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Exporting from one iOS DAW to another iOS DAW
I'm close to getting Cubasis/Auria as a step up from iOS GarageBand, but can I export all my song files from GB into one of them so:
1. I don't have to re-record them all into the new DAW.
2. I can use the more detailed functions of the new DAW.
3. I Can still use GB to sketch ideas then export to DAW for adding tracks from other apps/editing/mixing etc. Thanks.
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When Auria Pro comes out, just get it. Import, export all do-able. (Wav). You can do all this as Auria is now also..
Thanks for that & after checking out the preview of Auria Pro, I agree & will wait till launch. I'm new to this but I'm quickly getting addicted. My Fathers Day list of apps is increasing rapidly! Cheers.
If you have a Mac, you can open your garageband files there to more easily create wav files for importing into Auria. http://www.delora.com/tips_and_trends/export_garageband/export_garageband.html
Thanks, but unfortunately I haven't & after reading that article I wish I had. Thanks for the link, I thought I'd googled out "GarageBand to Auria" but that site explains things really well to the uninitiated like moi.
Wow. Some did not know that stuff in there, good page, thanks.
You can always solo each track in GarageBand, hit share, "open in" audio share, then open that in auria. And don't wait for auria pro, get auria now, get the pro IAP when it is released, that way you'll already know auria when pro comes out. Rim has already stated that there won't be a difference doing it that way from buying pro outright.
Like @mrufino1 said, when you hit 'share' it gives you the option to send to soundcloud, send as email or open in one of the displayed apps.
I don't have Auria, I use Cubasis - midi works well, import/export options are good. It just doesn't look as pretty as Auria.
That's funny. I don't have Cubasis but think it's way more fetching than Auria.
Thanks for the tips. Yes Auria will take some working out but as long as I can do the above, I'm happy. Cheers.
doesn't look as pretty as Auria.
Thanks. I'd love to try both out. Auria seems more in depth & Cubasis looks a wee bit easier to use. Decisions, decisions!
Thanks. Really well laid out tutorial & a site I will return to.
Auria is not hard to use at all. Making good music with it is hard, but the actual running of the DAW is not hard.
I truly hope that Auria Pro drops this summer and that, teething development to one side, it brings an end -for a little while- to what should I get? Mostly though, I hope that in 12 months time we will have seen Cubasis react/up their game, BM3 appear and NS2 also come to the market and we're having the same wrangles but up there on the next level
And making good music will still be hard.
The way Auria Pro is being talked up, I can't help thinking it's going to make things difficult for it's developers. It's being talked about as if it will be the 'last word' for iOS DAWs. The expectations are perhaps too high. As I'm sure there will be a lot of complaining when such a massive update comes out in terms of early version bugs and desired features not being implemented etc.
^Yup
Ha ha yep, I've noticed how much of my spare time is now researching apps & exporting etc & not like you say... Making the music is the priority. Now, where's that review of....... See done it again! Gunna be a battle of the DAWS soon.
Hopefully for us punters, the competition will force the major DAW players to keep upping their game. I've only just joined in with all this but it's brilliant & can only imagine what we will all be checking out & using in 12 months time.
My stuff goes from iOS Garageband opened into OS X Garageband then opened into Logic Pro X and stays there. Once on the Mac it never goes back.
Thanks & with all the content & kind people out there now to help & learn from, it should make getting to grips with all of this a lot more comfortable.
After Logic Pro X ( that's my night time reading sorted!) I hope it goes one stage further for you......everyone's radio!
Well, the Logic Pro X stage culminates the collect underpants phase.
I don't know..
Seems to be a gap still, if people feel the need to take stuff from one iOS daw to another iOS daw and THEN perhaps export that to Logic etc..
Should be able to settle for one daw or sequencer and choose the synths etc that you record into via AB or IAA and acp loops etc into it.
We now have quality mastering tools for iOS too...
I appreciate those that have what I call a "hybrid workflow"- ie iPAD to desktop , but what about us "unplugged producers"?
The concept of bouncing stuff from daw to daw really makes me wonder if iOS apps have provided for all our needs..many await this so called Auria pro- but where is it? Will people really be happy? Will unprecedented amounts of cash go into IAPs but yet people are still wondering what's next, craving for more?
I'm really hoping that Matt from Blip really does come up with NanoStudio 2 like he said this summer. Perhaps that will be the game changer for many. Not really putting much stock and faith in Intua right now, but am open to surprises.
We have countless apps, dominated by the sheer amount of synths and fx inputs, yet we crave more, need more. I read some get bewildered by which apps to choose even, not surprised
Trying to figure out why half of what I wrote vanished..is there character limit here? Cannot even see option to delete a comment if it got messed up..
