Tabletop for iPad Tutorial - Learn Tabletop App by Retronyms

[@personal-development-strategy]

I miss this app, the work flow was much better than some of these newer apps now

[@JemmyJoeAGoGo]

An excellent tutorial. I've been using the app for a year & am pretty confident on it, but still learned some great tips by starting at the basics. But what I was trying to learn that even got me watching tutorials you didn't touch on. A follow video for intermediate and advanced users would be AWESOME, particularly looking into the functions of the many effects (for example, what does the "wrap" button do in the bit krusher pedal). Thanks again! Subscribed!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks Jemmy. Will do.

[@taigerah]

You are the man ! Please make more vids on Tabletop

[@Epictutorials]

I might just do that! Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

[@Epictutorials]

Great to hear from you again! That's very kind of you. We love making videos and enjoy it even more when we get feedback like this.

[@ardeet]

Thanks for that. I had minimal experience with Tabletop but it was exciting to see the potential. A start to finish tutorial was very useful and addressing the basic concepts in context made a big difference to my understanding of this app.

[@jcsfx710]

Loved it... take some singing lessons though.. excellent, well spoken, great timing, you're a natural teacher.. Thanks for sharing..

[@777Superchicken]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I really picked up a lot and it was fun. I thought the intro tune was "epic" fun also. Very inspirational to those of us who have crap voices!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks for commenting Itradio. The CPU meter was at full but I didn't have any crashes. I think I had one when I kept switching between Apogee Mic and Midi Keyboard via lightning but this was rare and I just started plugging in my USB device before opening the session and it worked perfectly.

[@Epictutorials]

You have good taste! We will be doing all of those and have most of them planned out. Loving Beatmaker and Cubasis :) We will add Auria to that list and do iMovie and Pinnacle plus Touch Edit. Thanks for commenting and we look forward to sharing the above tutorials with you soon.

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks so much Sketchy. Glad to hear we could do this app justice. Appreciate your support.

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you so much Retronyms that would be amazing! We are huge fans of all your apps and would be honoured :)

[@ThierryLalinne]

Fantastic tutorial! Love the happy song you made.

[@Stevethesearcher]

Excellent tutorial. Very well explained. I would like to see more like these for other IOS Apps.

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you Jefferson! I appreciate your feedback. Really happy it helped.

[@FiveSigma72]

Completely fantastic tutorial, one of the best I've seen for anything, nevermind Tabletop. So many tutorials get ahead of themselves or get sidetracked into non-priority stuff through lack of planning ahead, but this is gold. Totally clear and concise. Thanks man!

[@Epictutorials]

Really appreciate you take the time to write this! Thank you.

[@juniorpops7632]

Love your tutorial , have you had a chance to play with the new version with inter app audio yet. What do u think of it, a tutorial on inter app and table top would a killer.

[@mauriceam8388]

Great tutorial. Could you explain a little bit more on the trigger and selection block bar etc on the left side of triggerator? Thank you.

[@Epictutorials]

Hey Junior. I have not yet as I'm holding off updating to iOS 7 on my iPad until a few key updates are released (mainly Beatmaker 2.5). As soon as I do though I will make a video on this. I have used it in iMPC on an iPad Mini running iOS 7 and the possibilities are incredible. I will let you know when we get something up on Tabletop IAA. Thanks for commenting :)

[@sandubogi]

Not ready to upgrade just yet :). Heck who knows with the new iPad coming out they'll get cheaper. I will definitely check out your recording video. And thanks for putting these videos up they are very helpful.

[@hammercanttouchthis]

God Bless cheap midi controllers, the software on IOS and tutorials like this

[@montazownianr1]

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[@TheGreatPanicker]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the small white cord coming out of your iPad? Awesome video, keep up the great work!!!

[@michaelcaffee5492]

I didn’t tap when the song was over,but I sure was wiser after you showed me,thanks a lot for this tutorial😄👍

[@aitutakiwi]

Ok you are just multi talented mate. Awesome!!!

[@janeb4056]

Love the song! And a great tutorial

[@benkoh9531sg]

BEST TUTORIAL FOR ALL NEWBIES TO TABLETOP!!!

