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midi controller and daw
Dyou really need a controller or is playing your notes on your ipad just as effective? also what is the best daw?
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Really depends on the type of music you want to produce. I find the iPad is fine for inputting simple mono-lead lines or triggering pads but it's definitely no substitute for a full-sized keyboard for complex chord progressions ... Even a 2 1/2 octave inexpensive keyboard like Arturia Keystep allows for more precise and detailed input than onscreen KB.
DAW depends a lot on you and what you need out of it ...you really can't go wrong with any of the top 3 , Auria Pro, Beatmaker 3 and Cubasis .. Many of us routinely incorporate them all into our workflow. I couldn't live without the professional plugins in Auria , Fabfilter, PSP and others, but Cubasis, now that it has the Waves plugins, is definitely catching up and is actually better in some ways.
I actually prefer the cleaner interface in Cubasis. To me it's easier to use and is just easier on the eyes. If fabfilters were available in it, I'm not sure I'd use Auria Pro.
Yep to what @AnimalHeadSpirit said.
Mainly, these questions are really vague and subjective. Maybe describe the type of music you make (or want to make, given new tools) and others can share their subjective thoughts with you. Or offer advice based on what you're aiming to do. Right now it's like you're asking 'What's the best font for a resume?' or 'How many ornaments should a christmas tree have?'.
I'm an Trance, kinda guy and some techno .....can you edit midi notes with all of these? are synth apps recordable in midi?
Controllers are very useful when you run several apps at the same time. Then you have more flexibility in terms of which app gets to be on the foreground at any given moment because you can play them regardless (provided your apps have a "background audio" setting, but most of them do nowadays if they output sound).
Re: DAW, I tend to think of the whole iOS environment as a DAW. A modular one to which each app adds a specific functionality. That's one of the biggest plus of iOS compared to desktops, you build your environment around your workflow as opposed to the other way around. Sometimes it can be nice with the familiarity of desktop DAW layouts on iOS but for me, sticking to that same design as your main interface, when you're on a device that affords completely different interactions due to touchscreen and a much smaller scale, well I find that approach quite limiting. The best apps embrace the format and allow for whole new types of uses imo.
This said, I reckon Beat Maker 3, Auria, Cubasis and Garageband are among the most popular DAWs. But I don't have them so can't say. Or if what you're looking for is just to rec, edit and organise MIDI notes from other apps, then I'd say Modstep. It's a really good sequencer.
I sugest to try GarageBand (which is free) and see it for yourself. Korg Gadget is another great option very playable on screen.
Think you'll love Gadget. Controllers are handy (bah dum!) but you don't need it. Especially for trance because you'll likely be entering notes manually more often than not.
I have all 3 of these daws and modstep, also have tried to use ipad as the daw in various ways(which i found too much hassle). I prefer beatmaker, but both auria and cubasis are good as well. Auria is the most desktop daw like. Cubasis is also quite desktop daw like, but its user interface works a bit better for touch screen(but lacks in depth a bit). Beatmaker is best suited for playing with the screen and for touch interface in general(and even better with midi controllers). Its not that much of a old school dekstop daw like, but a combination of a mpc/maschine like sample sequencer, more traditional timeline, with piano rolls etc and ableton like clip launching. Its quite a bit deeper(but also easy to learn to get a beat going) than auria or cubasis, but some people dig the more general daw like environment.
I never really got into modstep, no matter how much i tried
Especially the lack of proper undo function was a workflow killer.
As for midi controllers, they add a lot. Touch screen doesent give the same expressiveness or feel to your playing. Drums i think go fine with touch screen, and melodies is much easier to play with some pad and scale mode on screen, which i think beatmaker excels in. However even using its pad mode with drums or scales, a midi controller(pad or keys, or maybe both) makes playing it better.
GarageBand is not an option. I tried to install it but when I did, I got a message saying it was only compatible on ios11 and since I use an ipad4 no updates are available....so I might be limited.