iOS Music Making: First Steps

[@RedMeansRecording]

All links to apps and hardware have been updated in the video description.

[@eliminate9990]

Can you do a low cost music making on Android for beginners video or something along those lines?.Also I appreciate what you do and you do it very well. Something I've been wanting to get into but I just don't know how.

[@JorgeRimblas]

It seems the links are missing AudioShare by Kymatica AB apps.apple.com/us/app/audioshare/id543859300

[@dyecaster9341]

You mentioned that you were using ableton link. Please elaborate? Loving and liking the video 👌

[@falazarte]

Jeremy, it's been 2 years. Don't forget the iPad! We would love to see more of these type of videos.

[@arttu2666]

You sound a lot happier than some of your other and older videos, really warms my heart

[@RedMeansRecording]

[@chai4638]

Hi jerru

[@glumtv8701]

This comment made my day

[@JakobHaq]

I can’t thank you enough for the shoutout man! 👊🏼💙💛

[@RedMeansRecording]

Thanks for your hard work and dedication

[@MatthewMouras]

Guitar player for 30 years here. iPad is by far my favorite instrument. It's capable of an impossible amount of sound creation and it travels easy. Love love love it. Glad to see you exploring it. Seeing you working with it is inspiring. Thanks!

[@theNickRYG]

Ditto! lifelong guitarist here and I just can't get enough of electronics. The possibilities are mind-boggling.

[@PaulPrayton]

Yeah it's a great toolbox, but do you guys also struggle making music with it?

[@maunstermusic]

Your voice sounds like you're in a lot better place. I hope that's the case. Thanks for the music.

[@jondoe8o]

My exact first thought.

[@okznl7777]

this is wholesome.

[@FrozenLonesome]

I never used a desktop DAW but found my way into music making through iOS. It was my gateway drug to synth hardware.

[@wutangpaul]

3 years later, although AUM has gotten better, this video is still relevant and awesome. Thank you man.

[@GreatistheWorld]

as a non musician full-time iPad Pro person who often plays synth videos while working, because I like listening to someone explore sounds while I do artstuff, this is delightful and I am very grateful to you for it

[@DaveGriff]

I've been working with ios music since the start of this year and your videos of the OP-1 have been a big inspiration for me in terms of your workflow and how you come up with the songs. Big fan!

[@nickmaxwellambient6615]

Such a cool video, Jeremy, and I really enjoyed the track you made. The iPad is an absolutely incredible device for music these days.

[@niallmorrison3097]

Fuckyeah. The iPad is how I scratch my musical itch.

[@gatorgoforth3097]

Wow. Amazing demo. You and Mylar are getting me inspired to pull my iPad into my live performances. Aum seems like a really nice way to pull all those apps together in on nice performance package.

[@Pedeplei]

This is so exciting! I can’t wait to see what a new voice such as yours brings to the table in iOS musicking! I must confess that your videos were the main inspiration for me to start making iOS jam videos, I even downloaded after effects to try and make them pretty. I’m so happy you’re getting into iOS music making!

[@perrypelican9476]

IK multimedia is such a cool company for 2 main reasons. Their products are quality and priced somewhere between fair and low. That duo is a must have for musicians like you and dabblers like me.

[@chaosource1]

I'm getting some Radiohead vibes, specially with that first track you recorded reminded me of bloom. Love it as always :)

[@lorendigiorgi]

Great video. The Borderlands app is gold.

[@rb6481]

MOAR. PLZ. But srs, this type of thing is both educational and inspirational. I’ve watched various vids of yours over the years, this one made me sub.

[@robbe73]

I discovered a lot of new options through this video. Thank you for that! One of my favourite iOS apps for playing around and getting ideas is ”Figure”. It’s a bit like a groovebox with pretty intuitive ways of sequencing and automating. I often end up jamming some quick silly stuff (and at least getting in a good mood), but every once in a while I strike a lucky combination of drum and synth sounds and I find something that’s worth working a bit more on in a DAW. Thanks for being inspiring, as always!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Figure is awesome!

