Working with aum

jdolecek49

So I have watched some aum tutorials and I understand the process and all but when I use it it’s kind of a hands on type of app…..any suggestions? I just still feel lost

audiblevideo

Where in particular are you getting lost? Sequencing, routing, recording, exporting?

[Deleted User]

To get hands off it probably requires either:

Recording some audio and sticking it in a file player, which can be done totally within AUM;

Looping some audio with one of the AUv3 looping apps like Gauss or L7, or the IAA ones like Loopy or Group the Loop, each of which has its own pluses and minuses:

Using a midi sequencer to control other instruments, Atom 2 is one of the best and best loved, with lots of features though Helium might be better for long, song length things. Plus there are many other interesting and quirky ones to investigate.

wim

A couple of suggestions:

1. Try to do something and then ask specific questions about what you don't understand. Your request is very, very general - a bit like going to a mechanic and saying simply "there's something wrong with my car".
2. Start simple. Add an audio channel and add a synth to it. Try to make some noise with it using the built-in AUM keyboard. Add an FX like an echo or reverb.
3. Add another channel and another synth. Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.
4. Remove the FX from the first channel. Now, add a "bus send" with Send to Bus A in the FX position. Now add another audio channel and make the input Mix Bus > Receive from Bus A. Change the bus send amount and note how it affects how much signal is sent to the Bus A channel. Add another Bus Send > Send to Bus A in the 2nd synth channel, and note that now, when you turn up the bus send, you get both outputs coming through the Bus channel.
5. Add an FX, such as a reverb to the Bus A channel. Try to use an FX that has a wet/dry control. Set this to 100% wet. What this means is you will only be hearing the effected part of the signal, not the original sound, through the Bus A channel. Try soloing this channel. Provided you added the bus sends "Pre Fader", you should only hear the effected part of the two channels. Congratulations, you now know how to save CPU by sharing FX between channels.
6. Try some of the above, but substituting a File Player, rather than a synth, for the audio channel input.

That covers a few of the basics of audio routing. Next you'll probably want to experiment with MIDI plugins. MIDI routing would take a longer post than I have time for to cover without being more clear what you need to know.

Trying things, then asking specific questions about what you don't understand is the most important thing to do.

uncledave

Just to reinforce the above, AUM is a tool. You use it to solve a problem. It's not like a synth, that you may need to learn to play. Some of the problems it's useful for:

• Connecting AUv3 and IAA apps, and hardware interfaces.
• Routing audio between apps, creating FX chains, etc.
• Creating buses to combine or split audio.
• Routing MIDI between apps, and to/from hardware devices.
• Routing MIDI control of AUv3 parameters.

There's a comprehensive manual in the app, Help in the hamburger menu. It describes these techniques in much more detail.

Simon

AUM For Noobs. Getting Started With iOS Music’s Most Loved App:

jdolecek49

@Simon said:
AUM For Noobs. Getting Started With iOS Music’s Most Loved App:

Thank you lot easier to grasp

jdolecek49

@wim said:
A couple of suggestions:

1. Try to do something and then ask specific questions about what you don't understand. Your request is very, very general - a bit like going to a mechanic and saying simply "there's something wrong with my car".
2. Start simple. Add an audio channel and add a synth to it. Try to make some noise with it using the built-in AUM keyboard. Add an FX like an echo or reverb.
3. Add another channel and another synth. Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.
4. Remove the FX from the first channel. Now, add a "bus send" with Send to Bus A in the FX position. Now add another audio channel and make the input Mix Bus > Receive from Bus A. Change the bus send amount and note how it affects how much signal is sent to the Bus A channel. Add another Bus Send > Send to Bus A in the 2nd synth channel, and note that now, when you turn up the bus send, you get both outputs coming through the Bus channel.
5. Add an FX, such as a reverb to the Bus A channel. Try to use an FX that has a wet/dry control. Set this to 100% wet. What this means is you will only be hearing the effected part of the signal, not the original sound, through the Bus A channel. Try soloing this channel. Provided you added the bus sends "Pre Fader", you should only hear the effected part of the two channels. Congratulations, you now know how to save CPU by sharing FX between channels.
6. Try some of the above, but substituting a File Player, rather than a synth, for the audio channel input.

That covers a few of the basics of audio routing. Next you'll probably want to experiment with MIDI plugins. MIDI routing would take a longer post than I have time for to cover without being more clear what you need to know.

Trying things, then asking specific questions about what you don't understand is the most important thing to do.

Will do

jdolecek49

@SimonSomeone said:
To get hands off it probably requires either:

Recording some audio and sticking it in a file player, which can be done totally within AUM;

Looping some audio with one of the AUv3 looping apps like Gauss or L7, or the IAA ones like Loopy or Group the Loop, each of which has its own pluses and minuses:

Using a midi sequencer to control other instruments, Atom 2 is one of the best and best loved, with lots of features though Helium might be better for long, song length things. Plus there are many other interesting and quirky ones to investigate.

Hey thanks I will try those

ExAsperis99

@wim said:

>Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

>

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

jdolecek49

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:

>Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

>

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

I’m using a launchpad as my midi controller and now that I’m getting something going and after watching the YouTube recommendations I want some effects to use with aum, what are some good fx apps to use with aum?

NoiseFloored

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:
Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

Not sure if @wim is referring to the same thing, but you can change the AUM keyboard destination either using its wrench menu or by double tapping the "hamburger" menu next to the plugin in the mixer view

jdolecek49

@NoiseFloored said:

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:
Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

Not sure if @wim is referring to the same thing, but you can change the AUM keyboard destination either using its wrench menu or by double tapping the "hamburger" menu next to the plugin in the mixer view

What is the hamburger menu?

NoiseFloored

@jdolecek49 said:

@NoiseFloored said:

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:
Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

Not sure if @wim is referring to the same thing, but you can change the AUM keyboard destination either using its wrench menu or by double tapping the "hamburger" menu next to the plugin in the mixer view

What is the hamburger menu?

This:

wim

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:

>Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

>

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

Sorry, that was unclear. I meant something more like "Change which channel (synth) the AUM keyboard is playing".

uncledave

@jdolecek49 You might check out master Haq's recent video on building a channel strip in AUM, see this post.

AlmostAnonymous

@ExAsperis99 said:

@wim said:

>Learn how to change which channel you're playing with the AUM keyboard.

>

Wait, what? This sounds very helpful! How do I not know this? You can tab through channels?

Still probably the most requested feature along with "please let aum be midi slave", but there are the bookmarks which helps. I use one every 4 or 5 channels.