[@Epictutorials]

+Ben Koh Thank you Ben! Appreciate that :-)

[@gtrgeorge348]

Fantastic, Elliot. VERY well done, CLEARLY understandable tutorial. Probably the best I've ever watched for any app. I may find this out during my own explorations, but I would like to know if it's possible to change loops manually, sort of construct a song on the fly rather than have the entire song form play from beginning to end. There have been some midi sequencers and drum machines that did this; for example: start playing loop #1, keeps playing loop #1 until you tap loop #2, and when you do, it finishes loop #1 and then goes to #2, and keeps playing that one until you tap another. Thanks for any info, and once again, very nicely done tutorial.

[@Edgariux111]

Love it, just starting using this, haven't bought a single extra yet, but it all looks so good.

[@Epictutorials]

Great to hear you are loving Tabletop :-) It's one of those apps that I find gives me new ideas due to it's modular workflow that I don't get in more traditional DAWS. ROCK ON!!!

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you so much Thierry Lalinne, we are glad you enjoyed it :)

[@marctronixx]

im new to apple and ios (huge android fan), but all the awesome music apps are on apple, so i picked up an ipad pro and a bunch of music apps (truth be told, im old school and use all hardware gear, scsi drives, glyph, zip disks, hard disk recording etc) to goof off on when im travelling and at the "office" so i needed to wrap my head around tabletop. you sir did a fantastic job! MIDI LEARN was a bonus for me! just picked up a mpk225 akai to use and i was also looking for a good tutorial on midi routing. boom goes the dynamite! you sir took care of me all in one sitting! cheers mate!

[@Epictutorials]

+Marc Abernathy Fantastic Marc! Thanks so much and I'm glad to hear there are musicians out there who still love old school audio gear.

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you. And likewise. I just had a look at one of yours. Great work.

[@stevelewis3847]

First off, loved the tune man, sweet guitar and very inspiring how quickly a track can be put together. Downloaded Tabletop yesterday morning and started to put something down, next thing I knew it was gone midnight. A great piece of software, and one that kinda works the way I like to, I would say one of the easiest DAW's to learn and produce from, and I've used a few. (I've no affiliation to the makers). Great tutorial, had most of it cracked by trial and error pretty fast; I thought until watching your video to the learn some finer detail, in particular routing. Very grateful for your efforts. Cheers.

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks a lot Steve. Appreciate that.

[@sr00t]

The crazy thing here is that the iPad is brand new, and almost all the apps I have are not running in background with Skype and Facebook as exception. Thank you for your automation solution (It really works!), I think I'll stick to Nanostudio for more complex production and Tabletop when I just wanna jam around with the default free components.

[@jaiuzy]

Hey best tutorial available!!! Would u be able to do a video on how to use your q502 with tabletop :) please ?

[@brathajoe1]

Yo man you need to make a video on the best hard ware to use with this app, like the Alesis io dock. How to record audio on Alesis io dock and how to make all the right connections.

[@lukespade4727]

Great video, really informative and concise. Good little tune too, reminds me of Paul McCartney's. Temporary Secretary...

[@Epictutorials]

I never experienced this with so few devices and a hard reset took care of the only issue I had once my CPU was maxed out. Have you tried that? With automation, easiest thing is to turn Table-Edit mode on so it applies to all loops, hit record and hold your finger on the automated adjustment and it will record a default neutral value with no automation and you have in effect turned off automation recording :) Hope that helps?

[@sandubogi]

Great tutorial my good man! What are your thoughts on IO Docks like the Behringer iS202 iSTUDIO or Alesis iO Dock? Worth buying or a waste of money?

[@itradio]

Awesome work dude! The song sold me to watch the rest of the video Tabletop has been my go to app for a year and a half, despite all the other apps I have. I'm also surprised you had 3 iMinis AND the BoomRoom running. Did you run in to any distortion or crash issues?

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks so much :) Made entirely with Tabletop.

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you for the feedback :) Singing lessons are on the to-do list.