It’s not because of any particular deficiency of Auria, more because I’m a bit more familiar with Logic Pro X and Garageband, and sometimes I’m more comfortable on my Macs than on an iPad. I wanted to go for the idea of doing everything on the iPad, but in the end I didn’t. I still like the notion, but forcing myself to keep it all in the iPad proved to be a sort of blockage, which stopped progress. As soon as I relaxed the restriction that I must use all the apps I bought last year during the cheap sales, and must do everything in my iPad, it was like a weight was lifted from in front my eyes.
(But then, this is from me, the person who in the late ’90s didn’t even want to use a computer sequencer for much more than just mixer midi-mute, and ended up not even using midi for notes by 1998, just using CV/Gate, Din sync and no multitrack, just loads of gear, simultaneously mixed into Dat or MD. So don’t take my stance as representative, it might well be spurious and marginal.)
(example, nearly 20 years old, sorry about the rubbish 128K mp3 upload but if you like Korg Mono/Poly leadline pwm/vcf modulated by an SQ10, with a real 808+606, master clocked by a Roland CSQ-600 into SH-09, and a ton of other gear, here: http://www.last.fm/music/Ian+Tindale/_/Ice+Age )
@u0421793
I respect your own unique workflow, it's relevant to you and many others..
I value any kind of input that iOS has, including those that use it for controllerism only and even those who just like to mess around with no ambition to create actual completed tracks.
My main concern is that for many there seems to be a big gap still, and I very much doubt that Auria pro will fill it..
It's a subject that has been on my mind for ages and I might well start another thread to clarify my points ( if I can figure out how to avoid text going missing and incomplete comments getting published that cannot be deleted..)
Thankyou @touchconspiracy a good read & really understand your points. Yes, as a newbie its tricky to know where to start on the app front. It's certainly very exciting & feels like Christmas Day when opening a £3 app (there's been a few of them lately)! Like you said it's that craving for more, I feel it!
I love the creativity & power these apps give us to knock up tunes at anytime & as a retired from gigging drummer who cannot play a note, I'd say most instruments are more than covered. I'm sticking with me iPad & personally, when I can/do decide on the DAW for me, it will be on iOS.
There is more, much more than I should ever need or master on any iOS DAW. I'm still workIng on how I can get the GB Smart guitar (brilliant for non players) through Ampkit!
Thanks because it helped me take a reality check & I remembered why I exchanged my laptop for this iPad in the first place. Ease. I want to be spending that precious commodity, time, making music, enjoying the apps but ALL in one place & on one platform. That word ease again, sells it.
Sorry, I haven't read much about NanoStudio yet but I will. Cheers.
Sorry @u0421793 thought I'd tagged you. Thanks
Cheers, I'm kind of passionate about simplicity these days, and feel I'm home. It's all about feeling what is right for what one needs to do.
On the other hand, if one can afford it, no harm in buying up all the apps cause it's mostly affordable and a lot of fun!
I've been aquiring music apps since 2009 and the fact is, most of them served as stepping stones and I'm grateful for that. But anyone starting out now would do well to scrutinise carefully before purchasing any. The choice is too vast now!!
Nanostudio is a great app but could get abandoned quite quickly in favour of gadget. The developer is hard at work ( hopefully ) on Nanostudio 2. But yes, ease of use and affordability are the main attractions. Despite having a MacBook, I know for sure I'll never go back to desktop again..
A keyboard and track pad? No way lol
If you don't use MIDI then Auria is already there. Personally I only use Auria and it means that I have to record performances rather than MIDI and that's fine for me (but obviously not for everyone). I'm still looking forward to Auria Pro, not just for the MIDI but also for the audio quantisation and the more flexible routing.
I'm perfectly happy to do everything on the iPad, and things are only going to get better IMO.
Yes, I'm also very glad to be iOS only. It suits me far more than desktop every did. In fact I would say I can do much more, better and faster with iOS.
I fear that the devs are struggling with a final build for Auria pro..
What I'm seeing in a few apps is that when you try to emulate desktop , it just doesn't suit the touchscreen devices.
The apps get lost in translation and become cluttered messes. Intuition and expressiveness go out the window for most users.
This is why Nanostudio was always more popular than BM2, why Gadget is more popular than Cubasis..
There was a working build for Auria pro since jan/feb , and it's been 4 months and they have Smitematter and a few others on the beta- so what gives?
My gut feeling is that I fully understand many of you are really craving to be able to have Auria pro as an output in AB, it won't fully satisfy your intuitive needs.
I have Auria and I'm sure it's powerful, but it's a pain in the ass to acp into, then I have to navigate the UI. It just never felt like home. There needs to be a simple app like multitrack daw that has a super clean UI, be minimalistic as anything with affordable choices of fx, eq and compression .. The end result after your mixdown can already be had with final touch and audio mastering
Ios thrives best in simplicity..