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Better app than beatmaker 2 for eq compression?
My current set up is bass and vocals through beatmaker 2 for eq, comp and reverb, turnado for effects and into loopy. I like bm2 because I can use 2 separate eqs for my bass and vocals. However I hate only having 1 reverb, and would like more control over my sound. There are some apps that do eq, but don't do reverb or eq. Would it be better to have 3 separate apps for eq comp and reverb? Or would that eat up too much CPU? Is there a better app for my needs that bm2? I don't need a daw, as I'm not recording anything. Thanks guys!
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Jamup or other amp sim for bass, aufx for eq on your vox, I don't know if there's compression standalone yet but I think there's an aufx on the way, then aufx space, audio reverb, altispace, 480L, and reverberate are options for multiple reverbs. Perhaps the mimix mixer as well. Or, use auria into loopy and use the eq, comps, and reverbs that are there, although the convolution doesn't work in real time.
Oh, and if you want an option on the non-iOS route for bass, I just got a zoom b1on and it is fantastic. Too many options, I've been working on programming in patches for sounds I need on various cover gigs. The eq's, compressors, and amp sims all sound fantastic.
I'd prefer to keep it all on the ipad because I'm broke haha. It'd be nice to have everything run though one app, much easier to control in a live setting that way in case I need to fix something. Is bm2 more intensive on an ipad that running 3 or 4 apps?
You could export from BM2 and use something like Auria with the Fabfilter plug ins, doesn't get much better than that IMO. Easy to use too.
@Tarekith said:
Definitely the quality route. Perhaps not cheap but provided the latency is acceptable the stock Auria EQ, Comp and Reverb will be a pretty much instant step up from BM2 (nicer plugins == higher required latency for realtime monitoring, generally). You could do entire sets by toggling record monitoring on sets of tracks with different effects. You can also run more than one instance of Turnado inside of Auria if that has some appeal to you.
Outside of Auria, not sure which of the guitar apps is most efficient but I'd start there for your bass. If you really only need EQ and Comp for your bass, Flying Haggis might do it (never put a bass through it myself). Then, get the AUFX series for your vocals. Two audiobus routes and bob's your uncle.
If you're broke now and don't own Auria yet, and you decide to jump in there and catch sight of the FabFilter plugs, you're about to be broker. Just a heads up. They're not what you'd consider "cheap" by either definition on iOS.
I think the declension is: Broke, broker, broken....but the Fabs are worth every penny if you can scrape them together.
Magellan has great EQ and compression, IMO. That along with a nice reverb, great delay, overdrive, flanger, phaser, expander, Chorus, and... I'm probably missing something. Plays great with Audiobus in the FX slot. Good friends with Loopy. Oh yeah, and it's an awesome (dual) synth engine. One stop shop and it won't break the bank. I can't say how it compares to BM2 for system resource usage but if you're on anything more powerful than an iPad 4 you should be fine. I've been running live mic input>Magellan>Loopy>Turnado with an iPad 4 and get occasional audio artifacts but it's still quite useable for practice/experimentation. Let us know what you settle on.
Yes, nice one (though I'm not a big fan of the reverb). Also Magellan Jr. will get you two instances of the effects on one iPad.
That's right, I forgot about the effects in Magellan. They work well. Tonestack also, which has some of the same and some that are more advanced. And, I can now add auria pro into the discussion since I didn't know it was ready to exist (or soon at least) until it was announced yesterday.
@QuinnH said:
You want more than one reverb on a track? Why?
Cubasis can load more effects on one track, and you can load IAA apps like Altispace, Audioreverb, Crystalline, Echopad, Mobile Convolution reverb and Flux.
But if you live in Europe, Cubasis is quite expensive now - €57.
That is to say, I hate only having the choice of one reverb
@QuinnH said:
Reverb is to music, like sugar is to food! Well with a lot of Synths anyway. Now delay you could have more than one!