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Would I be correct in thinking that you can't get very far with MobMuPlat alone, with just an iPad? It's not able to be supplied with what it requires from any other free iPad app, such as one of the free text editors?
(Or PdParty, for that matter?)
Ahh yes, but, the judge does not agree an he tells them so.
What's the time son?
Five to ten.....
You could use a text editor to create Pd files for PdParty as it doesn't require a PC based editor to create the GUI for the Pd files. You could use a text editor to create the GUI files on an iPad; however, it'd be very cumbersome.
The gist: What's possible with free music apps on iOS?
If I couldn't afford to buy any apps, I'd spend some time with the free ones I could find and see how far I could get. Not being in that situation, I don't know. I'm overwhelmed with so many inexpensive music apps, and some I don't remember if they were free or not. Take away the ones I use, and I'd be starting over practically from scratch.
It's an interesting question. There must be hundreds of free apps that can generate sound. Some like Figure and Auxy can layer some parts. The challenge would be mixing multiple sources on the iPad. What's possible? Maybe I'd spend time learning to program on iOS and make my own recorder - if that's possible to do for free.
BTW, who's paying for my Internet in this scenario?
Well, if it helps, although it isn't the use case here, a similar use case would be that of schools. Often they might be granted equipment, for students, but when it comes to populating them with anything useful, you'll just get blank stares and no budget.
Nothing, because the ipad itself is not free.
Tabletop is still free...
** Program your own music apps!
(after selling some of your apps your can also afford to buy some food)
** You have programmed your own music apps and you have found out it is a tough business - customer seem to strictly prefer free apps like: audiocopy (audioshare would be a bit nicer, but isnt for free), DubFilter, Ferrite, Fiddlewax, Jamsynth, Keezy, n-Track 8, nineOnine, Pepp, Poly, RD4, Sample Lab, Sampletank (free version) ScriptSONIC, SG Live!, Skram, TF7 Synth, WEJAAM, Yamaha FM essentials, Yamaha Synth & DR Pad (use the mixdown option in the settings window)
** You didn't payed your invoices. Therefore, your internet is down. You cannot download apps or upload your music. You have had the hope to sell it. You are hungry. Very hungry. Maybe you should find a job, rob a bank or sell your iPad.
Could (free level) Hokusai be used as a form of multitrack audio, with clunkiness and difficulty in terms of trying to start back to a kind of beginning for recording each track?
Or a kid who saved up enough money to buy the iPad, and only the iPad.
When I was young I bought a Super-8 camera after what seemed like eons of saving -- with no money left over for film! This type of thing probably still happens. (At least when I later saved up for an Atari 2600 I had enough money to buy it and a Space Invaders cartridge, which was the only one I had for several months.)
But disallowing GarageBand doesn't seem realistic since it comes free now and, as we know, it doesn't meet everyone's needs so free apps on top of, or instead of, it are still a good thought experiment.
Indeed, looking at my App Store history, among my first iOS downloads are many free music-making apps beside the free GarageBand I got (which I never really got on with) -- Nanologue, Little MIDI Machine, Music Studio Lite, SIDPAD (when it was free), Tabletop -- before I made a purchase (Audio Mastering, of all things, I think it was on sale).
Firo
http://news.fiddlewax.com/post/121786485029/firo-is-free-firo-or-fiddlewax-pro-in-case-you
Yeah, you could get by with Firo no problem.
Until it got purged.
Figure and Auxy for sure. But even beyond that theres tons of free ones that no one talks about. The goofy looking ones that you always scroll past. I suppose you could get a free audio recorder, 4 tracks or whatever, and then with your bargain bin sound apps, you could email the output to yourself (they usually allow that at least) and put that into your free audio editor. So the workflow would basically include your email as a large part of organizing your stems. Who knowS? maybe some of them sound amazing?
Especially if you write a good song
I hunted quite a bit of free apps before i started using ipad more. For example i got sample tank, loopy hd, howl, amplitube(normal and acoustic) and many others i dont remember now, that i deleted or dont know if they are still free. First(before finding this forum) i used this reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AppHookup/ to hunt free ones and then found this app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/appzapp-hd-pro-daily-new-apps-best-hot-deals-free-apps/id428248004
Ps. midimux is free atm, dunno if its permanently free now or temporary
Id like to think that's why I haven't stopped using ikaossilator.
Both really good points, about very realistic scenarios.
In the school case, there’s even the problem of getting an App Store account for free apps. There are solutions to this, now, but it’s the kind of thing which can create nightmares for schools. And it might be part of the reason Chromebooks are gaining a lot of ground in the educational market.
As for saving up for a device but not its “consumables”, it’s surely a very common issue for many people. And apps aren’t easy to budget.
My answer would probably hinge on recording live music. For instance, Music Memos is free and it’s surely possible to record a full musical piece. Maybe that bypasses the spirit of the game but, here, the iPad remains a very useful recording device with plenty of room (not taken by big apps).
Apps which are “Free to play with IAP” are also interesting. Launchpad has been mentioned but importing your own sounds is an IAP. But Blocs Wave does allow for recording and some ingenious musician would probably be able to do something really neat with it.
Similarly, free apps meant to sell hardware can lead to neat things. Seaboard 5D and Oval Synth jump to mind. Can you play complete pieces with them? Why not? Oh, you mean a piece which has different tracks for drums, bass, chords/pads, and lead? Why is that the structure we assume a piece should have? Plenty of music in the history of the World has been made with a single instrument, from solo singing or drumming to a huge repertoire of keyboard music. An adept musician could probably play very complex a piece in Seaboard 5D.
Similar game could be played about, say, a frugal musician who can only afford 20$ worth of app purchases and needs to create a full album which will be streamed on Spotify. Or a wealthy musician who can afford all the best apps but needs to “get off the ground running” in terms of producing some great music.
Right. The eternal search for the right app is no different than the eternal search for the right guitar or amp or drum kit. Meanwhile a good writer can take a pair of spoons and make you smile or weep.