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Apps You Love ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ⭐️
Drambo
AUM
Hammer Head
Pure Acid
GR-16
Bebot
Beatly Pro
Caustic
DrumKick
Synthdrumkick
Tonebridge
Scatterbrain
VoiceRack FX
Barricade
TB EQ
ReelBus
TB Compressor
TB Reverb
TB Morphit
RRS Bass
RRS Exciter
Bass Leveler
Brusfri
DirectionalEQ
MagicDeathEyeStereo
Barkfilter
A/B Audio
AudioShare
Magellan 2
Multitrack DAW
Ruismaker
Ruis FM
Ruis Noir
FractalBits
Comments
Atom 2: for capturing live MIDI looping/jamming
AudioShare: for editing audio
AUM: for hosting apps for live looping/jamming
BASSalicious: my “go to” bass/lead synth
BM3: for making beats
ChordPolyPad: for strumming
Drambo: for making “stuff”
DrumComputer: for drums
Pro-C 2: for compression
Grand Finale: for mastering
Hillman: for pads & strings
ID700: for pads & noises
Koala: for live sampling/beat making
Lo-Fly Dirt: for warmth
QuantiChord: for chords
Reelbus: for warmth and warping
RX950: for drum warmth
Rozeta: for random drum sequences
Skaka: for percussion
Slammer: for interesting drums
StepPolyArp: for arpeggiation
Ting: for more interesting drums
VTines: my “go to” piano
Thank you for this post, it helped my take stock of what I use.
AUM
Rozeta
FAC Alteza
FRMS
miRack
Velvet Machine
Mitosynth
Bleass Granulizer
Auria Pro - despite its flaws, it's allowed me to mix hundreds of tracks on my iPad
GarageBand and NS2, which have allowed me to write hundreds of tracks.
Everything by FabFilter and ToneBoosters.
I wouldn't notice if every music app except Drambo disappeared from my iPad ❤️
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Got a soft spot for Strng, Pipa, Poly 2, Ting and Swam strings though also
edit: my god how did I forget about Spacecraft - essential!
Samplr and Borderlands: even though I don't use them as often as I wish I did (the flow to integrate with other apps is a pain), they're absolutely the reason I bought an iPad.
AUM (+Audioshare): I do literally 99% of my work in this thing.
Mozaic and StepPolyArp: Creating a MIDI controllable arp setup allowed me to feel better about selling my Octatrack.
AudioDamage plugins: There are so many good AUs out there, and I definitely use a lot, but I've always loved AD plugins on my desktop, and the iOS ones are just as good. Plus, you basically have everything you'd need from one developer FX wise, plus a looper!
Geoshred’s GeoSWAM tenor sax = ❤️
Pure Acid
Drambo
AUM
Aparillo
MixBox
FabFilter (all!)
Eventide (all!)
MiRack
Moog Model 15
Nave
iWavestation
iVCS3
Sunrizer
ID700
OB-XD
Ripplemaker
Etc etc etc………..
The list is very very long. For all my whining about certain aspects of iOS production there really is some AMAZING tools.
AUm
Reelbus
Velvet machine
Gauss
Fac everything
Bleass slow machine/ shimmer/ delay/ filter / phaser /
Koala fx
Eventide blackhole
Midilfo’s
Shape synth / strng
Moog 15
Brusfri
Tape pro
Binaural
Atom 2
Tb bit juggler
Tb enhancer
Pure piano
Ravenscroft
Hammerhead
Tb dual vcf
Decent sampler
SeGments
Zeeon
Xynthesizr
Fabfilter bundle
Rozetta sequencer suite
Samplr
Borderlands
Spacecraft
Shaka
Pipa
WTF? A list NOT containing Synthmaster 2 for iPad? Incomplete list!
I love all of them in one way or another but these are my regular rotation apps that I would not want to uninstall:
I have not included any FX outside of guitar FX here as most synths/drums/whatever sound fine enough to me as they come so I don’t get too excited by spending anything but the minimal amount of time on that aspect of songwriting. Doesn’t stop me buying them all, natch.
I don’t use iPadOS.
Only iOS.
