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My MacBook Pro is gathering dust since I bought my first ipad 3 years ago. I tried to make some music with it most recently but I didn't like it. Touch screen all the way for me. This is the closest I will ever get to a computer to make music. Mouse, trackpad and a cursor are not for me. Not anymore albeit I understand if people still use it for proper recording etc.
While I appreciate the desire - and execution by some very succesfully - of creating completely mastered tracks in the iPad alone, and I do go down that route as well, I tend to still use it more as an integrated part of a studio setup. I use synths on an iPad, but I miss having a full keyboard to play on, so I hook it up to external keyboards. I also hook an iPad to a Mac and a PC to use as a virtual instrument. I record guitar into an iPad too and hook up a pedal for that purpose.
I love being able to compose on an iPad too though, and the touchscreen interface provides possibilities that are hard to replicate in anything else, especially using, say, glissando on Animoog with poly aftertouch. I recently bought an XKey 25 for a couple of reasons, one of them to be able to use an external keyboard that had poly aftertouch with iPad synths that support it - and CS-80V. But, I can't glissando on that the same as I can on the iPad display.
At the end of the day I think it's a both / and experience. One can use an iPad to create complete albums end-to-end just fine. Limitations - yes - but one can still make wonderful sounding tracks that way without too much difficulty. It is also useful as part of a larger whole.
Cake and eat :-)
@MusicInclusive How do you use the iPad as a virtual instrument? I'm exploring the possibilities and trying to figure out the best way to get the digital audio output into an external DAW.
@telecharge - I use an iConnectMIDI2+ to connect the iPad to a Mac. I send MIDI out via that to the iPad and record audio in from the iPad through it back to the DAW. You can also route audio out to it, and record MIDI in from it. It's bidirectional for both MIDI and digital audio. Great little device! :-)
I'm not so much into the iPad as a principle but more because it makes sense to me and I love using it. I use my macbook and reaper to track a full band, but that's partly because I don't have an iOS interface with enough inputs yet. But I export those stems to auria to mix. I love reaper, but mixing on the touch screen just makes sense to me and makes me feel like I'm at a mixing board. I also use my Mac for superior drummer if I need it, which is not often. I look forward to the continued growth of iOS and hope that someday it will have an accessible (without jail breaking) file system, but the limits focus me, which results in finished music. No other format since my 4 track cassette has really done that for me for my own work. I did finish projects that were paid, but I'm pretty much out of that scene now.
Plus, I use it for live sound with a yamaha m7cl. I'm looking forward to the new sm pro mixers coming out, which use a very interesting control surface implementation.
Nope.
I am using Cubase in Windows for my main DAW, for VST, I feel that PC has more better option, for now, I only use Jamup Pro as my guitar sound in iPad then transfer to Cubase in PC.....
I used to make music on my Mac, using Logic Pro. Only as a hobby, but when I got kids I kinda stopped spending time on it.
I've been wanting to get back into making music for some time, and have always wanted a "portable studio". I got Nanostudio on my iPhone 4 some years ago and later purchased a lot of different synths for my iPad (originally 2 now Air) and tried using them with Cubasis via M-audios Keystation 32.
However it never really amounted to much, mainly because it was too cumbersome to setup via AudioBus.
Then I got Korg Gadget when it was released and since then I've made more tracks than in the past 10 years :-)
I've normally not been a fan of pattern based sequencers, but somehow Korg hit the sweetspot in terms of workflow and convenience. I can't wait to see what the coming updates bring.
AudioBus2 seems to have the potential to fix the setup problem with the new preset function, as long as the other apps are updated to support Save State.
However, for me, the great workflow and broad palette of sounds easily available in Gadget is hard to beat. Sure I loose some flexibility in terms of soundscapes, but the sheer joy of being able to create music again more than makes up for that.
Are there any IOS DAWS that sync with a Mac DAW? And when I say sync I mean you start working on a project in iOS, then pick up where you left off on your Mac, and then perhaps finally put some finishing touches on it back in iOS. Although I prefer IOS for many of the reasons others have already stated in this thread I wouldn't mind having the ability to also work on the same projects on my Mac.
I know this can be done to a certain degree with GarageBand but in that case you can only go from iPad to Mac and even then it's limited. I'm looking for something in music that's more like Evernote and Pages on the Mac and iOS if that makes sense. If there's something out there like that it might actually encourage me to use my Mac more for music production. Any suggestions?
