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Sessions: Plug-In Host by Open Planet Software (Released on iOS)

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  • SamuSamu

    @Gavinski said:

    @ninobeatz said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @steve99 said:
    I'd like to praise this app for what it is, not add to the battering for what it isn't. There's a free trial on desktop which I've found useful and instructive, enough to think it's worth buying for me. It's come down £10 in price (not sure how long for) and is now universal, so available on iPad for no extra money. It's elegant and well designed and there's a roadmap for development that seems to be progressing well.

    I love AUM in so many ways, but sometimes using a different and more focussed interface can be of great benefit, for me anyway. I think I will use this a lot for feeding iPad audio to my desktop. In comparison to other options, I've used MainStage on a laptop, but always found the midi routing head-scratchingly over complicated, Sessions is so much simpler in that regard. I can't personally justify the cost of Camelot Pro in that I wouldn't use it enough, but this is priced that I can afford it as a useful option in several scenarios where I might want to play live without any kind of sequencing.

    Congratulations to Open Planet for making Sessions and thank you to them for bringing it to iOS.

    +1. I'd like to praise this app for what it is as well.

    Same here

    Same, but I think it's really important to point out that it doesn't load midi plugins, as I think many who buy this will not be expecting that it has this limitation, and for some it will be a deal breaker.

    I don't think it's that important. I know 3 actual keyboard players in person who absolutely love Sessions!
    They used to use AUM but the seamless scene-switching in Sessions is a real game-changer for them and not a single one of them uses AUV3 Midi Effects, they actually play instead of sequencing or generating midi...

    It is what it is and the developer will add the features over time when the users request them.

    Very few developers (and influencers for that matter) mention what is missing and focus on what's present.

    Just like LoopyPro is not for everyone neither is Sessions, but it definitely has it's target audience...

  • GavinskiGavinski
    edited July 2025

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @ninobeatz said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @steve99 said:
    I'd like to praise this app for what it is, not add to the battering for what it isn't. There's a free trial on desktop which I've found useful and instructive, enough to think it's worth buying for me. It's come down £10 in price (not sure how long for) and is now universal, so available on iPad for no extra money. It's elegant and well designed and there's a roadmap for development that seems to be progressing well.

    I love AUM in so many ways, but sometimes using a different and more focussed interface can be of great benefit, for me anyway. I think I will use this a lot for feeding iPad audio to my desktop. In comparison to other options, I've used MainStage on a laptop, but always found the midi routing head-scratchingly over complicated, Sessions is so much simpler in that regard. I can't personally justify the cost of Camelot Pro in that I wouldn't use it enough, but this is priced that I can afford it as a useful option in several scenarios where I might want to play live without any kind of sequencing.

    Congratulations to Open Planet for making Sessions and thank you to them for bringing it to iOS.

    +1. I'd like to praise this app for what it is as well.

    Same here

    Same, but I think it's really important to point out that it doesn't load midi plugins, as I think many who buy this will not be expecting that it has this limitation, and for some it will be a deal breaker.

    I don't think it's that important. I know 3 actual keyboard players in person who absolutely love Sessions!
    They used to use AUM but the seamless scene-switching in Sessions is a real game-changer for them and not a single one of them uses AUV3 Midi Effects, they actually play instead of sequencing or generating midi...

    It is what it is and the developer will add the features over time when the users request them.

    Very few developers (and influencers for that matter) mention what is missing and focus on what's present.

    Just like LoopyPro is not for everyone neither is Sessions, but it definitely has it's target audience...

    Yes, but that's am entirely different point from what I'm making Samu. My point is not that some people don't care about midi plugins. Or course that's true. My point is that there will be people who see this and expect that it loads midi plugins, because it is a host app and looks similar to AUM, apeMatrix etc. But it doesn't. So it is really worth mentioning in a thread like this, 'Hey, be careful, in case you assume this loads midi plugins you're wrong'. That's all. In no way am i saying, 'This is useless, don't buy it'.

  • SamuSamu
    edited July 2025

    @Gavinski said:

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @ninobeatz said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @steve99 said:
    I'd like to praise this app for what it is, not add to the battering for what it isn't. There's a free trial on desktop which I've found useful and instructive, enough to think it's worth buying for me. It's come down £10 in price (not sure how long for) and is now universal, so available on iPad for no extra money. It's elegant and well designed and there's a roadmap for development that seems to be progressing well.

    I love AUM in so many ways, but sometimes using a different and more focussed interface can be of great benefit, for me anyway. I think I will use this a lot for feeding iPad audio to my desktop. In comparison to other options, I've used MainStage on a laptop, but always found the midi routing head-scratchingly over complicated, Sessions is so much simpler in that regard. I can't personally justify the cost of Camelot Pro in that I wouldn't use it enough, but this is priced that I can afford it as a useful option in several scenarios where I might want to play live without any kind of sequencing.

