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ipad for creating music?

Started by Chovie D, December 28, 2012, 12:22:42 PM

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Chovie D

I was given an ipad and garageband.
Does anyone here use their ipad when creating or performing music? If so, how do you use yours?
what apps do you like? I see moog has a cool looking v-synth. others?



Chovie D

they have an Ondes martinot app!



Dave J

I have the Animoog app for my iPad and it is the best app I have hands down.  Lots of cool settings and you can create and save your own.  I found it easy to use and I am not a synth player, nor am I really technically proficient.  Although my bandmate and I have not yet incorporated the Animoog into our songs, we plan to do so and it will be easy for us to do.

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Chovie D

thanks Dave. I knew there was a good moog app, couldnt recall which one it was. gonna get it fer sure.

i got that petit ondes app, it was only a couple bucks and I dig it alot.

xayk

I like the smart drums in Garage Band, as I'm an awful percussionist.

I mentioned elsewhere that a company released an app (Audiobus) that can take input from a mic or app, pass it to a processing app, and then end up in a recording/looping app. Not every app is compatible, but it's pretty interesting. (Animoog is compatible, fwiw.)

Dave J

By the way, Chovie, I googled Animoog and found some instructional videos and I think even a user's guide that were helpful in showing how all the modules work and how to set things up.

I have garage band on my laptop but have never used it. 
"I wish I could talk in technicolor." -- volunteer housewife during acid experiment circa 1956

"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me now!
It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how."
--Cat In The Hat

Chovie D

I bought the animoog and will deifnetly need to watch those vids. The basic sounds are very cool, looks like alot of fun.

I didnt have any kind of sampler and always wasnted a cheap one, like the ones built into old casio toy keyboards, nothing fancy.
I was pleased to see garage band has a cheap and easy sampler.

Now I need an interface to a midi controlller. Dave what do you use? anythingto look for or avoid in an interface? I need one for guitar too, maybe theres one that can do both?

Chovie D

btw, today (12/31/2012)is the last day for half off on the animoog.


Dave J

Quote from: Chovie D on December 31, 2012, 10:26:31 AM

Now I need an interface to a midi controlller. Dave what do you use? anythingto look for or avoid in an interface? I need one for guitar too, maybe theres one that can do both?

I don't use a midi controller.  I just connect mine into my digital recorder or will connect with my friend's PA if we are to use it live (which we have not done yet).
"I wish I could talk in technicolor." -- volunteer housewife during acid experiment circa 1956

"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me now!
It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how."
--Cat In The Hat

clockwork green

I wish hooking up a midi keyboard was easier but you need the camera USB adapter and then plug the USB controller into that. For USB mic's you need a powered USB strip first because the iPad won't power the mic. For guitar, find one that plugs in to the 30-pin not the 1/8th" because those just don't sound as good. I like the iRiffport for guitar and there are several modeling apps that are good but none that are really great. The drum machine and synth apps are the most fun.
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clockwork green

Yeah, the "camera" adapter is really just a USB plug. The line 6 looks like it does that as well and a bit more but does cost more as well.
"there's too many blanks in your analogies"