Nanostudio offers a Mac sync function, as well as a free Mac version of The DAW. I've never tried it, so I can't attest to how well it works.
Cubasis can kind of do that... you can open a Cubasis iOS project in Cubase on the desktop to continue working on it, I'm not sure about going back the other way though. I think there are some limitations imposed, like the MIDI instruments will change sound slightly if they are different in the desktop version vs the iPad version, that kind of thing. Never done it myself.
Yeah I was vaguely aware of Cubasis and Nanostudio. Cubasis (and Cubase) is quite a bit more than I would like to spend currently. I looked into Nanostudio and didn't really like the Mac stuff that much.
I'm relatively new to all of this so I'm still looking for the right kind of workflow, whether it's all on iOS, or combination of iOS and the Mac. I may just have to come up with one that involves starting something in GarageBand on the iPad and then perhaps finishing it in GarageBand on the Mac. They're both pretty decent and for somebody like me probably the best way to "get my feet wet" with this, especially since I already have both.
I suppose I'm just hoping there's a better and at least somewhat affordable solution.
I love the innovation and creativity that is represented by the many IOS apps that are available today. Audiobus has definitely changed the game in terms of "frankensteining" a music setup to your unique style and tastes. That being said, I am disturbed by how quickly the "mobile studio" has conformed to the "you need big toys boys" model. To really take advantage of new features introduced in Audiobus 2, iPad Air is a must. So where does that leave all the people who can't upgrade? Being content to using their iPad as a very capable sketch pad, solo instrument, drum machine and many other functions that don't demand huge horsepower. Don't get me wrong: the older iPads will still have tremendous impact, but are not suitable for use as the anchor of a studio. It will thrive in other roles:
Teleprompter, Podcast creation (BossJack), Movie Trailer style content, Beast of an External Synth and Drum Machine and more.
I currently use both a Mac and Windows in my studio, so you can't go wrong there. My clientele mostly use Adobe Creative Suite, so by necessity (and for my sanity), I generally use Ableton Live and Reason for arranging and composing music beds and narration, that gets mastered in Audition. Most significantly, I work on 3 27 inch monitors, so being confined to the ipad screen is a deal breaker for long projects.
I cared a lot more about 'replacement' when I was taking the bus to work everyday and what I had with me was my iphone. At home, whatever works.
As awesome as AB is, the best 'replacement' for me on iOS continues to be all-in-ones like NanoStudio, Gadget or Beatmaker. Those are for a fairly specific set of music styles though. Hard to make those work well for say, folk or prog rock. Audio tracks in NS2 may change that and then the replacement becomes NS2 and other apps feed into it via AB2 the way folks above are talking about using iOS apps as supplemental to their desktops. That hasn't really worked out for me with BeatMaker so who knows if NS2 will pull it off. NS benefits from having a great built-in synth and good effects though so we'll see.
Using a mouse still kinda sucks and the cost:quality ratio on iOS can't be ignored. Early days still.
@Paulyboy69 yep, Nanostudio can do that but you have to manually sync the projects with NanoSync. The desktop version (mac/windows) is exactly the same as the iOS version. Well, he added a few custom keyboard shortcuts to the desktop versions recently (like spacebar to play) which is nice but otherwise they are one in the same.
I have used a PC until I walked the Way of St. James.
The simplicity of of just walking made me think of, how many hours I was loosing in my life, doing senseless things and making it overcomplicated by constantly tranig to keep in touch with the newst hardware and the arousing possibilities... Which are fine but I haven't got the time to be a crack in every field I am interessted in.
So I have to keep some things as simple as possible, I think - with varying results
So I droped the PC and now I am on iPad&iPhone, a few Grooveboxes, a small mixer and a shrinked MS-20 controller.
And as I never intended to produce a record and just want to have fun playing with sounds, I am on my way...
Since when AB2 had been released I totally stopped using my PC and I think I no need a PC\Mac for music anymore.
Of course, I spend many many times messing around with apps, but it's really funny (and so immediate) playing with a iOS device!
I am a novice and always was. I was making music on my Amiga500, Yamaha SY55 and later flstudio on my PC. It was fun but never close to professional quality. Years later and three kids I found Auria and learned from the wonderful people there on mixing, compression, limiters etc..
