Which iOS DAW Sounds Best? // GarageBand VS Logic Pro for iPad VS Cubasis 3 VS BandLab

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Which iOS DAW sounds best to you? Leave a comment and let me know!

[@froebelrebello51]

The new Cubasis 3 update is awesome now, with some new tones

[@TheSpot200]

Logic Pro by far

[@LilWoodryc]

I mean, I primarily use BandLab, but Soundtrap is alright too

[@Somethingiguesstbh]

Logic is the best garage band is a close second, cubasis is pretty good, band lab is still horrible

[@Elwaves2925]

I've tried all four of them, Cubasis wins for me and it's the only one I use. They all have good and not so good sounds but that's why AUV3's and IAA's exist - so you don't have to do a James May and go standard. Shout out to NanoStudio 2 as well, I didn't like it's workflow or UI but the built in instruments, especially Slate are excellent. Also, GarageBand can create a really great version of Chariots Of Fire with only it's instruments. It was the first track I did after getting an iPad.

[@rtimestwo1907]

Really cool way to compare the DAWs. GarageBand always holds up well when compared to all other DAWs. I’ve used Bandlab and I was impressed with the sounds and functionality. Thinking of using LogicPro for iPad in the near future so thanks for the video. 🤘

[@HeartCrash999]

In my opinion Bandlab. Because it is completely free and can be used on all devices (Android, IOS, PC and Mac) and is relatively easy to use. Of course, Logic has cool things like Flex Pitch and transforming voice into instrument.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

BandLab really surprised me here. It’s built in sounds are great!

[@HeartCrash999]

@@TheGaragebandGuide I made my whole songs with Bandlab.

[@Marshall-Bit]

Transforming voice to instrument? Is there a guide somewhere?

[@nmol9733]

That’s a sampler right!

[@dennismusalia]

Fl studio does that too with the DW

[@ColinPowell_AMultitudeofOne]

Great idea and gives an indication of which DAWs require more tweaking to get a reasonable midi version of a song. I find I usually have to either swap out some of the instrument/kit choices and certainly do some additional mixing and add or adjust some fx. Most of the midis I have used in this way have been in Cubasis, using AUV3 instead of the builtin instruments and adding some compression to the drums etc. Like most things, it pays to put some additional work in to get the best results.

[@spacepodi]

I’m pleased that GarageBand held it’s own. It’s what I’ve been learning on, and I’m in no hurry to change. As for guitar and bass, I use my own with Irig and a camera/lightning connector. It all works fine.

[@marcbrault]

Raw and without any tweaking, they all sound like crap in their own way. So in that regard, it's not that much of "which sounds best" but "which MIDI algorithm is closer to the truth". If you take the time and recreate your own version in your own DAW, You'll certainly get better results than these. It is, however, eye-opening. Thanks for that vid Patrick ! 😁

[@willmcelroy6376]

That’s what I was thinking. It doesn’t take much thought to get logic to sound better. With that, I heard enough underneath the arrangements that suggests to me logic would be the best in real-world situations.

[@aliasname602]

It's almost like which set of filters gives the best dopamine rush, rather than recreating what was originally there. Putting it through mastering algos could change things greatly.

[@Zeisslermusic]

I am a GarageBand user, and for long time I miss one thing. The sound of saxophone. For the pure piano sound, I use ravenscroft 275. Cool video ❤

[@Bittamin]

I am seeing a ton of people ignore all of these to use koala sampler now 😮 interesting new update they had!

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Koala is great, best sampler on iOS for sure.

[@theunboundsound]

Yeah koala is pretty much the shiznizzle!🔥❤🔥

[@matthewgaines10]

Workflow is most important to me…along with not having to maintain a subscription. You can always save out the MIDI and import it into your DAW of choice and have access to hardware and virtual instruments available in your main setup.

[@Fear2Stop]

I mainly use GarageBand but I switch out the stock instruments for auv3 synths immediately. Only issue for me is that GB generally has issues with imported midi and causes issues with patches switching on their own , usually to the default preset. Happens most often either Yonac and Beepstreet’s software synths

[@Foilcookie]

Logic Pro and cubasis are SICK!!!

