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How Much is Enough?
Finally cleared out most of my most pined for app wishlist items last night with my last purchase being Fugue Machine. (So awesome) And, just went through my iTunes app purchase history since the beginning of this year to add it all up. Had to gulp a little at the total, but there wasn't anything there I really regretted purchasing.
I've now got pretty much everything I really want and then some, and have mostly figured out at least the basics of how to use most of it, thanks to many here who've helped me, great tutorial videos, and late nights of trial and error, etc.
I still want a couple of the pricier items like Takete and Moog 15, but based on many of the threads here of people trying to understand these deep apps, it looks like you could get lost for weeks wrapping your head around them. So, I'm going to hold off until I run out of stuff to learn about the arsenal I've already amassed.
No excuse but to dive in, play, and try to make some stuff that warrants a save rather than immediate deletion. 
At what point do you finally say to yourself, "Ok, I've got enough now. I've read enough reviews and watched enough tutorials. Now it's time to actually try to make something."?
I've really enjoyed the process of exploring what it is I thought I wanted and forcing my ol' brain to work in ways it hasn't had to before. Really healthy for gaining better general thought focus to exercise it like that I'm finding. Lots of late night, problem solving eureka moments too. That sensation alone is worth the cost and time. Not to mention all of the fun and inspiring sound exploration as well.
But at some point, I have to be honest with myself and ask if I've begun to succumb to the addiction of consumerism... Or, whether I've finally got all the tools I need and it's time to start trying to do something with them. I think I've finally arrived at that point. 
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Making music is much more fulfilling than buying apps
I think everyone has a splurge when they first get into iOS music-making, partly because there's just so much choice out there, but eventually you settle into a slower pace of app-buying. I still buy apps, but only the ones that appeal to me and that I know I will want to use, but actually I ignore the vast majority of app releases because they simply don't cater to my music/style/workflow etc... Quite happy to ignore Blocs Wave, Modstep, Infinite Looper, Shoom, Skram etc because that kind of app is just not my cup of tea (and no slight intended to those devs and their users of course, everyone has toast as Johnny would say). Once you get a feel for what works for you you learn to tune out the apps that aren't your bag.
There have been some great apps of late, Model 15 and AUM both spring to mind as game-chagers in their own way.
I've bough a lot of apps in the last three years, I regret very few of those purchases. Lemur was one, and funnily enough (going against the grain here) Fugue Machine is another, but that's because generative music is not really what I'm interested in (again, no slight intended to the many FM fans here).
Part of the iOS music experience for me is the enjoyment of buying , and playing with for the first time , of a new app . My first synth was the iMS20 , and with Garageband and a few FX I could probably have stopped there . Ok maybe Gadget as well lol . I certainly need less than the mountain if synths and FX I have
I'm an amateur dabbler musically , so I don't really 'need' any music apps. But I 'want' them all - half the fun is getting a new one
) I don't have any other vices or expensive hobbies , so apps are my little treat
Yeah, it's not that I'm not going to keep looking and picking up a cool app every now and then. But, I started finding myself falling into the same trap that I see folks fall into on the photography sites like dpreview. There are a lot of users who are constantly buying the latest new lens, camera, gadget, etc. spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars, but they never really go out and shoot anything other than test shots to see how the new gear performed. They never seem to go out and actually engage in the art of photography, before they're listing their barely used gear on eBay so that they can buy the latest and greatest "new & improved" gear that's going to be "the one" that gets them to the next level. When, with a little practice, inspiration, and skill... all they really needed was a decent compact.
They're caught in an endless cycle of buying and reading about what to buy, for no other reason than to be buying something.
To be clear though, every now and then I find that a new toy to learn and figure out CAN be inspirational in itself, ie. if I've just purchased a new camera with awesome reach and extremely sensitive in low light, etc. Then I want to go out there and see what it can do with real shots and not just test images. So, a new toy to learn and explore can be a great thing to tickle the muse's fancy. Just not when it becomes all about consuming and not doing.
Agreed. And the iOS music app addiction/hobby is a lot less expensive than photography for example, and a heck of a lot healthier than heroin. lol
Are iOS photo apps more expensive than the music apps?