[@interaktiveaudio]

Ipad is the way to go..... and you are the musician of the new millennium... great job man Thanks for sharing beautiful music and deep knowledge

[@styrbjornulfhamr9404]

A lot of iOS music producers really love Nanostudio 2. Its super intuitive linear sequencer is so easy to make completed tracks and the built in synth is fantastic. Check it out. I think you’ll appreciate how well that app works.

[@Rooftopaccessorizer]

I needed this Jeremy. Been a rough few years and all I’ve got left of my gear is an iPad and an iPhone.

[@GuitarManiac1975]

Congrats for your first iOS app video and welcome to my world 😉. A really good choice of apps for this video! Hope to see more of it in the future. As apps are quite powerful, do not cost a lot and offer a really professional sound nowadays, there are a lot of musical opportunities for you to discover!

[@Sinesquares]

Awesome! I’m currently thinking of using the iPad to replace my laptop.. So an iPad DAWs video would be great!

[@goneill520]

So cool, definitely would love to see more! Borderlands gave me a Swiss Army Man vibe

[@definitelymiami7978]

Definitely check out Spacecraft Granular Synth. It is so fun and you feel like you're operating an actual Spacecraft.

[@RedMeansRecording]

I have it! Haven't quite sussed how I want to use it, yet.

[@definitelymiami7978]

@@RedMeansRecording I use it much the same way you use Borderlands. I record straight into Spacecraft, often just using the builtin iPad mic, and mess things up there. It's pretty fun but i didn't know Borderlands and am excited to check that out. thanks

[@RussJohnsConnects]

This is just what I needed to see how I can connect a few sounds and apps together. Thanks for the efforts and enjoy the day

[@ajpmobilemodularmusic]

Oh man, iOS music is blowing up! Very happy to see you’ve taken the plunge and excited to see where it takes you. I made a post on mylarmelodies’ video re: tips for Xynthesizr and iOS music in general, but I’ll just add: iOS has two types of audio apps: InterApp Audio (IAA) and Audio Unit (AU). AUs are the newer technology and like AU and VST on desktop systems you can load multiple versions of any app. IAAs are the older technology. Here you only get the single instance of an app to use. The simplest way to tell the difference is that an AU will open a window in AUM, while an IAA app will be a completely different screen. In your video Axon 2, Enso, Sunrizer and Rozeta are all AUs. AUM will save the state of those AU instances in its session. You don’t _need_ to save those independently. IAA apps, however, can’t save their state with AUM (it’s a limitation of IAA, not AUM) However, Audiobus, which is the granddaddy of iOS music (they created a way to pass audio between apps _before_ Apple introduced IAA and kickstarted real iOS music production), has some additional features that apps can take advantage of, one of which is State Saving. Both Xynthesizr and AUM can save their states with Audiobus, so if you hosted both, you could recall their settings automatically (this means you wouldn’t _need_ to save the AUM session either). Unfortunately, Borderlands and Patterning 2 (both IAA apps) don’t have the Audiobus State Saving hooks. However, AB also gives you a very nifty slide over panel that gives you rudimentary control of all apps hosted in AB which makes jamming with iOS that much more capable and fun. I would definitely check it out.

[@ajpmobilemodularmusic]

Axon 2: Since Axon works by counting ticks and triggering a drum when its threshold is reached, and since you can have those drum triggers count as ticks to other drums, the absolute coolest thing to do with Axon is to vary the threshold of some of the drums. This changes their count and the count of any drums they are wired to. Setting a Rozeta LFO to sweep the threshold of a drum in Axon is great fun!

[@ajpmobilemodularmusic]

Borderlands: While granulating samples is great fun, my favorite use is the “Rec In.” This samples live audio into a buffer and granulates that, turning Borderlands into a realtime granulation effect. You can create multiple buffers, so different grain clouds can granulate different parts of differently scaled buffers at the same time.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Holy shit, great tip

[@RedMeansRecording]

I was getting buffer underruns recording into borderlands for some reason.