[@Epictutorials]

That is an Apple USB Camera Connection kit which allows you to connect a MIDI Keyboard straight to your iPad. It allowed me to use the incredible Akai MPK Midi to perform in Tabletop instead of just tapping on the iPad screen. The last chapter explains in more detail - Chapter 9: How to use Midi Learn for External Keyboard 28:13 (tap on the video time to jump there).

[@Epictutorials]

That's very helpful feedback. Thank you very much. Greatly appreciated.

[@Epictutorials]

We have one on Photoshop Touch on our channel btw.

[@lunastudio6703]

Great tutorial and a great app too,Thanks

[@Epictutorials]

You are welcome. Glad it helped.

[@atitagibon297]

Thank‘s a lot for this very good tuto. Perfect and very clear to begin with that app !!!!

[@Epictutorials]

Glad it helped!

[@KarzenX]

Funny and informative every time I watch it 😆

[@Epictutorials]

+KarzenX Thanks so much! I appreciate that and am glad to it helped you.

[@RetronymsApps]

nice work! I'll post this into the in-app news :)

[@aceguitarparts]

great song, top tutorial

[@RetningNord]

Hi, great tutorial, may I ask what your complete (hardware) set up is? (audio/midi ins/outs). I see a little tabletop mixer there...

[@howardmoscovitz9353]

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks...

[@Epictutorials]

Glad you like it. Thanks for the comment.

[@tronlady1]

One of the best tutorials I’ve seen! Do ya think it could be used in a live looping situation? As opposed to Loopy? Or even use them together??

[@amdenisgm]

Thanks for the great intro on this cool music toolset!

[@Epictutorials]

+Andrew Denis you are most welcome.

[@coolblkid2k]

Beautiful tutorial. Thank you for this.

[@Epictutorials]

No worries. Thanks for the feedback.

[@kendahke]

thank you. I just downloaded this and am amazed by what I don't know about it.

[@Epictutorials]

Great to hear that this tutorial was helpful. Thanks for the comment.

[@todddickinson3262]

Being an unabashed, self professed gear and music junkie, I watch a TON of tutorial videos. And I had to tell you that you've produced one of the best that I've ever seen man. It was extremely well produced, focused, practical, and funny! I had never heard of this app before, and was actually watching an Audiocopy tut when I came across this one. Now, I'll be downloading this one as soon as I get done writing this comment. If you happen to read this, I have a question that I would love to ask if you wouldn't mind. I was trying to look at your hardware routing, as you were explaining the MIDI learn features. When I try to run my Oxygen 25 to my IPad, I always get a pop up saying that my accessory cannot be powered by the iPad. I have a PreSonus iTwo interface, and I can't seem to figure out how to incorporate it into my iPad setup. The Oxygen 25 is USB powered only, and has no 5pin midi ins or outs, just USB. Would you know of a workaround for this issue by chance? I'd be very grateful for any thoughts you might have on the subject. Any suggestions at all would be much appreciated! Again, outstanding video, and I'm going to your site to see what else you may have available. If you ever have the desire to do a tutorial on Maschine MK 2, I'll be glued to the screen. Respectfully, Todd

[@Epictutorials]

Todd Dickinson Thanks for such a nice comment Todd - I really appreciate it.It sounds like it is a power consumption issue you are experiencing, however it shouldn't exist as this video shows the same model working fine on an iPad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZS5nIqkaL5rqdE What version of iOS are you running? I also have an iTwo and have been using it with the PreSonus app that it is designed to work with which allows multitrack recording. Have you given that a go? The PreSonus iTwo will not be compatible with your Oxygen sadly.

[@Stevethesearcher]

Cubasis, Garageband,Beatmaker and any of the major DAW iPad APPS. Also Adobe Photoshop touch, IMovie, Pinnacle Studio. So the major Photo and Video editors on iPad. To sum that up Music making, photo and video editing apps. They tend to be a bit more involved than the average App. That's why I bought my iPad to do music, video and photo editing. I am waiting anxiously for the iPad 5 to be released as I am only using iPad 2 and I am ready to upgrade now and get stuck into those Apps.

[@hippoooful]

What a great tutorial you answered to all questions I was having ! Except one : I was just just wondering if there was a way to write automation like in Logic Pro or ableton live .. Thank you for answer ;)

[@Epictutorials]

Do you mean in a way different to the automation techniques outlined in this tutorial?