[@joedominguez-romero]

Great video Pat. Im dying to see a GarageBand vs Caustic 3 video. Also these two (GB, Caustic) along with BandLab are the three best iOS/Desktop daws for a beginner who’s just starting out. Of course there are pros and cons which is the more reason to make a video on these two Daws (or if you want to add BandLab to the mix). Of course your a GB guy, so GarageBand will be your first choice. But you should do a video and check what Caustic 3 offers (and doesn’t offer). Caustic has different instruments to use all with there own factory presets (Modular Synth, Sub Synth, Saw Synth, FM Synth, 8 Bit Synth, Pad Synth, Key Synth, Bassline Synth, PCM Synth (SAMPLER), Beatbox (SAMPLER), Organ, Vocoder, SFX-R) and I think it’s the best Daw a beginner could use. I’m still kinda new a couple years making music and I’m a GB guy, but when I worked on Caustic it had a good beginner workflow for me that I wish I could of started out with Caustic at first, it would of sped things up for me. Caustic still works fine today in iOS but the biggest con is that it hasn’t been updated in years, but is still working tremendously for me.

[@vdavidgreen]

Great) But don't underestimate the sound of GarageBand's Brass Ensemble after a "Magic Dice" Treatment)))

[@gregduhon5510]

Song list winner 1. Bandlab 2. None of them 3. Could not decide, some did better than others. Sort of a "toss up" 🤔

[@Mefisto223]

Bandlab for the win 👍

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

I was genuinely surprised at how good its instruments sound!

[@GaryR55]

Hmmm....well, I've used only Garageband and Cubasis, and, as for the instruments, I prefer external instruments, usually. I'm really sold on physical modeling, so I look for that, although it isn't quite universal yet. So, the SWAM instruments, especially. As for differences in DAWs, I haven't really noticed any, but I tend to use Cubasis most of the time.

[@RobertFisher1969]

For me, Cubasis might have done best. Which surprises me because I don’t like a lot of their instruments. But I think it ended up with a more balanced mix, which made up for deficiencies in the sounds. That said, while an interesting test, this is not useful for judging the DAWs for my uses. Because it is just testing how the DAW maps General MIDI instruments to its own instruments and how well those happen to balance. Choosing the instrument for each track and doing an actual mix is likely to give acceptable results in any of them. But, like a said, it was still very interesting!

[@michaelbooth4998]

I just need 12 - 16 faders to control sounds on the fly live performance with 1 keyboard or MIDI guitar ... logic is too complicated for live. Dono what the max number of faders in AUM. Does Korg module still force sign-in every time?

[@57RickH]

Quite an interesting shoot-out and great subject for a video...would not mind seeing another like this. 👍🏻 Might be an interesting project to record the same original song in all 4 apps? I primarily use Garageband but occasionally use Bandlab and Cubasis too. I like select features and sounds from all three but my default is GB. Not sold on LP yet.

[@burning8983]

For me, Audio evolution mobile studio's factory instruments are extreamly good.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

It’s on the list to try next 👍

[@Elwaves2925]

I like AEM too. I don't use it much now but it did sound good.

[@sebaszwarc]

Strange that you omitted BeatMaker

[@johnj2443]

Initial reaction: I am surprised that Logic Pro didn’t stand out. Bandlab not bad. Disappointed with garageband. Hopefully with mixing and automation etc things can sound better!

[@GTSongwriter]

I’m looking CuBasis. BandLab is okay, but has some really odd sounding instruments.

[@SqualpinXantor]

Garage band for long in my opinion, i had use it before when my ios ipad was still working i download it and i made like 12 songs so comfortable and easy for beginners like me in this world of music compositioj¿n, band lab instead for me is so annoying and uncomfortable even the app doesnt get the sound of my electric guitar i even buy a microphone usb for the android cellphone and still sounds really bad, i wish i can see if someone fixes my ipad or buy a new ios ipad for the future because i miss so much that application for create music, band lab i only use it for send the whole composition of the song made and do some productions and mixes but to make a whole song from zero (in my case a rock or metal song) it doesnt work very well for me unfortunely

[@georgehardisty8948]

I don't really know enough to comment well, but I think if the recording was done originally in any of these it would sound better in that one. You would take time to balance things for each DAW and wouldn't be playing music recorded for a different DAW. Cubasis 3 sounded the best over all, but I have heard better recordings on GarageBand.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Oh absolutely! The arrangements could have been made to sound a LOT better with a bit of tweaking.

[@guillaumehuardhughes]

I feel it's soo different for each song and depending the style. First one: Logic Pro > Cubasis > BandLap > GarageBand Second: BandLap > GarageBand > Cubasis > Logic Pro Third: GarageBand > Logic Pro > BandLap > Cubasis I think if there was a mastering on each track, it would be completly different again.

