#604

as I posted elsewhere, I have a mac plus (or mac II) running on my ipad thanks to https://github.com/vaporstack/minivmac4ios and this tutorial https://youtu.be/C0lkFkRp8c0

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There’s also a fork by vaporcard which allows the apple pencil to suppress finger touches tho I’ve not yet tried that, done some drawing and not really had a problem with the multitouch interfering with it anyway

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#605

iOS musicians. You have to choose between the new air with 64g memory and a12 processor and the regular iPad with 128g and the a10 processor. Using it as your main music making device for daily commutes and the occasional weeklong trip. Which do you choose? Thank you.

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#606

No deep experience, but the air (both iPad and Mac) have always felt so fragile to me. Not something I would want to carry around.

#607

Never used an Air but the regular iPads are excellent

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#608

Currently running on an iPad Pro 2017, but I’ve never seen any semi modern iPad even come close to maxed out with music and sound apps. Generally speaking, the machine is very efficient and apps take less resources than on a standard OS.

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#609

I’m very regimented about moving files off my iPad so I would go for the A12. But either one would work fine.

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#610

OK, after multiple tours looking for portable hardware solutions, I give up! This tour it was a Benjolin, then a couple of volca moldulars, and of these were great but not really enough to make music. And my suitcase overflows. So I’m going all in with iOS. My current iPad is a bit small but it’s working. I have 6 more weeks of touring this year so plenty of time to learn.

Here’s my rig…
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve filled a screen already. Based on all the suggestions here!
Host - AUM
Sequencers and Controllers - Cykle, Fugue Machine, Xynthesizer, Ribn, and I haven’t had time to try these two yet - Rozeta and Physicles
Synths - Animoog, Model 15, Ripplemaker, Nave, iVCS3, Spectrum. I love all these already. Especially impressed by Animoog and Spectrum. I’ve added Mood, Borderlands but haven’t tried yet.
FX - K7D, Blackhole, Kosmanaut, Dedalus (just back from App store adding these so will try and report back asap.

First question - is anyone happily using Ribn with AUM? If so, how should I proceed?

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#611

I was under the impression Ribn was for external gear only. Unless you do like a MIDI loop back…

What’s Mood?

#612

Thanks.
Mood is an Apesoft (who make iVCS3) take on the MiniMoog.

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#613

By Cyckle did you mean the Cycle time lag accumulator? Can it trigger MIDI or just export files?

#614

My typo. Cykle (not Cyckle) is a sequencer.

#615

I’d totally missed Ribn but it looks fantastic. I shall install it and investigate further!

#616

Spendy for iOS but I cannot say enough good things about the FabFiler fx, PRO-R, PRO-Q and PRO-C in particular. Totally worth it for me.

#617

Has anyone found a consistent working method in iPhone? Sooner or later I end up in Koala and all roads lead to AUM when I want get things to play nicely with one another but pinning down a go-to workflow for when I’m on my iPhone is still apparently out of reach.

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#618

If you start AUM first, then Ribn, the Ribn midi settings will show AUM as a destination, which is a routable source in AUM.

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#619

Recently sold my microfreak to fund a bass station 2 (what a great synth btw). I felt like what the freak delivers I could achieve with iOS offerings.
Anyway I bought Lagrange today. Wow.

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#620

I love my Microfreak but can second the BSII comments. For what it’s worth the keyboard is something I actually like the most about it - being able to use aftertouch to modulate the sound is amazing to me - but I know it’s not for everyone.

Thanks for the heads up on Lagrange. I absolutely didn’t need another iOS synth… until I watched a demo of that one!

#621

Might not be what you’re looking for or maybe even overkill but NanoStudio 2 is really good on the iPhone. I only use the iPhone for field recordings and jotting ideas down but if my eyes were up to it I’d use NS2.

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#622

Yup - Lagrange is excellent. I like the ‘algorithms’ as starting points. Reminds me a little of Sugar Bytes Factory though not as gritty sounding.

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#623

20 characters of Woooo thank you!!