[@holotropik]

Thanks for the light-hearted yet efficient overview. Well done ;)

[@johndeggendorf7826]

Excellent tutorial.

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks John. Nice of you to say.

[@tydboo]

From where did u get the auto tune app?

[@Epictutorials]

Sadly it was a plugin they used to sell, but have since removed :(

[@indrasinaga4037]

Thank you for the tutorials really useful. I have a question, can I delete automation that have been recorded? For example, made wrong with the automation & want to replace it to the new one Thank You 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sandywatson5806]

thanks heaps for a funny and very helpful tute, for a rank beginner you have put some pieces of the puzzle together for me!!

[@Epictutorials]

+Sandy Watson Glad it helped Sandy. Thanks for getting in touch. Appreciate it.

[@jjhcw]

Incredible tutorial!! Thank You!!

[@ajlmusic]

This is well done and quite helpful. Thanks so much!

[@Epictutorials]

+Andrew J. Lewis You are welcome. Thanks so much for the positive feedback.

[@DazBee]

Finally know how to use this now, thankyou

[@dadadrew]

Best d3mo of iOS music apps ….GOAT

[@Epictutorials]

Why thank you sir!

[@aprilibanga8724]

legendary tutorial!

[@rayreams7424]

i know u give ur tutorials more of the glory of epic audio comp reocording EPICNESS ,... rightfully so... u do dig in and explain for the newbies getting the itch... but ur intros make me laug so hard.. witty funny and helpfull... it would be a treat to work alongside a personality such as u in this time of ...i am the know all see all grand fartFACE of SOUND SHAPPNG. time that we play/wrk/live in... id say a big part of a recording exp is FUN COMFORT ABILITY an not taking it OVERLY Serious.. i bet bands enjoy trackin with u

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks Ray. Appreciate it.

[@Stevethesearcher]

That's great! Looking forward to those.

[@artmartinezartist2459]

Great video

[@andydunnock8114]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks a lot for the feedback :)

[@ogulkoker]

Best tutorial ever! Thx!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks so much Ogul :D

[@Epictutorials]

WHy thank you! Whilst a cheque would be great ;) comments like these are more achievable and the next best thing. Thanks for commenting.

[@ericlloyd4040]

thanks for the help

[@jpjupp]

Is there any way to have a grand piano sound?

[@pakobina]

hi there nice tutorial..i want to know if there is a way i could export my created track directly to my ipad and listen to it with the ios music app

[@Epictutorials]

No there isn't I'm afraid. A silly iOS restriction. You would have to import onto your computer, then add to your iTunes library and sync with your iPad.

[@paul13E]

Very helpful. I'm looking forward to using this software and coming up with some crazy fun stuff. Many Thanks. Keep on Keeping on.

[@Epictutorials]

Thank you Paul. Please share anything you create with this app in a comment.

[@pneumonouItramicroscopicsiIico]

That song! I need it on iTunes

[@randomnintenguy]

Best intro ever!!!

[@Epictutorials]

Thank YOU!

[@EtareNeged]

Awesome tutorial! As I am just getting started with this app, I am trying to find the best way to export individual tracks to import in a real recording studio, into protools for instance. So far, I seem to only be able to export entire sessions/songs, but not the individual tracks (ie. kick, snare, etc.). Since I do the majority of my sequencing in studio and not for my in-house pre-production, it would be very helpful if there was a way to do this. Thanks!

[@Epictutorials]

Have you tried muting all but one channel at a time and exporting the track, then muting all but the next? In the end you should get separate mixes for each export that you can import into your DAW as high quality WAV files for mixing. Let me know is this helps?

[@EtareNeged]

I had tried that, but I think if I do as you mentioned and change the name of each track as it appears in the itunes file it should work. Thanks for the tip, I look forward to learning more about tabletop and using it for my next project. Keep doing what you do, it is a value to those of us making our way through this crazy world of production as independents!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks Etare for the encouragement. :)

[@hattoom]

You're just AWESOME MAAAAAN!!!!! And I loooooove the song too

[@Epictutorials]

Haha thanks a lot :) Appreciate it.

