Apple AUs on iOS (please help to improve music making on iOS)

[Deleted User]

Looks like we need to talk to apple.
Who is with me?

[Deleted User]

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Feedback type is efficiency/ workflow

Apple audio units version 2/3

To whom it may concern,
please provide a GUI to the apple audio units so I can use them like I can on the Mac.

I can't use the following audio units because they do not provide an user interface.

AUBandpassFilter
AUDynamicsProcessor
AUDelay
AUDistortion
AUHighPassFilter
AUHighShelfFilter
AUPodEQ
AULowPassFilter
AULowShelfFilter
AUBandEQ
AUNewPitch
AUParametricEQ
AUReverb2
AUSampleDelay
AUMIDISynth
AUSampler

Thanks.

Hmtx

@lala said:
Looks like we need to talk to apple.
Who is with me?

Done. I am doubtful that they will listen but we shall see

Lacm1993

@lala said:
Oops
3.2.2 Unacceptable
(i) Creating an interface for displaying third party apps, extensions, or plug-ins similar to the App Store or as a general-interest collection.

But this AU are more like APIs isn't it?. Provided by apple for developers to use freely with their apps as well as to help them built their apps and that are not meant to be exposed to the user unless the developer desires to do so, they are not third party apps or plugins or extensions. Maybe a standalone app built only on this APIs it's posible but it won't be an AU extension (as it's been explained earlier on this thread)

Also that rules refers to the creation of an unofficial AppStore inside an third party app violating apple rules. It says "Similar to the AppStore" not so much what's been discussed here.

[Deleted User]

Depends on how you read it
Creating an interface for displaying ...extensions/ plugins ... as general interest collection

Lacm1993

@lala said:
Depends on how you read it
Creating an interface for displaying ... plugins ... as general interest collection

General interest collection has more to do with selling any kind of products/apps/software inside your app and then try to bypass the whatever Appstore rules that applies. Not really related to make APIs found in the OS usable to the user.

More importantly these are not even plugins, Are APIs, building blocks for creating apps.

[Deleted User]

Things is no one did this yet. We are over a year into AUs on iOS, nothing is happening and these things are really useful and they are there already.
On the mac they are there, free to use for everybody, no jumping through hoops, just open your apple Au and there you go and not like this bs here on iOS...and you don't have to worry if ish will still work next year because it's from mother apple
I do a lot of cool things with the apple AUs on the mac, just chain a few together automate them and walk into sonic nirvana.
Come on apple, you can do it.

This is just a sawwave chord and the apple graphic eq, I could do the same with a few parametric eqs ... I can do nice things with these simple tools,
But apple wont let me on iOS

[Deleted User]

Used the Apple feedback link @lala provided. You'll never get what you don't ask for.

[Deleted User]

Here's another app TIZE that includes Apple AU support.

u0421793

Incidentally, I've noticed in the past that Audacity on MacOS exposes all these too, also, as well (and that's barely a 'proper' MacOS app, most of the UI is still Linux-ey GTK in feel and response).

[Deleted User]

Come on ladies & gentlemen,
Let's do the storm in a teacup.
Let's get the cool shoeshine.

philowerx

In the meantime:

2017.01.07 iOS Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)

AU HOST
Audio Evolution Mobile Studio (Davy Wenzler) *effects only
Auria (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects
Auria LE (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects
Auria Pro (WaveMachine Labs, Inc.) *instruments & effects
AUM (Kymatica) *instruments & effects
Cubasis (Steinberg) *instruments & effects
Cubasis 2 (Steinberg) *instruments & effects
Ferrite Recording Studio (Wooji Juice Ltd) *effects only
GarageBand (Apple) *instruments only
midiSTEPS (Arthur Kerns) *instruments only
modstep (AppBC) *instruments & effects
MultiTrackStudio (Giel Bremmers) *instruments & effects
n-Track Studio MultiTrack Recorder (n-Track) *instruments & effects
TIZE (Tize Music, Inc.) *effects only
Twisted Wave Audio Editor (Twisted Wave) *effects only
Twisted Wave Recorder (Twisted Wave) *effects only
zMors Modular (mobile only) *instruments & effects

INSTRUMENT PLUGINS
BASSalicious (MIDIculous LLC)
CMP Grand Piano (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte)
Enkl monophonic synth (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
FM Essentials (Yamaha)
Heavy Brass (Crudebyte)
iSEM (Arturia)
iSymphonic Orchestra (Crudebyte)
iVCS3 (apeSoft)
Jussi - Vocal Synthesizer (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
KQ MiniSynth (Ryouta Kira)
NS1 (Nikolozi Pty Ltd)
Oriental Strings (Christian Shoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte)
Pads - Lush Pad Synth (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Phasemaker (Bram Bros)
Phonem (Wolfgang Palm PPG)
Poison-202 (Dmitrij Pavlov)
Ruismaker (Bram Bros)
Ruismaker FM (Bram Bros)
Sensual Sax (Embertone)
SwarPlug (Swar Systems)
Tines (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Turbosounds for Accordian (Reinhard Rieder)
Viking Synth (Blamsoft, Inc.)
WaveGenerator (Wolfgang Palm PPG)
WaveM apper (Wolfgang Palm PPG)

EFFECT PLUGINS
6144 equalizer by DDMF (Christian Siedschlag)
apeDelay (apeSoft)
apeFilter (apeSoft)
AudioEffX (VirSyn)
AudioMaster Pro (Future Moments)
AudioVerb (VirSyn)
Buttercup Bitcrush (Timothy Barraclough)
DC-9 Overdrive (Blamsoft, Inc.)
Envelope AU Reverb by DDMF (Christian Siedschlag)
Esspresso de-esser (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
F-16 Filter (Blamsoft, Inc.)
frekvens (Erik Sigth)
Haaze- Stereo Tool (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Korvpressor (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Lofionic Duplicat (Chris Rivers)
MicSwap (Future Moments)
MicSwap Pro (Future Moments)
Phlox Phaser (Timothy Barraclough)
PressIt multiband compressor (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Remaster (Audioforge Labs Inc.)
Resampler (Blamsoft, Inc.)
RF-1 (Kai Aras)
RP-1 (Kai Aras)
SquashIt (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Svep phaser, flanger, chorus (Klevgränd Produktion AB)
Voice Rack: FX (TC-Helicon)
Zero Chorus (Blamsoft, Inc.)
Zero Reverb (Blamsoft, Inc.)
zMors EQ (mobile only)

Audio Unit extension requires iPad Mini 2, iPad 4, iPad Pro 1, iPhone 5s, iPod touch 6 or newer model and iOS 9 or 10.

Did I miss anything?

realdavidai

If AUNewPitch performs like the basic pitch correction plugin in Logic then it could be a very useful plugin for iOS

[Deleted User]

Lowpass
Bandpass
Highpass
parametric eq
Graphic eq
DynamicsProcessor

Would be a nice apple Au toolbox.

Looking at the fx
There is no convolution reverb Au?

j_liljedahl

@lala said:
Oops
3.2.2 Unacceptable
(i) Creating an interface for displaying third party apps, extensions, or plug-ins similar to the App Store or as a general-interest collection.

This simply means that you can't make your own alternative to App Store, where you display third party apps.

Looping_Loddar

I suppose the algorithms of this collection were mainly made by Steffan Diedrichsen (Apple DSP developer, ex Emagic). Most of the should offer quite good quality and very low processor usage. It should be possible, to contact him.