[@ajpmobilemodularmusic]

@@RedMeansRecording Hmmm, that's weird. Can't say I've seen / heard that before. So the waveform recording into the buffer was occasionally dropping out? Possibly some mismatch in buffer settings; this should all be controlled by the host. "Sir, have you tried rebooting your device?" Or do you mean "the crackles" that happen when the CPUs are saturated? Did you have a lot of other stuff going on? Or, conversely, did you have very little? One thing to note is that Apple is aggressive in trying to maintain battery life, so if your iPad isn't doing a lot it will switch to using low power cores. There have been issues where audio doesn't force the switch to higher power cores. You then had to drive the device harder to get it to switch to the high power cores, paradoxically getting better performance with more stuff going on. This was a massive problem with the newest Pro with FaceID when it first came out; it should have been fixed, but it still seems a bit wonky.

[@Dettol68]

I have an iPad Pro 12.9 2nd Generation and it is quite possibly the most used, best device I have....and I have a studio of gear - getting the iPad deeply involved in my Studio gear and workflow has been a primary goal of mine for at least 18 months and this video was the moment, I pressed Buy on the stuff I needed to make it happen - thank you!

[@gregonater]

Really enjoyed this and the track you made! Perfect with my coffee.

[@sonymicronin]

That drum app is amazing

[@bellyspb]

You truly are an inspiration. Thank you. Keep up the hard work and thanks for the music

[@TheDoubleGrin]

Love it. Your talent and creativity shine through whatever tools you're using. Give us more RMR!

[@luche21]

This is a really great video. I appreciate that you've taken the time to put together a quick song that actually sounds good! Please keep making these as you find new & fun things to share!

[@standudinski]

this blew my mind, great music resource for something i carry every day in my pocket to read gossip

[@seazenbones6945]

Thank you. I love making music on my iPad and you’re an inspiration!

[@ThisIsTheInternet]

Very cool of you giving credit where credit is due. Mylar's video was an amazing intro!

[@Rgdonaire_07]

Incredible track man. I guess I’m going to get even more apps for my iPad. It never ends. I just started to dive deep on iOS music production with iPad. It’s in another league.

[@mobilemetal4554]

Rafael Graterol that’s awesome man. I just started making complete original music with just my phone. It’s turning out pretty well.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Those are some awesome apps. My favorite App combination is KRFT with Korg gadget. And i also like to use the Moog apps in combination with Ableton and/or harware synths

[@jedfriesen]

Just awesome:) that I could teach myself and kids how to make music in a brand new way.

[@Eidraify]

Exactly what i needed ! starting my ios journey too ! so cool

[@LloydRobinson]

Same and I bought mine for the same reason as J.

[@midsoulmusic]

Would love to see more iPad music production vids like this!! This is amazing! Love what you do

[@JaleTM]

I like your videos and your calm voice. Good job.

[@MusicHands]

Excellent video, cool rig. I really like the look and feel of Borderlands!

[@stefrance2]

Well... definitely more videos on iOS music making !!!! So much useful informations in here ! Thank’s Jeremy !

[@secretstates]

Just to stay 4 years later I still watch this video for inspiration. Would love to see what you’d do with this setup now that iOS music making has improved so much. Keep being yourself 🤍

[@sqriations]

Thank you for making this! I've really been wanting to do more iOS production, I don't have any supplemental tech for it(other than some apps) but this is a great start! And definitely checking out Jakob too.

[@Francoberry]

You’re the best. So many cool instruments and interfaces! OwO

[@RedMeansRecording]

UwU

[@EarleMonroe]

That was super impressive! I was looking for videos about iOS DAWs & samplers to start making ideas on the fly (Cubasis, Ableton Note, Koala, etc.) and I stumbled across this. I often find the word inspiring to be overused, but I was genuinely inspired to explore creating in this way. I sub’d and will def rewatch this video!

[@BradTennant]

The music really reminds me of the end of Goodbye Sky Harbor by Jimmy Eat World. Super cool

[@taniapimenova]

Thank you so much for your cool and inspiring video on iOS music! I’m just getting started and this is just what I needed to see.