From that day my ipad based music is so much better then the songs I made on PC. Looking forward to the future it's sure this way of music creation will become stronger and the boundaries between mobile and desktop will become none existent.
The none belivers can look at the synth apps compared with the historical large electronic boxes which output very similar sounds and have less options, and I don't even know how to compare the past with AB revolution :-)
There is a lot to say to this, but I just describe my problem from today. Recorded in Alchemy 4 bars with all 4 slots. Put in into Cubase via AB2. Syncing, no go. Recording, a mess no syncing. IAA no syncing. Than I exported via Mail. Imported from mail via audioshare.
Thats no serious work flow. Ok some apps do it better, some also do not.
So as long as its not like on Mac within lets say Cubase, where I just add an effect, add a midi track, add an instrument a.s.o. and it just all in one environment, in sync and working, iOS stays as a nice add on, but nothing to make really music.
Of course you can make music, but its all under all those limitations. And those limitations influence the music. You are not free to do just want you want.
For example I just bought BFD3. No one will seriously tell me there is anything to compare on iOS. This list can be made longer, of course.
Don’t understand me wrong. I am fascinated by this new medium with all its possibilities. And there is a lot new things you can do with it. I see it with my kids and how intuitiv they are using iPad, ipod a.s.o..
So I think its not just that this or that is the only way. Would be nice those things would get better together. Like I have connected my iMac Mini through Vienna Ensemble Pro 5 with my other Mac, it would be nice to have the iPad also connected in such a way. I am looking forward to the new focusrite iTrack Dock. I can imagine that this will bring me a bit closer to this.
To use computer/Mac to make music, iTunes can offer hands to make your own music or ringtones. With clicking "Edit'>"Prefenences" to edit the beginning time and the stopping time of the songs as you like. Besides, you can transfer your diy music/songs from computer to your iPhone. http://www.recovery-ipad.com/transfer-music-from-computer-to-iphone.html
Im much more creative on an ipad compared to my old pc setup. So many great instrument apps i havent heard before on a pc. It only takes some time to feel comfortable with the ios workflow. I havent used my pc for 2 years now because i get better results with the wide collection of apps i purchased and its just more fun playing with the touchscreen and some midi controllers trying all the different setups.
Don't worry. There are still other ways can help you to solve this problem. First, I suggest you move music to iTunes which can help you to make your own music or ringtones first. Then you can make music with clicking "Edit'>"Prefenences" to edit the beginning time and the stopping time of songs you like. In addition, you can also copy your diy music/songs.
I use both. The iPad when I'm mobile and the PC when I'm home. I usually do rough sketches on the iPad and then import them into ableton for more complex processing. As much as I love my iPad it really cannot handle the complex stuff I do like using Diego Stoccos rhythmic convolution method. Or the more cinematic kontakt libraries I own. That being said even when I'm on my PC I still use the iPad using my iconnectaudio4+ for Moog model 15,Laplace,Lorentz, etc.
Having a powerful macbook and iPad setup has helped with creativity and workflow. It allows me to unplug and go completely wireless. I can go with the CCK, or just have multiple instances of audio streaming in different ways without taking up any extra processing power. You have limitless options when you set yourself up with a macbook, and an iPad. Some may feel as if it is excessive to use both at the same time. I like to keep my options open. Plus I like to use my 6 year old hardware. The Kaos pro and piano came before my iPad. I can't just throw them away.
@DD829 That isPretty badass if you ask me. Which is why we are all here on the this forum.AudioBus enabled and apps alike enabled you to create!
Using iPad more and more, but when I plan a session that I want to guarantee success...I go back to Logic on MacBook Pro.
AU on iOS / Cubasis is almost there...soon the MacBook will be relieved of its music-making responsibilities. Fingers crossed by September.
I make/track music (almost excusively) on iPad - but arrange/finalize on PC, no problem
cheers, Tom
After three years of using ipads about 90% of the time it is now down to only 10% since I got an Asus Zenbook a couple months ago. In the past two months on the laptop I sketched fifty tracks, about eight or nine of which will get completed. On ipad the rate of sketching was similar but really there is nothing I made that I want to finish or ever listen to again. I am super glad to have explored iOS and once Gadget gets midi out that will be a massive benefit for writing.
Out of curiosity, which DAW do you use? I only run Windows when I have the absolute need of opening old Sonar projects since I switched to a Mac...
Not sure if you are asking me but I use Samplitude.