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Any tips for merging iOS music creation with PC?
I'm heavily invested in both ecosystems musically and would like to combine some of the generative and synth apps from iOS into my PC running Ableton live. Examples would include using Fugue Machine or Midistep. Right now it just seems like a chore to try and get the two working together. Other than just connecting the two by midi, are there other apps or methods that people are using?
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Unfortunately Ableton doesn’t support AUv3 MIDI fx, unlike Logic, so I either generate the MIDI in Logic, and copy/paste it across into Live, or connect the iPad to my Mac via IDAM - not sure how you do this via Windows, though.
Alternatively use the new built-in MIDI generators in v12, they’re pretty cool.
Forgot… if I did want to work with a bunch of iOS-only apps, I would probably use SAND. I just discovered it actually but it can output an Ableton file. I haven’t tried that function yet but presumably it works like Patterning which outputs a bunch of audio clips that open up in Live maintaining their relationship to each other.
For audio I sometimes use Sonobus over a wired ethernet network. Latency is about 17ms. You get Sonobus for all major desktop and mobile OS, and it comes as standalone and plugin (AUv3, VST…).
Best advice? Invest in an iConnectivity 4c. You will be able to freely route audio and midi bidirectionally between any two devices. Everything else is more trouble than it's worth.
IMO. But I'm right. 😎
2nd this too. . .
And yes Wim is right
I’m heavily invested in both platforms as well. For my fastest workflow I’m using the iPad connected to Ableton Move. This allows me quickly move things from my iPad/Move setup, into Ableton Live via Ableton Cloud. Ableton Live, Move and AUM all have Ableton Link and this is another option for syncing if you want to have all connected and playing together in real time. I don’t necessarily need the iPad directly running audio into my Mac with this setup. At the same time I’m mostly using this setup with the iPad/Ableton Move as my starting point and then migrating in to Live after I have a solid idea in the iPad. When I’m working “top down” and I have an idea in Ableton Live that I want to further in the iPad, I will typically bounce the audio out from Live and transfer the audio to the iPad via Airdrop.