[@safeaim]

Just as cool as I hoped it would be when you asked about it on Twitter. Great to see you getting so far into the rabbit hole that is iOS, want to definitely see you do more iOS videoes :)

[@kaiherrmann4800]

A quite entertaining video, and crediting (our) famous Mr. Haq right at the beginning made me watch the whole show. A compliment for effort & result. I just started with pad-audio, following decades of the common hard- & software-based music production. Thought about releasing own digging-details and learning-steps clips on youtube. So you earned points, just by actually doing so. (y) -- Just a small, personal advice: "first steps" in the name rises expectations pointing to "HOW to begin" - as a general, basic tutorial - what the video don´t. "MY first steps" is a different thing. (Nevertheless a well done production, so don´t worry.)

[@stedega368]

Just awesome! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@exquisiteoath]

Jeremy, that Aphex Twin meets BoC moment near the end was just phenomenal.

[@ricg1479]

This was so refreshing Thanks! Looked super fun to play around with.

[@babybabybabybaby12]

Great introduction to music production on iOS. Thanks a lot and never stop making new stuff!

[@ear4400]

Great video and by the end it was a great wee loop. Defo have to get on Ipad Music

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Nice One! Really great demonstration! 😀 👊

[@veronica-uq5iu]

This is amazing! Looking forward to see more iOS music making from you. You are one of my favorites musicians. Thank you very much for this video! Regards from Brazil!

[@Dimerocks]

Hey man! Love this video. I've gone back to it quite a few times. I'd be very interested in seeing what you're doing with your ipad over a year later.

[@Michael-kb3nz]

Love your channel, keep up the great work, you are truly talented!

[@yannih682]

I recently got AUM for my workflow but hadn't really looked into many videos around it. Really cool seeing one potential workflow ^_^

[@JojiJr02]

Great video! Really enjoyed all of this and the demonstrations

[@LloydRobinson]

Wow you've shown us quite a lot. I especially liked towards the end when the app muted a few things and then the progression after that. A Big Thunbs up from me.

[@ednasdiscomachine6049]

I have Enso... except it's a mediation timer! Lovely video :) x

[@joshuaochuro2896]

Just when I thought my day wasn't going so well. I love your videos man. Always makes my days❤️

[@tekilatree]

I loved the synth videos already, but now you’re diving into iOS, man is this going to be good! 🤩

[@theNickRYG]

I'm starting to see tablets used in pro live performances more and more. DJ's at my local club nights do more mixing/launching from their iPad than their actual decks!

[@CRASS2047]

Doug from the sound test room has done even more iOS music production videos. But I love Haq Attack too!

[@oscarjmg]

Hey Red. An update on this on 2023 would be cool. I’ve seen a lot of people using iPads and some sequencer to do cool stuff and get creative. Poly end plays meets MiRack. Or the sps404

[@Evergreen64]

It's amazing that you can do things with an iPad that would have taken $30K worth of studio equipment not 10 years ago. And sure! I'd like to see more of what the iPad can do. Have you tried out any of Korg's iPad apps?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I have gadget but I haven't spent at ton of time with it

[@TylerOKC]

Impressive stuff! Thanks for turning me on to a few new apps!

[@adventureskulldraws]

awesome! cant wait to study this. recently made some music on my ipad and its alot of fun!

[@WhySoBroke]

Amazing! Many thanks for teaching us about iOS music making!

[@perrypelican9476]

Be careful, you will soon, if not already, be an iOS music making fanatic. It as an app for everything from simple synths to effects to Protools type DAWs to everything betwixt. Plus, as you know, there are professional interfaces available for affordable prices. IRig stuff, make by IK Multimedia is incredibly high quality and Pro sounding. My fave developers, besides the known ones like Korg and Moog are Virsyn and Yonac. The fact that the sounds are as good as pc and Mac stuff and at much lower prices, makes IOS music making available for everyone who can afford coffee shop coffee and muffins, meaning anyone who has a job. Great video. Yes, Jakob is cool, along with thesoundtestroom, Electronisounds, theaudiodabbler, Henry the Bizness, Nutrix the Synth Guy and a few others. There is an incredible app that often goes unnoticed called Caustic. It's one of the best and deepest apps for making complete songs. It is also innexpensive, amazingly easy on the CPU resources, and includes 12 different synths, many built-in effects. It's a masterpiece of programming. Never ever crashes. Boy, I mentioned caustic as an afterthought but went on a big blab session about it. Again, thanks and I'm looking forward to more from you.