[@michaelbooth4998]

Does bandlab have faders for live?

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

No, it also needs an internet connection so probably not suitable for live use at all really.

[@BelfastBiker]

I just grabbed these tracks, and played them directly on my just-bought DGX-670, and they sound even better, is this normal?

[@OriginalPhil]

Dear God… we need Native Instruments to release some usable VSTs for mobile. Thanks for the comparison!

[@generationdink]

lol, there are a ton of incredible synths and samplers for iOS/iPadOS - sadly this isn’t which 3p plugins are good!

[@bapisynthesizer2229]

GarageBand and logic Pro for ios it's best ofcourse ❤❤❤

[@joss6218]

I've heard some really quality music from both logic and cubase. I think if he did twick a few parameters comepare again would be so cool to see and hear.

[@camii847]

What do you think of Fl Studio Mobile??

[@Jops2492]

This is the video I'm looking for ❤

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

Great video but the producer packs in GB and Logic Pro and the new IAP’s in Cubais 3.6 now change everything.

[@Clocktoys]

Instructive video! I am not tempted by Logic for iOS at all. I use GarageBand sometimes but mostly I prefer Nanostudio 2 which is brilliant and intuitive and criminally overlooked

[@willmcelroy6376]

Any word on nanostudio update?i

[@skinneroutdoors2177]

Do you think you could make a video about using the M-Vave 25 two with Cubasis 3? I have the 16 pad version and am having difficulty using them together.

[@gwugluud]

DAWs are mostly similar soundwise, just the layouts and degrees of convolution which affects the learning curve. The only DAW which varies sound wise from the pack may be Reason 11. I own one of the mid-tier versions of Reason. Using Reason, it’s actually pretty hard to make it sound “messy” they have some kind of built-in “safety” which forces mixes to sound organized and clear, even if you suck like I do, lol. But now I’m getting off-topic, because now I’m talking PC. My bad. Using my iPad, I notice if I switch from one app to another, I’ll have to go back and shut down the other app SEVERAL times, because the drum machine I was mucking with earlier is now sounding as I muck with my Mellotron app. That severely needs to be addressed before I rip my scalp off and stuff it down the first old lady’s throat I come across as I’m screaming and running down the street naked, because DAW frustration had finally broken my mind. Jk lol.

[@marcomg3689]

When you enter and record your sound in garage band then when you scroll up And you record your songs while you are scrolling up how do you do it

[@user-nu7xx7pc1d]

all are great!!

[@BillyMusicMobile]

Y donde quedo FL ESTUDIO MOBILE?

[@chebtamer]

Cubasis is amazing and I love it Logic is my favorite but I couldn’t like the subscription 😢

[@kabedford]

I was surprised that they *all*, to my inexpert ears, sounded cheesy tending crap. To the degree that I would be embarrassed to share music that I'd made like that with anyone. I think, like Colin Powell, I would be substituting other instruments and doing what I could with effects and other tools to try and make my meagre efforts sound more presentable.

[@pshimmons]

well now... gotta love the wonderful world of technology. Here we are two months later and it's now time to go re-make this wonderful video now that Cubasis 3.6 is out,

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Why?

[@pshimmons]

Cubasis 3.6 now offers HALion Sonic Selections my friend!@@TheGaragebandGuide (Of course nothing changes if a person doesn't purchase the upgraded sound pack BUT..... now the option IS there!) (And of course, if a person is simply imports a MIDI file into any app or for that matter a professional keyboard even - AND never Futzes around with the sounds available to them inside the app they are using we will ALWAYS be disappointed! When creating MIDI files they are limiting their sounds to the GM sound list. Going ahead and searching around for a better sound always provides a better option!) - by the way - loved the way you tied all the apps into playing each song here. Well done!

[@bobstewartfolk]

I use bkn trks for my solo work and often drag in a midi track in Logic pro on mac and to be fare it's not much better. I can sort it after half an hour fiddling around and they sound good.

