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As far as I know, Cubasis is the only multi-core DAW on IOS. I actually bought Auria Pro the other day as a bit of a 'knee jerk reaction' to finding out Cubasis doesn't have 'Plugin Delay Compensation'. I read through Auria's manual, and had a play around and came away very impressed with it's audio routing capabilities. However, it did seem a bit 'clunky' handling MIDI and AUv3s...
But in the end I couldn't bring myself to use a DAW that only uses a fraction of the power my M1 iPad contains. Cubasis is the only DAW that has a dedicated page on the website explaining how it makes uses of multi-core hardware, and it certainly shows - I can build a song in Cubasis with 20+ tracks, all with numerous effects and even apply mixing/mastering plugins to the 'live' mix before it even begins to struggle.
I'll keep Auria installed, along with Zenbeats, NS2 and Drambo (I like to support IOS music development!) But I'm sticking to Cubasis for now, until I see more support for multi-core hardware on other DAWs.
And it works perfectly with my Faderport 2. 😎
The developer fixed bugs introduced by iOS15 within a day or two so I would reckon yes if any are needed.
Caustic was abandoned in big part because of user negativity. It would be sad to see Auria go for the same reason.
I’ve not had any issues recording automation so for me that was never a “flaw” that needed a “fix”. Maybe it has and I’ve just not noticed.
Regards multi out from Slate (the drum sampler), multi-out AUV3s came a fair while after NS2s development ground to a halt so Slate was never dev’d as multi-out as, basically, nothing else was multi-out back then either. So Slate works as originally designed and hasn’t been updated with multi-out. Likewise the multi-out aspect of multi-out AUV3s isn’t catered for either.
As far as Slate goes I find it is so efficient on CPU that I just use multiple instances.
Only thing I wish is that it could stream from disk a-la AudioLayer. And yeah multi-outs would help streamline my projects I suppose.
Such a shame to see Caustic left to rot. Ok a bit drama queen of me; as far as I know it still works fine on iOS, Android and PC but just imagine what it could be like by now...
I know Rej got fed up with the constant user requests but as far as I know he just lost interest in the project and moved on to something else.
The last I heard was that he wasn't willing to let it become open source because it still made him a few £€$ each month.
That sounds promising, thank you!
Thanks, that's good to know. I wonder when/if Garageband will get multi-core support. Maybe they could call it Garageband Pro.
Auria is dead in the water. iOS audio recording simply took too long to stabilize (10yrs+) and most real users moved back to a desktop. Too many years and hrs wasted.
"most real users" ARE STILL HERE!! Tape ya butt up because it's hurt and take ya ass back to MAC
Well, it’s been 10 months now and the App Store says that the most recent update for Auria Pro was a year ago, so the next update referred to by the developer has still not occurred.
Auria does what I need it too. I don’t need a update.
I had it crash a bunch of times this morning opening some old sessions to listen to while on the bus. I haven’t really used auria in a while. I removed all of the plugins from the sessions in question but as soon as I pressed play auria disappeared.
I mixed a few albums on it years ago but it’s not my primary platform anymore. Auria must definitely served its role well for me when I used it, but I think it may be coming off the ipad soon.
The main concern for me would be that if there are no more updates, it will eventually no longer work in new iOS upgrades. And even before this might happen, it will probably become slower and more difficult to use if it doesn’t have sufficient maintenances updates.
I like Auria a lot but it crashes more than any other iOS DAW I own. I can’t imagine this is a coincidence - it must surely be related to the infrequent updates.
I very rarely get crash. I use Auria to mix that is it. I do not record in it, do any midi work or IAA. I use the bus, aux, the channel strip, freeze, tons of Auv3 effects and automation. I regularly push the processor in the 120%.
I am very curious what people do that make it crash.
I would imagine Rim would do a update if something major broke. The good news is that he is still in business. Call me a optimist if you will. 😎
@ecou : I've mentioned to you before that quite a lot of people regularly experience crashes -- they are often difficult to reproduce (for what its worth for many years my job was crashing software and reproducing the crashes -- a couple of devs here could attest that I am pretty skilled in this area) but quite recurrent.
As I've mentioned to you, while it is stable for some people, it is quite unstable for others -- and it does not require pushing limits. These problems can happen with AUv3 that are well-behaved in other hosts.
The really bad thing is that because of Auria's design, these crashes can corrupt projects.
You seem really skeptical about this because your experience is different. You'll have to trust me, even experienced people with clean workflows sometimes find Auria unreliable. Rim has unfortunately been uninterested in working with people to track down those problems.
I Do not doubt in any way your skills or what you are saying. I respect you experience with Auria and Rim.