[@valdiskrebs566]

Sooooooooo many options.... nice demo! For about the same price as the Roli, the Arturia MicroFreak looks like a great controller for iOS MPE apps... and you get a synth also!

[@miss.antidote]

hello again!

[@olilerno]

that was such a cool jam! thanks for the music!

[@adoamusic]

Hey Jeremy, thanks for the video! You and Mylar have managed to get me intrigued in iOS music development, do you have any suggestions for iPad models?

[@Kveg-y6k]

I feel like I could meditate under a waterfall and reach nirvana to this video. Big fan. Keep it up sir.

[@BA-ld9mg]

What an incredible video! So grateful for you! Can't wait for my iPad to be delivered in a couple days and try these out ^_^

[@digitaldisruptlabs]

Amazing, thanks for this. We really want more of this performance.

[@houstonrawls1546]

Awesome video! I've been making music on ipad for a while now but a lot of these apps I have yet to try. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙏

[@DaveGriff]

Glad to see Sunrizer getting some love!

[@RedMeansRecording]

I want a jp8080 so bad but this will have to do for now

[@jondoe8o]

Yes, please more of this! :)

[@aaronf8710]

I was just gonna request an iOS video, but then you just did it.

[@nlvq]

Thanks for the video, I'm going to make a cup of tea and try and follow along. Cheers.

[@InviNema]

I did not want this video to end.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Congratulations. That's great.

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Good stuff thanks for showing man. Got to get back into Borderlands.

[@gracengeier1149]

what even, this is amazing! I like how casually you make epic music.

[@sfuture08]

Love it dude. Keep it coming. Love the iOS tools for recording.

[@mathieuverrier7980]

Really nice vid and that track sounded good. IOS is a nice platform to make music I think, and relatively accesible. Thank you Jeremy. Cheers!!

[@KidHellacious]

Fun! iOS music apps have really advanced in quality just in the span of like a couple years.

[@perrypelican9476]

You chose sone if the best apps right away. Nice. Another one that you will love is called samplr, spelled like that. There are others but if you love borderlands then samplr is for you too. FYI: you can set the bus or effect to be processed post or pre fader by dragging it right Have fun.

[@peanutismint]

This was great, loved it. Really felt inspired to get into making music with my iPad recently, so it was interesting to see some of the newer apps. I'd love a video explaining a bit more about how inter-app audio works, like should I be linking everything through a DAW on the iPad or somehow on another machine? Or using that AudioBus app that I've heard of? Apologies if you've already gone through all this in another video (or even this one and I just missed it!).

[@larrylynch8113]

Hey dude huge fan here 😊 you should definitely doing this once again now the op1 firmware allow you to plug the op1 straight into the iPad 😊 I d love to have more op1 / iPad videos

[@TheHoinoel]

wow seems like a lot has happened lately in the iOS music sphere. Great vid!

[@AdamHardymaniOSMM]

This is great, your OP vids inspired to me to start making iOS music videos...thank you! Fascinating to see how you work with the iPad. Looking forward to some more...😊👍

[@lesonkitu1]

Thanks,You explained a lot to my in this video! Great performance :)

[@kgbinfo]

Man I dunno if there’s something up with my iPad, but if I get more than three music apps running at once my CPU goes through the roof. I love what you’re doing here! Mega inspiring. Thanks for the great output!

[@alvareo92]

Get a newer one ;-)

[@cuezaireekaa]

Change your buffer in the settings to 1024

[@PaulPrayton]

Yeah you can increase the buffer in the settings of the app or in the settings app, or you can buy a more recent, more powerful iPad. What else do you struggle with on there? Maybe I can help

[@echo_opera]

Super Cool to see you in this domain! Make Music Anywhere!!! :)