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Sep 7, 2019

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Hardware

iPad Pro

Sends MIDI out over MeeBlip cubit go.

Kingston Nucleum USB C Hub

Supports charging. Is connected to:

Native Instruments sound card
MeeBlip cubit go

MeeBlip cubit go: USB MIDI interface

The best MIDI thru box with USB.

I send MIDI from Kawai VPC1 to the MIDI in. The iPad is connected to the USB port and receives the signal. It is then able route it back out to the 4 MIDI out ports, after going through a MIDI processor such as an argpeggiator.

MIDI thru boxes take the signal coming from a single MIDI source and split it into a number of identical copies. The signal can be split even further by utilizing MIDI channels. For example:

Vermona DRM: MIDI channel 10
Korg MS20 Mini: MIDI channel 1
Yamaha Reface CP: All channels (by default)

Instruments usually use 1-2 and drum machines use 10.

I had to upgrade from Kenton MIDI Thru 5. MeeBlip is just so much nicer, and is much better built.

PUC+ Wireless MIDI

PUC+ Wireless MIDI is nice when you want to get MIDI quickly up and running.

Software

AUM

AUM - the modular DAW. You can pick and choose what you like, even fundamental pieces like the sequencing and drum pads.

AUM is the host for all the apps below.

How To Set Up & Build A Multi-Timbral Super Synth in AUM - Tutorial for iPad - YouTube

MIDI apps

Atom Piano Roll
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=atom-piano-roll
StepPolyArp Unit
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=steppolyarp-unit
Fugue Machine
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=fugue-machine-multi-playhead
Xequence AU Pads
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=xequence-au-pads
Xequence Keys
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=xequence-au-keys
Rozeta Rhythm
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=odessa-sequencer-suite
Octachron bbinit
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=octachron
Holon.ist
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/holon-ist/id1359763686

Sound generators

For some reason, I’m never able to find my favourite software synth. It is something about presets that put me off. I guess I like instruments that cover a narrow timbre of sound. If I want something else, I would rather use standalone effect modules.

Borderlands Granular
Ravenscroft 275
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ravenscroft-275-piano/id966586407
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=ravenscroft-275-piano&l=list
SpaceCraft Granular Synth
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=spacecraft-granular-synth
Bismark bs16i
- ‎bismark bs-16i on the App Store
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=bs-16i
KORG iWAVESTATION
- KORG iWAVESTATION on the App Store
- KORG iWAVESTATION on App Sliced
Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=mellotronics-streetlytron-pro
Streetlytron ‘63 Edition
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/streetlytron-63-edition/id1394220877
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=streetlytron-63-edition
Tube AU
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tube-au/id1471493593
- The plugin user interface looks like an ordinary web browser, except that it is limited to viewing only YouTube, and that the audio stream is sent to the plugin output rather than going directly to the speaker.
Samplr
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=samplr&l=list

Sound modifiers and utilities

Enso
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=enso-looper
Quantiloop Pro - Live Looper
- https://appsliced.co/app?n=quantiloop

Effects

Blackhole Reverb by Eventide
- Blackhole Reverb | App Price Drops
Ultratap Delay
- UltraTap Delay | App Price Drops
K7D - Tape delay
- K7D - Tape Delay | App Price Drops
TB Reverb
- TB Reverb | App Price Drops
Eos 2 by Audio Damage
- Eos 2 | App Price Drops

Vermona DRM1 MKIII

I use Xequence 2 to create drum pads. It’s the best MIDI sequencer I found so far. Super flexible. The other apps I found didn’t have enough notes (the DRM1 has 10 sounds). Most drum machines have 8 sounds for some reason.

With the PUC+ it is possible to send MIDI signals wirelessly from the iPad to the DRM1. I noticed some lag while using it.

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