Buying apps is like every first intake on one cigarette. Oh, Ya! Hehe.
Addicted!
My mate @JohnnyGoodyear is heavily and heavenly ......
Another incredible thread
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Was talking about the cost of photo gear as hobby vs iOS music apps as hobby. And yes, they are much less expensive.
I purchased my iPad as a portable, convenient and affordable DAW. So for me, having a professional multitrack recorder, a handful of quality signal processors, a couple drum machines, a sampler, and a simple assortment of standard synths is more than plenty. It's a dream come true.
I all but completely stopped after buying Auria, effects by Fabfilter, Kymatica & Holderness, Seekbeats & BeatmakerII for my drums & samples, and Animoog, Sunrizer, Alchemy & Thor for my synth palette. Outside of that, I bought Audiobus, Audioshare and Peterson strobe tuner to complete my studio.
I found myself still overwhelmed with option overload and did not learn the depths of all these wonderful apps. So, after wrapping up a project, I removed them all from my iPad, downloaded Gadget, and have been working solely with that the past few months.
After model 15 comes DM2, oh, Ya. lots fun, fresh taste! Haha.
More importantly, apps improving with time! You live with time! That is important.
I see it like this: years ago I was always buying hardware synths & never getting any music finished. And that cost me 10s of thousands. The same thing with OSX plugins.
I always felt that, because I'd spent so much, I had to use them to justify the expense, and that actually kills creativity for me - it's much better to settle on a handful of synths/drum machines/samplers and focus.
So, although I still keep buying iOS apps, they are so relatively cheap (even Model 15 which, a few years ago, would have cost upwards of £200 as a plugin) that I don't feel bad not using them all of the time.
Last night, I just multi-tracked Model 15 into Blocs Wave (there are my 2 latest app acquisitions), and it was an inspiring creative moment. Tonight I might try Blocs Wave + a different app and see what happens.
Sure, the combined cost of appoholism will add up but - even if you're not always creating - you're still paying very little for the amount of enjoyment you'll (hopefully) get for many years.
If you don't buy and don't want live with time.
I guessing 'Fuguing Harpsichord' is a good choice.
YOU STOLE MY JOKE
You haven't say thks to me, I will ignore you next time?
Agreed 100%.
With regard to Moog 15, etc. believe me, I want it and will get it eventually. It's just that I'm more than a bit obsessive and that app looks like it'll take weeks if not months of obessive fiddling obsession before I fully grok it. At some point you have to cut yourself off from the consuming part and spend some time in the doing part. At least I do. Otherwise, I'll just be caught up in an endless cycle of the latest great apps and never actually doing much with them.
Many of you obviously have learned over time or natually have much better self control than I do. That's commendable.
Ooooh. OK, got it!
Self controlled = full load of ex apps....By definition.
Gotta be quick here @johnfromberkeley ! And thanks @Kaikoo2 !
You might not be able to relate to this amigo, but if I don't at least try to exercise a little self control I end up with hoarding a bunch of stuff I don't even use. Back when I used to buy CDs when the new ones would come out on Tuesdays, I'd buy a few every week and eventually get to the point where I'd have a stack of unopened CDs that I could barely remember buying at all. They call it OCD and I have to work at not letting it get out of control by learning when to cut it off.
If I could ever learn how to control and use my tendencies for obsession and focus them on specific tasks, like making a movie for example, The obsession would likely be a powerful tool to utilize and accomplish a good deal more.
Not you! But Appreciated your voice, pal!
Just one more. That should be enough.
I also own hundreds of guitar effects, so I'm probably not someone you should take advice from.
I wasn't sure if you meant me @Kaikoo2 , but I wasn't gonna take a chance!
I tell yer! Self control is a superficial word until satisfied. On all aspects.
Energy is the mother creation of world.
Dialectics:
Enough is enough
and
'There's never ever gonna be enough ...'
('Never get old' ... David Bowie)
Nailed it. 'sides, can you steal a stolen joke?
Admittedly, I didn't check for copyrights, so I hope no one starts calling their lawyer.
Actually 54. There is indeed something fundamentally wrong with the Universe.
Patience! Thanks so much, but I can't always respond right away.
Plus, don't do it for me... consider everyone else you've helped.
welcome