    Congratulations to Open Planet for making Sessions and thank you to them for bringing it to iOS.

    +1. I'd like to praise this app for what it is as well.

    Same here

    Same, but I think it's really important to point out that it doesn't load midi plugins, as I think many who buy this will not be expecting that it has this limitation, and for some it will be a deal breaker.

    I don't think it's that important. I know 3 actual keyboard players in person who absolutely love Sessions!
    They used to use AUM but the seamless scene-switching in Sessions is a real game-changer for them and not a single one of them uses AUV3 Midi Effects, they actually play instead of sequencing or generating midi...

    It is what it is and the developer will add the features over time when the users request them.

    Very few developers (and influencers for that matter) mention what is missing and focus on what's present.

    Just like LoopyPro is not for everyone neither is Sessions, but it definitely has it's target audience...

    Yes, but that's am entirely different point from what I'm making Samu. My point is not that some people don't care about midi plugins. Or course that's true. My point is that there will be people who see this and expect that it loads midi plugins, because it is a host app and looks similar to AUM, apeMatrix etc. But it doesn't. So it is really worth mentioning in a thread like this, 'Hey, be careful, in case you assume this loads midi plugins you're wrong'. That's all. In no way am i saying, 'This is useless, don't buy it'.

    The developer listens so shoot them a message ;)

    Current roadmap for sessions.
    https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/sessions/roadmap.html

  • Bat71Bat71

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @ninobeatz said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @steve99 said:
    I'd like to praise this app for what it is, not add to the battering for what it isn't. There's a free trial on desktop which I've found useful and instructive, enough to think it's worth buying for me. It's come down £10 in price (not sure how long for) and is now universal, so available on iPad for no extra money. It's elegant and well designed and there's a roadmap for development that seems to be progressing well.

    I love AUM in so many ways, but sometimes using a different and more focussed interface can be of great benefit, for me anyway. I think I will use this a lot for feeding iPad audio to my desktop. In comparison to other options, I've used MainStage on a laptop, but always found the midi routing head-scratchingly over complicated, Sessions is so much simpler in that regard. I can't personally justify the cost of Camelot Pro in that I wouldn't use it enough, but this is priced that I can afford it as a useful option in several scenarios where I might want to play live without any kind of sequencing.

    Congratulations to Open Planet for making Sessions and thank you to them for bringing it to iOS.

    +1. I'd like to praise this app for what it is as well.

    Same here

    Same, but I think it's really important to point out that it doesn't load midi plugins, as I think many who buy this will not be expecting that it has this limitation, and for some it will be a deal breaker.

    I don't think it's that important. I know 3 actual keyboard players in person who absolutely love Sessions!
    They used to use AUM but the seamless scene-switching in Sessions is a real game-changer for them and not a single one of them uses AUV3 Midi Effects, they actually play instead of sequencing or generating midi...

    It is what it is and the developer will add the features over time when the users request them.

    Very few developers (and influencers for that matter) mention what is missing and focus on what's present.

    Just like LoopyPro is not for everyone neither is Sessions, but it definitely has it's target audience...

    Yes, but that's am entirely different point from what I'm making Samu. My point is not that some people don't care about midi plugins. Or course that's true. My point is that there will be people who see this and expect that it loads midi plugins, because it is a host app and looks similar to AUM, apeMatrix etc. But it doesn't. So it is really worth mentioning in a thread like this, 'Hey, be careful, in case you assume this loads midi plugins you're wrong'. That's all. In no way am i saying, 'This is useless, don't buy it'.

    The developer listens so shoot them a message ;)

    Current roadmap for sessions.
    https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/sessions/roadmap.html

  • enkayteeenkaytee

    @Bat71 said:

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @ninobeatz said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @steve99 said:
    I'd like to praise this app for what it is, not add to the battering for what it isn't. There's a free trial on desktop which I've found useful and instructive, enough to think it's worth buying for me. It's come down £10 in price (not sure how long for) and is now universal, so available on iPad for no extra money. It's elegant and well designed and there's a roadmap for development that seems to be progressing well.

    I love AUM in so many ways, but sometimes using a different and more focussed interface can be of great benefit, for me anyway. I think I will use this a lot for feeding iPad audio to my desktop. In comparison to other options, I've used MainStage on a laptop, but always found the midi routing head-scratchingly over complicated, Sessions is so much simpler in that regard. I can't personally justify the cost of Camelot Pro in that I wouldn't use it enough, but this is priced that I can afford it as a useful option in several scenarios where I might want to play live without any kind of sequencing.

    Congratulations to Open Planet for making Sessions and thank you to them for bringing it to iOS.

    +1. I'd like to praise this app for what it is as well.

    Same here

    Same, but I think it's really important to point out that it doesn't load midi plugins, as I think many who buy this will not be expecting that it has this limitation, and for some it will be a deal breaker.