[@lerieur1]

That's great man

[@crackthecodeband]

thanks so much, was awesome, an EPIC TUTORIAL!!

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks Robert. More to come soon!

[@miketikec]

great vid! i have an iTrack solo. Does it work in tabletop and if it does how do i set it up? id like to record electric guitar.

[@Epictutorials]

It should work fine. Connect it via the Lightning to USB adaptor (if you have a lightning compatible iOS device) and use the audio recorder :)

[@Jefflhall]

Is there a way to change the time signature to 3/4?

[@RetropunkAI]

thanks for the review. Would you recommend this for a live performance setup? I noticed that the sessions load quickly so I would think that you could hook up an Akai Mini and create a session for each song that you wanted to play live. Any thoughts on this? Thanks again!

[@Epictutorials]

If they make a lightning compatible IO dock for the iPad 5 I will definately look at doing this :) Have you seen our guide to recording pro audio on iOS? You might like the Q502 Behringer desk we feature there. You can check our channel.

[@robbrown2]

Is that riff supposed to be Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry?

[@vbrajprasad]

Real good tutorial. Thank you very much. VBR Prasad, India

[@Epictutorials]

Glad it helped. Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it.

[@rigg1212]

I'm still a little confused on recording the vocals. Do you just do one loop at a time? So Would it take 4 takes to do 16 bars? Any help would be much appreciated. By the way. Great video!

[@ayevelins]

Nice tutorial mate! I have a problem tho - any ideas why my MPKmini MK2 won't map the the keys? I can map pads, knobs etc., but iMiniwon't map they keys. It shows the MIDI note i hit, but keys won't play anyway.. Thanks

[@Viralclipsdaily444]

Thank you so much This helped a lot Definitely subscribing and liking Again thank you This really did help

[@Epictutorials]

+Jason Martin That is great to hear Jason. Thanks for the sub and like. Appreciate it.

[@Viralclipsdaily444]

Before, I had the app but I had absolutely no idea on how to do anything not even how to buy the different systems so you really helped me out

[@ashleycharman]

The guy is a legend ✌️😂👍

[@Epictutorials]

Thanks so much Walkymatt. Appreciate your support of my poor voice ;-) Trust me thought... you don't want another song without auto-tune :D

[@Psqwall]

Is there a way to save the sessions you create within the app onto your computer as a backup or to clear up space within the app. Like let's say you have exported a song from a session and you are done with that session and want to delete it from tabletop but would like to have it saved on your computer to re import into tabletop for a remix down the line ?

[@PlexxBeatz]

Can you record vocals or layer ???

[@eligonzalez2011]

If you already have you're keyboard hooked up to the iPad how do you hook up the microphone? Do you just disconnect the keys? Is there a device that let's you hook up multiple midi and instrument and mic inputs to the iPad at the same time?

[@Epictutorials]

Great question Eli. Normally you can only have one instrument connected, but some apps support the use of core audio compliant sound cards. Auria for example does this and contains a list of supported sound cards on their website, but sadly it does not support MIDI. Check out our review of the iRig Pro as it allows you to connect MIDI and an XLR/1/4" jack at the same time but Tabletop only supports one audio input at a time.

[@eligonzalez2011]

OK, thank you very much!

[@Epictutorials]

Most welcome Eli.

[@kingdomof8]

Great video E nice one.. ? Just made myself a pretty sick beat.. ???What other equipment and connection leads do you have connecting them all? Did you buy all the apps? Which ones are he best? Not ready to invest in the latest mpc ,so I've been using the latest version of impc but am irritated by the faults especially the inter app , lack of Bpm info on sampling and crashing!! Oh and itunes omg!!

[@randomisoty422]

If I have a midi keyboard which can switch between different midi channels, will I be able to assign different virtual instrument to the different channels on the keyboard so I can switch voices instantaneously by just having multiple virtual instruments?

[@Epictutorials]

Never get annoyed having all those apps :) Even without iMPC and Arturia iMini Tabletop would be great. Audiobus support would of course be most welcome, but developers can choose to implement their own apps in Tabletop and I hope more do soon :) Thanks for commenting.