I want to exchange with others as to what causes their crashes. But my curiosity seem to annoy you. I do wish you would stop jumping in any discussions I have with others about Auria. You have stopped using it. Just ignore threads about Auria.
I saw a couple of songs posted recently that where made in Auria. It means I am not the only one succesfully completing work in Auria.
Your curiosity doesn't annoy me. You just seem very skeptical that it is common for people to have problems. I readily acknowledge that for some people it is stable and doesn't crash. I used to be in the boat. But sadly, that stopped being the case for me.
It isn’t really consistent - it seems to be triggered by various things at various times. Yesterday I was trying to open a MIDI file and it crashed as soon as I hit “Import File.” Other times Auria will crash when I hit rewind or play, as @mrufino1 described happening.
Actually, speaking of importing files into Auria, I sure do wish it were possible to import files from the entirety of the Files App and (therefore also) from the iCloud. You can save to them, but if there is a way to import files from them in Auria Pro, I’ve never figured out how to do it. All I know/see is import from Dropbox or “Local,” i.e., the Auria Pro folder in “On My iPad.”
This alone is a sign that the app really needs to be updated. Jonatan, the developer of AUM and AudioShare, recently mentioned on a thread how Dropbox integration used to be so central. He explicitly pointed out that this is one of the things that needs to by updated in AudioShare.
Well, it also needs to be updated in Auria. I use Dropbox so I like having the option, but in 2023, most everybody uses the iCloud for this sort of thing, so the Files App really should be directly integrated into Auria.
Use drag/drop from the files app and you can get things into Auria from anywhere Files can see.
To use Dropbox with Auria, don’t use the built-in Dropbox support. Use the option that lets you use Files app and choose your Dropbox destination from there. The Dropbox protocol direct from apps is from the era before Files app. It is clunky and about 10 times slower (literally) than saving to Dropbox file the Files app browser. This isn’t Rim’s fault, it is the Dropbox protocol code itself which is long outdated and unnecessary.
Thanks, I hadn’t thought of using drag/drop, but when I just tried it in Auria right now, it actually didn’t work. Then I tried it in MultitrackStudio and it worked fine. I had dragged and dropped the same MIDI file into both apps, so I’m not sure why it didn’t work in Auria.
I don’t understand how to do this:
“Use the option that lets you use Files app and choose your Dropbox destination from there.”
Which option lets one use the Files app in Auria? I don’t see where that is for “Import File.” Perhaps you were referring to saving, though, and not importing-? The only place in Auria where I see access to the Files app is when saving: Save Project > Save Project to Other App. I don’t see access to the Files app in “Import File” or in “Load Project.”
Update: I tried drag/dropping several other MIDI file into Auria and it still didn’t work (worked every time in MTS). Most times in Auria it says “copying files” and then nothing happens, though one time….it crashed when I tried dropping the file into Auria.
You never know when or why a crash might happen in Auria, but for me they happen pretty regularly.
Second update: So….a half hour has passed since I began trying this, I just came back to Auria now and….two of the MIDI files had finally appeared in the project, though Auria had also created a third empty track named for another MIDI file that has not appeared. (Several other MIDI files that I had tried dropping into Auria have not appeared, though.)
@LeftyChris : here is a quick demo
I will use Auria as long as it works. Did all my recordings with it. Importing files is difficult.
Thank you for this - actually, it confirms that I was apparently doing it correctly! So I don’t know what’s going on. Maybe the iPad I was using is underpowered. I’ll try it on my newer and better iPad.
What did you mean by this, though:
“Use the option that lets you use Files app and choose your Dropbox destination from there.”
Do you mean when saving a project in Auria? So: “Save Project to Other App” -?
Ah, if that is what @espiegel123 means, I hadn’t thought of that either. I’ll give it a try.
Yes. Then in the share sheet choose Save to Files. That brings up the Files app browser. You can save to anywhere visible in files include the Dropbox folder which can be made visible. It is way faster than the official Dropbox option. You can also AirDrop from the share sheet.
It is a mystery to me why the Dropbox option hasn't been removed given how much faster Save Project to Other App is.
Stupid question but are you making sure you are dropping midi files in midi tracks and audio files in audio tracks ?
I usually use the file app and put my stems in the Auria Pro folder and it will show when I click import file and select local at the Top. I Mixdown the same way. 🤷🏼 Seems easy and to work well. 🤷🏻
Auria was the bad horse to invest for the future hopefully I never clip with it as I had a desktop Daw , Logic Pro. I bought it to try and loose money to try it , my fault as I loose monney in a recommandation GAS.
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