    I don't think it's that important. I know 3 actual keyboard players in person who absolutely love Sessions!
    They used to use AUM but the seamless scene-switching in Sessions is a real game-changer for them and not a single one of them uses AUV3 Midi Effects, they actually play instead of sequencing or generating midi...

    It is what it is and the developer will add the features over time when the users request them.

    Very few developers (and influencers for that matter) mention what is missing and focus on what's present.

    Just like LoopyPro is not for everyone neither is Sessions, but it definitely has it's target audience...

    Yes, but that's am entirely different point from what I'm making Samu. My point is not that some people don't care about midi plugins. Or course that's true. My point is that there will be people who see this and expect that it loads midi plugins, because it is a host app and looks similar to AUM, apeMatrix etc. But it doesn't. So it is really worth mentioning in a thread like this, 'Hey, be careful, in case you assume this loads midi plugins you're wrong'. That's all. In no way am i saying, 'This is useless, don't buy it'.

    The developer listens so shoot them a message ;)

    Current roadmap for sessions.
    https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/sessions/roadmap.html

    All things considered and especially for my use case on desktop and ipad this is a really powerful bit of software at a bargain price. It's also good news that the dev seems to be committing to a roadmap. Overall I'm very happy with this...!

  • jamietopoljamietopol

    I would love to understand how this compares to / differs from Keystage and/or Camelot Pro.

  • AileromAilerom

    Anyone know how long the intro price is?

  • enkayteeenkaytee

    @Ailerom said:
    Anyone know how long the intro price is?

    I think this may be a permanent reduction. Can't find any reference to this being an intro price on their website, social media or the app stores.

  • AileromAilerom

    @enkaytee said:

    @Ailerom said:
    Anyone know how long the intro price is?

    I think this may be a permanent reduction. Can't find any reference to this being an intro price on their website, social media or the app stores.

    Same, I thought I read somewhere it was a discount but maybe it's permanent.

  • Bat71Bat71

    I am not able to use Apple Pencil (equivalent) with this app at all

  • Bat71Bat71

    @Bat71 said:
    I am not able to use Apple Pencil (equivalent) with this app at all

    Actually I am if I switch windows and go back into it!

  • Bat71Bat71

    @Bat71 said:

    @Bat71 said:
    I am not able to use Apple Pencil (equivalent) with this app at all

    Actually I am if I switch windows and go back into it!

    Nope, stopped working again

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  • Bat71Bat71

    @offbrands said:

    @Bat71 said:

    @Bat71 said:

    @Bat71 said:
    I am not able to use Apple Pencil (equivalent) with this app at all

    Actually I am if I switch windows and go back into it!

    Nope, stopped working again

    Restart iPad?

    Yeah. I think my pencil is on the way out!

  • enkayteeenkaytee
    edited July 2025

    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

  • AileromAilerom

    @enkaytee said:
    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

    I'm way behind here. I just learned that the iOS cosmos doesn't allow an auv3 to host other auv3 plugins. Now I've learned Bluetooth is not systemwide, but app based. To the well initiated that's probably borderline obvious. But to me it a WTF is this archaic system.

  • uncledaveuncledave

    @Ailerom said:

    @enkaytee said:
    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

    I'm way behind here. I just learned that the iOS cosmos doesn't allow an auv3 to host other auv3 plugins. Now I've learned Bluetooth is not systemwide, but app based. To the well initiated that's probably borderline obvious. But to me it a WTF is this archaic system.

    Bluetooth audio is systemwide, when it's the system audio output. I suspect special support magic may be required to use both an audio interface and BT headphones.

  • enkayteeenkaytee

    @uncledave said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @enkaytee said:
    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

    I'm way behind here. I just learned that the iOS cosmos doesn't allow an auv3 to host other auv3 plugins. Now I've learned Bluetooth is not systemwide, but app based. To the well initiated that's probably borderline obvious. But to me it a WTF is this archaic system.

    Bluetooth audio is systemwide, when it's the system audio output. I suspect special support magic may be required to use both an audio interface and BT headphones.

    Well, at the moment (with Bluetooth headphones connected but without an audio interface) you can only select the speaker as an output device and the developers have said that they purposely didn't include Bluetooth support as they were concerned about latency.

  • wimwim
    edited July 2025

    @Ailerom said:

    @enkaytee said:
    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

    I'm way behind here. I just learned that the iOS cosmos doesn't allow an auv3 to host other auv3 plugins. Now I've learned Bluetooth is not systemwide, but app based. To the well initiated that's probably borderline obvious. But to me it a WTF is this archaic system.

    If I remember correctly, there are technical implications beyond just ridiculous latency with having bluetooth audio enabled in music apps that also do recording. I forget the details. But I think that's why it's not something enabled by default in the Core Audio libraries.

