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Nanostudio, on my old 3gs…
NanoStudio back in March of 2013.
And free on the Mac & Windows.
Korg Gadget LE
Mine was iDrum Club version in 2008.
Showing my age, but technically my first EVER music app was Cakewalk for DOS around 1990 or so. Took me several days and an embarrassing call to Twelve Tone Systems support before the concept of MIDI actually clicked. The guy I talked to probably thought I was an idiot lol. But once I understood it, I was hooked.
If I can remenber it was Ampify app ? They release a Djay 2 and it is not anymore on AppStore is it this one ?
iPhone 3GS
I used Sountrack and then GarageBand on a Mac as soon as they became available, so it was an easy decision to use it on iPad. First instruments and first music production system for iOS (later renamed iPadOS).
I remember using Mark of the Unicorn software for a while, way back in the early days but I honestly don’t even remember how I got it and which computer I had it on… possibly on the first Apple computer I was able to buy with my own money… a Quadra 840AV.
Mine was “MiniPiano” in 2008.
Surprisingly it looks like it’s still on the App Store!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minipiano/id289333900
AudioBus. I was 100% sure that iPad would run hardware setup for me.
I think it was Bebot. Propellerheads Rebirth was an early purchase too. Smule Ocarina was in there. There was a nice little 303-type baseline app, don't remember the name and it's long gone from the app store. Still kind of miss that one.
Showing your age? Don’t worry, you’re among many the old timer here my friend.
I was using cracked versions of Cakewalk back then.. shit was too expensive to buy! Especially for amateur/hobbyist musicians. I think Cakewalk SONAR was like $899! That, or Cubase, Pro Tools, etc waaaay out of reach. Pirated versions all the way.
I remember using MS DOS 6.22 all the way up till they released Windows 95. I avoided all of the 3.x versions of windows (Which basically ran in DOS) In other words, (for any youngsters reading) Windows was a program that you had to install and run in DOS, and if you didn’t have a beefy computer, you didn’t have much left after you got windows running.
It wasn’t until Windows 95, that Windows actually became the OS (kernel), and the world was introduced to “multitasking”.
Oh sorry, I’ll stop… this thread is about your “first ever music app”
Nanostudio and Rebirth were the first two for me,I think.
My first app was Triq traq LE. Patterning and elastic drums were the next.
My favs are Koala, AUM, drambo and Dixie. As fx I like looperator, glitchcore and replicants. However I use also other apps.
Btw: are turnado and looperator at the end identical ?
Ipad 1with iElectribe, and iMS-20, january 2011.
Then some small stuff like DXi, and Nanostudio and Looptastic HD.
And Aurora Sound Studio HD, for 32 euro, that was expensive, I had huge expectations, but it turned out it wasn't that spectacular.
Rebirth, Gadget, then Apematrix, Sunrizer and so on.
Sunrizer was my first synth outside Gadget and I still think it’s a fantastic synth.
Korg iMS 20 bought 27th March 2011. Yet again I never realised its power? I was still determined to plod on with my MacBook Pro (a work computer not bought for music) and Logic express. Good enough but never managed to finish a track! Only in 2020 did the iPad enable me to make some music and actually have the courage to post some “finished” tracks.
Cakewalk guitar tracks with that came with the 1/4” to 1/8” adapter you could plug into the mic port of a PC.
iOS in late 2017 when I was searching how to play guitar silently to not wake the family. Amplitube CS was the first iOS purchase.
Edit: I thought it was for ios only. If outside of ios, then E-Jay 2 or 3 for dance was it. Not my favorite music but it was easy & fun.
Tonaly, but the one that really got me thinking, "I can make music", was Riffler. DAWs looked very intimidating at the time.
Yes same here, iMS20 only could be used stand alone and I never used its full potential. Later it could be integrated in Gadget but I never dived into it.
Same with Nanostudio 1, I really tried to create some tracks but I got stuck. I get bored pretty fast with this stuff.
Oh I know. I have it on iOS too but AUv3 Synths and toys are just too sexy for me to keep using Caustic now.
That focused work flow meant I finished way more songs than I do now though
Beep Street's GyroSynth, June of 2011, says the App Store. Looks like it still works ... ?
Not counting GarageBand, I think it was Thor or DRC….maybe Caustic. I don’t feel like scrolling for thirty minutes so I’ll just go with one of those three
There's the "Purchase History" option in Account Settings which is even more accurate I think
unironically, this is still one of best iOS synths !