[@edzielinski]

Not able to rank them fairly here. BandLab was probably the "safest" right up there with Cubasis in terms of not sounding blatantly artificial and mechanical all of the time. There were some moments of decent music. GB and LP are, not surprisingly, quite similar in their tinny, thin sounds, and consistently fall flat. It seems like Apple's approach to instrument sounds is to make them either really good (Piano, flute, a few others), or completely lacking in personality. I suppose that allows you to mix things together without as much clashing if you're a novice, and allow you to tweak it with effects but it makes it very hard to create something that has a real depth and breadth of dynamics and timbres out of the box. If you're using Logic Pro, and not a novice, then you would undoubtedly be using a lot of VST instruments and effects - the built-in stuff just needs to be there to allow you to create a sketch in whatever style you need, and if you've got something with potential, you just replace the standard instrument with a much better one in production. Great idea and really interesting and useful video. Thanks!

[@ToastandJam52]

To my feeble old ears Cubasis sounded the best overall which isn't surprising since Cubase has been around since the dawn of time.

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Their instruments do sound really good.

[@SiEffen]

Interesting test. What surprised me was that on the whole GB seemed to do a better job than Logic. Maybe this is why they have to ship it with the drunk brass patch ........😂 I have used the stock Cubasis sounds across my No Emis recordings so it doesn't surprise me too much that it held its own.

[@willmcelroy6376]

GB winner

[@jjbing3]

How is Bandlab here like Beatmaker 3 isn’t the obvious fourth choice! 😑

[@BPGamer0110]

Garageband the best here. The rest have some annoying ads

[@Bangastarch]

Cubsse sounds so much more fuller

[@SonicVibe]

Team AUM cubasis 3 next

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

AUM isn’t a DAW though?

[@SonicVibe]

@@TheGaragebandGuide I know but I use it like one

[@BK-pc3ei]

The only issue is the songs you demonstrated no one knows

[@MPA254]

cubasis

[@TheMolysProject]

Cubasis 3 sounds the best.

[@iTrensharo]

I am shocked at how bad both Apple DAWs are. Especially Logic, considering it's a sub...

[@ΥπερδιαγαλαξιακόςΑστροπολεμιστ]

Cubasis 3 for the win.Garageband is not even daw in terms of professionalism.

[@speeddeefilthysouth]

cubasis ios always sounds best then would be ntrack studio logic ipad should be called garageband mobile auditor pro... and really is omly used because cubasis isnt simple like garage band and garage band being the least apea,ing sound wise but the easiest to get it down dirty and way way ahead of everything when it comes to just that nothing elses works for me and if i could audio stretch with garageband. i would go start to finish.without ever leaving. post production. garageband on my iphone. and yea. iphones are much quicker to bang out parts. record with and then chop edit my audio wirh while my plethora of ipads lay dead collecting dust. the older iphones with headphone jacks 6 below. i was able to get down most my albulm in a few weeks vs a year on ipads or even longer on the host daw. mainfram control .. dust collection in the control room a whiole albulm on old iphone in post.... and even considering to the master on some tracks from cubasis and just garage band .. logic ipad makes somethings simple but the phone is the dealbreaker for me. ipad just isnt as quick edit for my attention deficit and thumbs. can play the phone like a riot ..

[@Coachspeak85]

BandLab was the better sounding one didn’t sound so 8 bit. Logic Pro was garbage

[@MPA254]

cubists

[@wendellhullett7711]

Seems like they could have all been tweaked to sound better....I've made garage band sound way better than that....

[@7riXter]

😂 and i thought this is a decent comparison in terms of quality of the Apps... instead we get to hear shitty midi free from humanized timing and velocity that even doesn't try to sound any good 🤣 Anyway ... I still love to listen to my guitar pro 5 midi tracks 🤣

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

Why did you think that? I explain exactly what the comparison criteria is in the first minute of the video.

[@phungmoe2302]

How many yrs has Steve passed.... that is how many yrs Apple just Apple.... n more n more become a rotten Apple. NO improvement in anything.

[@DKNY-yh9fp]

all suck because they dont offer youtube to play source of music

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

…what?

[@zeckham100]

It’s all cheating learn to play real instruments ffs

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

? You’re going to have to explain that one 😂

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

They ALL sound like a $25 keyboard from Walmart. Is there nothing you can get that sounds good that is not an expensive computer and software???

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

As I say in the video, nothing has been tweaked or edited here. I’ve just imported the MIDI files and played back the instruments and settings each DAW assigns. You could absolutely spend some time in each of these DAWS and make these projects sound great.

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

All bloody awful 😵‍💫

[@TheGaragebandGuide]

It’s the default sounds so yeah, none of the arrangements sound as good as they could if time was spent properly balancing and mixing them.

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

@@TheGaragebandGuide 100%