Aphelian - so much fun
Magellan 2 - great sound, light on cpu and I can dial stuff in pretty quick
Patterning 2 - creating drum patterns the fast way
Ape matrix - I love how everything works together
AUM - Quick, stable, light on cpu: industry standard for me
FAC Alteza - The bestest reverb for creamy long evolving stuff
Nembrini Audio Delay3000 - simply gorgeous sound, somehow different than the rest in terms of flexibility
AD ratshack reverb - the line-in input mode alone is worth this app
Fractal bits - lofi drum synthesis the random way
GR16 Grooverider - my goto drum machine for samples: multi out, easy import of whole oneshot libraries, can change samples on the fly, great synthesizer for deep analog to sharp digital sounds, per voice fx chain, awesome awesome behind the scenes concept, ultra fast workflow if you know how to treat this groovebox but unfortunately only mono samples
Helium - midi madness
Atom 2 - another midi madness
Fugue - instant 4 track loop thingy
Koala - I once sampled a verbal fight between my wife and my 4 year old son and made a beat from it which I produced on the fly
Chord maps 2 - this is one of my goto jam midi apps for exploring progressions
Suggester - another jam thingy
Filter step - load it, push random and set on onfinite mode. Done!
Turnado - made for touch, fun - fun - fun
Gauss - looping that I love
Ripple maker - discovering the krell patch from the manual led to an eyeopening experience. Thx Bram Bos for this.
...not end of list
Nanostudio 2
miRack
Saturn 2
FAC Transient
LUXE
PUBG Mobile 😂
Cubasis 3
ToneBoosters everything
BLEASS Alpha
BLEASS Chorus
4Pockets SidechainFX
AudioKit Pro Bass 808
EG Pulse
AUM
AudioShare
Endlesss
Pure Acid
Continua
Mononoke
Ruismaker Noir
FAC Phazer
FAC Maxima
Groovebox, so easy for me to quickly get an idea started and then either expand on it further in the app or later in the studio in Live.
Traktor DJ 2, I love the layout and just find it fun to use for DJing. I don’t miss my S8 at all since downgrading to this “simpler” DJ app.
Gauss
MiRack
Kosmonaut
Fundamental
Esoteric Synth
Mononoke
Most Neon Silicon effects
Retro Piano
Model D
iFretless Guitar
AUM/Audioshare
ID700
Gadget
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(for those who dislike its vertical sequencer)
Home button and occasionally brain.
From the moment I open my
iPad’s and iPhone’s to do music?
Happy.
I heart SunVox, NanoStudio 2, Patterning 2, ChordPolyPad, iFretless Bass and everything by FabFilter.
I'm also enamoured of various 'mojo' effects, including FAC Chorus and Phazer, Eventide MicroPitch, Undulator and Blackhole, the Nembrini rack delay (Delay3000), DDMF 6144 (EQ), Envelope (rack reverb) and MagicDeathEyeStereo (bus compressor).
I can't be bothered to attempt an exhaustive list, but I will mention iWAVESTATION and Model 15, as they teamed up and persuaded me to get an iPad in the first place and I love them still. Samplr and Egoist were not far behind.
It's amazing what we have on these glowing rectangles.
Thanks to everybody who's developed something. You guys are great.
AUM
Audioshare
Koala Sampler
Groovebox
Blocs Wave
Bass 808
Skaka
Ravenscroft 275
TAL-U-NO-LX
DRC
Koala FX
FlyTape 2
Lo-Fly Dirt
Effectrix
Delay3000
Atom 2
Fabfilter everything
Toneboosters everything
FAC Maxima
FAC Transient
Brusfri
Korg Gadget 2
NS2
Cubasis 3
TB Barricade (well, anything TB, but Barricade especially)
TB Reelbus
MagicDeathEyeStereo (although the OG MDE is kick-ass too)
BarkFilter
Multitrack Studio (which has about the most advanced vocal tuning effect on iOS)
Pro-Q3 (well, all FabFilter plugins, but Pro-Q3 especially)
Gadget (on Mac, too)
Multitrack Daw
AUM
LK
DRC
Beathawk
Korg Module Pro
Korg Gadget
Roli Noise
Piano Motifs
ChordPolyPad
NanoStudio 2, Gadget + addons, GarageBand (50% love/hate), Koala, Bram's Rozeta and drum apps
Drambo as a learning tool
Jam Maestro for song ideas, great for someone who can't play
Of course, I have many other apps I enjoy using: synths, drum machines, effects... but they are easily replaceable
Many though the two that have made the biggest impact pleasure + productivity-wise =
Hammerhead
Koala Sampler
Sadly, Roland Sound Canvas 😭😭😭