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What selection of Apps for a total beginner?
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Sunvox
Beathawk!
I should start with Samplr for ease of use and lots of fun and Audioshare to share and store all your sounds.
First off, welcome to the shed. Diving straight in, as you already now there's an awful lot resident on this server which addresses most questions, technical and philosophical, that you might have, but if you were a friend sitting on my sofa asking the same questions, I would simply ask you: What are your strengths; where do you come from; what do you like; what do you aspire to do? My own (simplified) answers would be: I'm a writer, I like words; I'm a fifty-something Londoner transplanted to Texas; I am rooted in 60s and 70s rock and roll and things that came afterwards with similar roots; I aspire to make sense of my own sense of loneliness and common heartbreak. Having heard your answers I would understand you better, but also be better placed to serve your own interests rather than simply listing my own preferences....
Korg Gadget. Today is the last day of the sale at 50% off.
KORG Gadget by KORG INC.
https://appsto.re/dk/NeUjV.i
Wait for beatmaker 3 and get a bunch of AU synths and effects.
Hi @tja ,
I recommend getting an all-in-one app for start . If you have a computer or Android device you can try Caustic and demo the sounds . If you like it get it for iOS (it's great for the money)
Gadget is more expensive, but many people love it. There is also a free limited version you could check.
Auria Pro.
Get Gadget while still on sale . I have heard tons and more great sounding stuff done with this app alone and it is incredibly fun also.
Gadget is probably the best place to start. Plus 50% off? absolutely!
Dude... how could you?
First, welcome to the forum. Secondly, you have have a decent collection of apps, so I'm not sure that adding to it will make things any easier for you.
This. I would also ask you what you don't like about GarageBand, as that is usually what I recommend beginners start out with because it is an all-in-one solution. 'MIDI in/out, IAA, AU, AB, Audiocopy and such things' are technologies for connecting and transferring data between apps. Generally speaking, they're not something you need to worry about when starting out.
Korg Gadget has already been recommended a few times here. That is another all-in-one solution. Maybe check out this video and see if it looks appealing since you're interested in a "compatible drum machine, bass machine and melody machine"
Hey tja
I'm not going to recommend any app to you because I don't know you. My two cents is define what you want to do and say with your music and seek out those apps and do research. Sorry to break the news but there are no 'best' app in any category. You will experience buyers remorse and buyers surprise and joy in equal measures.
Best of luck
PS: I love JS Bach too
I agree with those posters who have suggested the best approach is to identify your musical interests before deciding upon which apps would best serve those musical interests.
But, the paradox, Samplr is the best of the best (in its slot...)
Yes, wait for BeatMaker 3 and NanoStudio 2 (which is THE iOS app i´m waiting for).
These could be a "do it all nice" solutions without much app hopping/switching.
But no one knows when these mystic apps will come to the crowd
I'd say the device you're using is also a factor. For example, while there is no denying that Auria Pro is the most powerful digital audio workstation (DAW) on iOS, i wouldn't want to use it on anything less than an ipad air 2
You already have a good daw in Garageband. The drummer feature is excellent and it hosts audio units which means it's easy to connect to other synths and effects
In fact, one of the weak points of Garageband is it's effects so i would get some audio unit effects
If you have decided you don't like Garageband, then i'd go for either Cubasis or Auria pro. Auria, as i said above, is the most powerful of the 2 but it comes at the expense of high cpu usage and a somewhat clunky interface. Cubasis, for my money, has a better ui and workflow that's designed around a touchscreen but lacks some features
As for the rest there are so many options. We all have our favourite synths, instruments and effects. Best advice i can give is research a lot. You can get a lot of information here and then there are youtube videos so you can see them in action
This is not directed at you, but to the community at large...
While I have no reason to believe that both of those apps won't be really good, I can't help but think there are a number of people here who are pinning their hopes on the next big thing to solve all their problems.
The problem with that is there's always a next big thing.
Ha ha, only serious (and also, in before the rest)
Ha, yes. Sure.
Waiting for Logic Pro iOS.....
But it would help if the OP says more about the kind of music and prefered workflow.
Garage band has all of the above, and you can work with just it, BUT if it's not your thing here's what I propose:
Audiobus & Audioshare as the backbone of connecting apps together
AUM works as well, and very well with Audioshare, and serves as an AU3 host! Audioshare has good but somewhat limited audio editing and recording. With these three apps you are halfway there.
I find that many apps are hard to use just because of the smallness of the interfaces. To solve this performance problem I'd get some of the following apps instead of trying to use the mini keyboard(s) each app provides.
Thumbjam: bonus it has great sounds of it's own
Figure: great source of finger waving inspiration
Xynthesizr: for sound and performance and random generation abilities
SoundPrism (any of the three) Chordpadpoly, Geosynth or GeoShred:
Prism or Poly for banging out chords, One of the Geo's for soloing (tho Thumbjam can do it too)
You will need something to record your performance
As stated GarageBand can do this. Other options are...
InfiniteLooper: for midi recording and arranging
Multitrack DAW: for recording audio
You can as suggested get an all in one app like Korg Gadget but my feeling is
Gadget, BeatHawk, and others work better WITH the apps listed above than as standalone closed boxes. Each to his own
As far as sounds there is a cornucopia to choose from.
Synths:
Animoog Model15
LayR DRC iOddessy iWavemachine Mitosynth
Strings and Orchestral:
SampleTank iFretless bass/guitar iSymphonic
Drum machines:
Any of the Machines (Rock Soft Future Funk Latin)
DrumJam SessionDrummer Seakbeats ElasticDrums
Most of this advice and setup comes from my own. Your mileage may vary.
Good luck
Uhh, that would be one of the last thing i would recommend to beginners.
But it´s a great thing!
Could be your instincts were spot on.
For some beginners, SunVox could be a good start as there are a lot of online tutorials that show you step by step how to learn the app. SunVox has a wide range of capabilities so a beginner can learn and explore these too.
For more established musicians who are used to traditional DAWs, SunVox would not be a good starting point since what they're used to in a DAW could make SunVox be a very disorienting experience whereas they'd be more comfortable with any of the more traditional DAW apps on iOS.
Maybe you're correct - a new person should indeed waste a lot of money over a period of a couple of years before returning to Sunvox and regretting spending a lot of money on a bunch of glitzy apps in various random directions when all they really needed after all was Sunvox. Best go get spending on everything out there.