  • Philh0954Philh0954

    Is there any way to setup Midi Guitar 2 in Sessions to play synths with a guitar? It can be easily done in AUM. Seems like in may not be possible in Sessions. I haven’t yet bought it to try though.

  • enkayteeenkaytee

    @wim said:

    @Ailerom said:

    @enkaytee said:
    In case anyone's interested the devs are definitely considering including support for Bluetooth headphones in a future update.

    I'm way behind here. I just learned that the iOS cosmos doesn't allow an auv3 to host other auv3 plugins. Now I've learned Bluetooth is not systemwide, but app based. To the well initiated that's probably borderline obvious. But to me it a WTF is this archaic system.

    If I remember correctly, there are technical implications beyond just ridiculous latency with having bluetooth audio enabled in music apps that also do recording. I forget the details. But I think that's why it's not something enabled by default in the Core Audio libraries.

    I've pretty much always used BT headphones with AUM and haven't noticed any issues...

  • JesperJesper

    Is there a way I can change scenes with midi?

  • enkayteeenkaytee

    @Jesper said:
    Is there a way I can change scenes with midi?

    Yes - scene changes can be mapped to a midi controller in the settings.

  • IskanderIskander

    I have sent a suggestion to the developer.

    It would be great to have a file player (similar to AUM) available in one line of a scene. This would allow you to develop sounds or ideas for the audio file being played using different instruments.

    In further development, you could also insert several audio files, e.g. stems, in several lines using drag and drop.

    I think this would be a very interesting extension to an already very good app. I have made a suggestion (see photo) as to how it could look.

    There must of course be PLAY/STOP buttons to start the audio file. It would also be nice to be able to set the cursor or mark loops in a similar way to the recording area.

    I now use the app very often, because you can put together an instrument and FX rack very quickly and play DIRECTLY. The (continuous) recording function is also a very good thing. Good ideas are no longer lost.
    I'm already looking forward to the announced MIDI recording function.

    In general, the functionality of this iPad app is already very stable, performant (on my iPad Pro M1 12.9") and extensive in the first version. For me, this is one of the most interesting new music apps this year.

    I'm curious to see whether the developer will include these ideas in his roadmap.

  • EcalusSondaEcalusSonda

    Can it do full screen auv3? It’s my pet peeve with Logic Pro iPad.

  • thesoundtestroomthesoundtestroom

  • jamietopoljamietopol

    @thesoundtestroom said:

    Thanks for posting the review and tutorial. I'll watch it later today.
    Do you have any thoughts about how it compares to the other options (Camelot Pro, Keystage, etc.)?

  • thesoundtestroomthesoundtestroom

    @jamietopol I couldn't say because I haven't used either of those.

  • reezyglereezygle

    I’m having a lot of fun with this app. Yes Camelot Pro can do more as it currently stands but I like the simplicity of Sessions.
    One big thing missing is that is currently does not support background audio which is a little surprising. It doesn’t seem to be on the roadmap either.

    Since MIDI AUs are not supported yet, I have been using it with LK but when I switch from Sessions to LK the Sessions audio stop. I get around this by running Sessions in the front and controlling LK running in the background with an external controller (Launchpad Pro or APC 40). This is very limiting when you’re just using an iPad without controllers.

    @ninobeatz any chance of getting background audio anytime soon?

  • RiverbendSimRiverbendSim

    I have been using Sessions more on Mac than on iPad,

    Although I was initially disappointed, there is much to like about the app, and if it continues to develop (MIDI plugins and useful ways of working with the recordings) it will become an app I use a lot.

    I bought the app on Mac before the iOS version was released.
    It cost me more than buying Camelot Pro on my iPad did.

    Camelot Pro is great - the Mac purchase is seperate however, and not cheap.

    There's nothing that can be done in Sessions that can't be done in Camelot Pro,
    (or in AUM with the addition of 4pockets Layers). - I think 🤔

    However Sessions is easier to set up, and get layered keyboard sounds and sets going, than many other options.

    Currently I would happily recommend it to any keyboard player in a jamming or performance setting who has some sounds they like in different Auv3s.

    I am now choosing not to bother with wrangling Mainstage and would use Sessions for that instead. (Sessions is not laborious to setup like I find Mainstage. I have always found Mainstage crazy-bad with CPU - Sessions is much nicer and less resource-hungry.)

    I think it is also better for most use cases than Hosting AU (which is excellent freeware btw).

    I reckon I will also use Sessions where I might have used Ableton Live Lite. (Testing Auv3s and AU/VSTs together)

    I am likely to get Camelot Pro for Mac (when there is a good sale on!), but until I do, I will keep using Sessions on my desktop.

    (While waiting for the release of AUM for Mac. 😉
    And getting to know ApeMatrix better - that really is a terrific value host - working well on iPad and Mac with a single purchase.)

    Cheers,
    Sim

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