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What iOS app have you created the most usable music in?
I was sitting on the plane today going through my apps and realized I've created probably
30 pieces of really self-satisfying music in Alchemy,
20 pieces of usable music in blocs wave,
10 or so in iMaschine,
5 or so in Figure (much less than I should have given the amount of time I've spent with it.)
2-3 in BeatHawk (again, way less than should be there)
A couple of almost full really interesting songs in Noise so far (which I've only had for a few days)
and almost nothing anywhere else.
Gadget? Nada.
Auxy? (I love you but fuck off)
Stand alone synths recorded via audiobus into Auria? Nothing
AUM, MODSTEP? nothing either
Not exactly sure what this says about me, but I think
I prefer dumbed down, self contained music tools (i.e. Blocs)
With soul (alchemy)
And a bit of unique samples thrown in (iMaschine)
Noise, as irritating as it is, is looking really promising though. I don't even use the blocks much, the app works fine on its own...despite pissing me off.
Comments
It's personal and subjective, surely. I'm almost at the opposite end of the spectrum to you, since Auria and Gadget have been good to me, but I never gelled with Blocs Wave, iMaschine (don't own it), Figure, or BeatHawk.
I've written and produced at least 30 songs on iOS, and Auria has been at the heart of everything. It all goes into Auria eventually, for me anyway. I use Gadget, GarageBand, Cubasis and various synths for sketching, writing, coming up with ideas, and pull the fragments into Auria for arranging and mixing.
I use AUM a lot as well, it's super handy for adding new parts to a mixdown WIP of a project and then bringing back into Auria. I work with Audio more than MIDI which helps.
But everyone has different aims, different workflows, and enjoys working in different ways. Some people get their inspiration from samples, some people from synths, new sounds, old sounds, etc... For me inspiration usually comes from a simple keyboard (or the iOS equivalent), a guitar, or a melody that came to me in the shower. I often write melodies and/or harmonies in a piano app first, or in Gadget with Salzburg, and then try different sounds/synths afterwards. If it sounds good just played on a piano (or an acoustic guitar) then it's musical enough to sound good on anything. YMMV.
Definitely Gadget because it's so easy to access and it worked on my iPad2 ok (read iPad2 not iPad Air2) Also iMachine on my phone(because it's relatively easy to use on a phone) just upgraded to new iPad so now Beatmaker3 all the way because I really like working with samples, the most useable sounds coming from Gadget, Elastic Drums and Mood synth.
Not sure about usable, but I record live jams of whatever apps I fancy in AUM, so that one, and more edited sagas in Auria, piped in via IAA/Audiobus - so those.
Auria + Infinite Looper + all my synths and effects : most of my self-satisfying songs -> here the headline is : reinventing the weel every time and just do it the way you feel if
AUM : several tracks -> headline : experiment with existing song sources if possible with LINK (all of @brambos apps, BM3, groovebox, Futur Drummer, etc)
Gadget : 1 song ok...I don't know why not more
The vast majority has been glued together in either Cubasis or Auria
Beyond that, some KRFT, iSequence HD, Beathawk and Caustic though i suspect BM3 will soon feature prominently on this list
Must be said Caustic lit a fire in me for music production. I had all bet given up before I finally discovered it. I'm not really using it nowadays because I've been heavily invested in Gadget, time and money wise. Of course AudioShare and Audiobus are essential. BM3. Cubasis for polishing a track.
While i'm not heavily invested in Gadget time wise, i do own almost all the IAPs. That hasn't stopped me from deleting it though. Sunk cost fallacy is a real thing and Korg hasn't shown that they're willing to optimise their code
Gadget post 3.0 was actually what pushed me towards Caustic and made me put in some effort to learn it and now that i have, i can't imagine going back
I'm a Blocs/Launchpad man. Made over 20 instrus since I bought the mini 4 (over a year but mainly in short period of time). Each IAP bring me new inspiration...
ATM I slowed down a bit and focus in finish things includding my keytar to back again on riffiing melodies (with Alchemy and so) and clean the dust over my talkbox.
I bought BM3 but opened twice due the lacks and bugs so I will wait a bit more to try my remixing ideas on it, meanwhile I think GB will be the host.
AUM/Midiflow with AUs like sensual sax, ReSlice, BH2, Module, SynthMaster... is the Mainstage counterpart but my most enjoying time at the moment is Blocs/Launchpad with Launch hardware obviously. It makes a huge difference.
Rumour has it Radial is coming soon so I recon you'll come crawling back eventually. As for me, I am a bit over the issues with the Gadget sequencer and I'm now using it to sample in BM3. I might do the same with Caustic too.
I'll come crawling back each update to see if they've improved it
For me it's the crazy resource usage that stops me from using it though sampling into BM3 is a good idea
AUM/AB+AURIA
Can't really break it down further than that as they all play their unique roles in the process.
iKaossilator and Gadget are far and away the top producing apps for me. Blocs Wave has a lot of nearly usable compositions waiting for some structure, Groovebox and BeatHawk have some good ideas hanging around, and I'm still hopeful that BM3 will become my new standard once I find time to dig in further.
Definitely finished the most music in Caustic. Next in line is FLSM. Did a few things in AUM with a variety of odds and ends loaded in.
Definitely Gadget for me. I love the simple "load and play" setup of a self-contained app and the easy way to record automation of almost any parameter without any extra configuration.
While I have MANY iOS synths, as well as Cubasis, AB3 etc. I hardly ever use them, as I like how I can start working on something in Gadget and when I return to continue it's all just there - instant recall if you will.
I'd rather be creative, playing music than spending time setting up signal chains, loading presets etc.
AB has done a lot to try and reduce this annoyance, but since not all apps support state-saving, auto launch etc. it's still mostly a vision that has not come true yet, unfortunately
Samplr
Nearly everything I 'finish' (very loosley use that word as I mostly mess about, get something going, record it, upload it.....no real finishing going on) is recorded into AUM from blocs/launchpad/circuit and mininova...add to that list Groovebox now (previously Gadget)
I use many other apps to get stuff into blocs, but most used would be Funk and Future Drummer and ModStep.......Cubasis is patiently waiting for me to bite the bullet and actually do something with these lighthearted dalliances with tune making
Caustic or Nanostudio are the only apps I've manged to complete projects.
Gadget by a mile. I've never been able to complete much in Auria w/o pairing with Beatmaker2 ...which I've never been productive in w/o pairing with Figure. Like Figure, Alchemy was great at inspiring ideas to drop into BM2. I've yet to gel with Blocs Wave.
By no means a Gadget power user, but a lot does start out with a simple Salzburg line...
Blocs wave and gadget are the two where I have most projects saved.
I have only owned ReSlice for a few days and have already built a decent collection of recordings that will be good source material when edited.
Ikaossilator for me too. I lost track of how many songs I have in there. Other than that, Auxy. I like Auxy because my mixes always translate to the car. They've got some nice stuff under the hood in that one.
seconded
iKaossilator was one of my first iOS music purchases which then got lost once appoholism set in. Perhaps it's time i revisit it
Auxy for me these days.
Alchemy
It's just good solid fun. Definitely limited, with its own specific sound, but when all else fails and you just want to jam some damn music....
GB with Alchemy never lets me down.
BM2, SunVox, Caustic, Tabletop in that order
None at all. Tried to but up until this point found it too disjointed. I do think I am ready to start giving it another go though now there is a steady flow of AU's, I think I am too used to Ableton. I am enjoying BM3 though, can't wait to see where they take it.
Gadget! Not even close.