can. As for iaa and audiobus support, it supports them completely. You can use Sunvox as an input, effect, or output. It also has audiocopy. I usually record into audioshare and audiocopy into Sunvox sampler cause I like having all my recordings organized in Audioshare.
Well, that's another thought. I have been looking at AudioShare. It might be a good fit for doing simple recordings of the guitar. And I get all the other goodness that comes with it.
SunVox to me would be a close second to Nanostudio, because SunVox is powerful, more powerful than Nanostudio. It's just that for song composing I think Nanostudio flows a little better.
AudioShare is essential as far as I'm concerned. My current iPhone workflow is to use Nanostudio as the final DAW destination, feeding audio into it with AudioShare.
I've got drum samples in AudioShare, and can set up a kit in Nanostudio easily. I also use the Nanostudio drum machine as a clip launcher as mentioned. Then I even create synth patches with other apps, sample them to AudioShare by scale (not necessary to do it by scale obviously, I just like to create custom patches with custom scales that way), and map them to the drum machine in Nanostudio to make a mini sampled instrument.
In short I treat Nanostudio like a sampling studio, and any versatility it lacks is complimented by AudioShare, which serves as a bridge to every other app.
It's one I've been holding off on AudioShare, because I mostly just record direct in Auria on the iPad. But it could make a lot of sense on the iPhone for basic recording, along with gaining all the other goodies, but it won't help with creating midi.
You can do that in NS (and monitor the track while you do it) but it's best in smaller segments. It'll record up to like 3 minutes but the problem is that the playhead in the song has to go past the trigger in order to hear it. So if you record a 2 minute passage and want to listen to/edit the end of it, you'll need to start it 2 minutes before that part!
Also, while NS remains the best piano roll editor on iPhone, it doesn't do MIDI Out. So if you want to trigger external MIDI devices (or apps) and have random access audio, BM2 is one of very few choices. I think Music Studio and N-Track are alternatives but those other threads will say for sure.