sweet ipad apps and accesories i should buy

[phantasmagorovich]

In case you guys aren't following the noise board thread, this thing is AWESOME:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bitwiz- ... 46655?mt=8

[MannequinRaces]

Bummer you dudes don't like the iPad. I have yet to see how it will pan out as a full fledged music making device but time will tell. Different strokes for different folks. After all it's just a tool. My hunch is that the iPad needs more fuzz to really take off. Am I right?! Haha. On a side note bought Voice Synth tonight so I can get my Super Black Moth Rainbow vocoder groove on. Will play with it tomorrow.

voice synth is an interesting app! noob ? :

How do you connect an external mic to the ipad? assuming that I use a XLR to 1/4" cable ( currently feeding vox to a verbzilla)....

Sorry I missed this question earlier. If you are using a condenser mic that requires phantom power you're going to need something more robust but if you use a regular dynamic mic (no need for phantom power) than something like an iRig or Apogee Jam would work.

[MannequinRaces]

Pretty cool app that just got Audiobus support called WerkBench:

[behndy]

oog. with an IO Dock? 'pad is USEFUL. i've been having butt tons of fun with this setup -

[Disarm D'arcy]

In case you guys aren't following the noise board thread, this thing is AWESOME:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bitwiz- ... 46655?mt=8

[MannequinRaces]

Sweet setup Behndy! I'm waiting for the release of this http://www.iconnectivity.com/iConnectMIDI2plus then I'll start recording into my DAW.

[behndy]

thanks homie! shit's been a BLAST. it's all the stuff i love about softsynths in a super intuitive and useful interface. really impressed with what the 'pad's turning into, music wise.

ooooo! that midi interface looks NEAT. seems like it might be better for home DAW work than live stuff though? i waited until there was a few options for interfaces. the Dock impresses me because it's a place to safely put the 'pad as well as a bunch of good output/input options. makes sense to me for a board style semi permanent setup?

wish it had a powered usb for a usb midi controller tho. that would help buncha.

[ryan summit]

the alesis dock doesnt have usb port?
i didnt think about it
but now that you mention it seems it should
or maybe not
either way they should make that happen

[behndy]

lol. yeah. it has a B side usb jack, but that just works for talking to a computer. an A side 'un, powered? so you could plug in a usb midi keyboard and only need to plug the Dock into an outlet? YESH PLEASE.

[Ghost Hip]

Pretty cool app that just got Audiobus support called WerkBench:

Thats pretty impressive. I am also super pleased with how the ipad is becoming a big part of my creative work be it utilitarian or as an instrument. Its the bes.

[ryan summit]

yeah and charge your ipod off it too
i guess ya start gettin into
"just get a laptop ya cheap POS"
that werkbench is awesome
id definately be fartin into it though

[MannequinRaces]

id definately be fartin into it though

You could make an album of fart sounds and nobody would know if you tweaked the samples enough! Just call the genre fart avant garde. Hey it rhymes, lol.

thanks homie! shit's been a BLAST. it's all the stuff i love about softsynths in a super intuitive and useful interface. really impressed with what the 'pad's turning into, music wise.

ooooo! that midi interface looks NEAT. seems like it might be better for home DAW work than live stuff though? i waited until there was a few options for interfaces. the Dock impresses me because it's a place to safely put the 'pad as well as a bunch of good output/input options. makes sense to me for a board style semi permanent setup?

wish it had a powered usb for a usb midi controller tho. that would help buncha.

One thing I didn't like about the Alesis dock was that on some apps you gotta turn them sideways and stuff to access different parts of the app (which I think is horrible interface design choice). The iTrack solo I believe is usb bus powered but you gotta hook it up to a wall wart. The power has to come from somewhere.

Here's a synth app I'm looking at buying. Drawing in your own wavetables = neat-o!



And here's an app with a spectrum EQ, compressor, and limiter.

[Ghost Hip]

Hey doods, just got the iO Dock from Alesis and wanted to show what the iPad can do as a recording platform. Not just for demos, rough or live takes, but for a full song. Drums are from the DM-1 Drum Machine app, recorded with Meteor. Only complaint is I accidentally hit the undo button a few times. I also used the ipad's built in microphone for vocals as my mics are back home. Anywho here it is.

[hiorgos]

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[hiorgos]

Is the iphone version just a single sequencer? I'm thinking part of the cool stuff on the video comes from playing both sequencers at the same time.