Multiple gadgets can be loaded into a project, each device offers its own sequencer, and there's a multitrack arranger and mixer, which allows the creation of full tracks from within the app. The app houses a large selection of virtual synths and drum machines, or 'gadgets' as Korg calls them, each of which is roughly based on a classic hardware unit. Korg's latest iOS offering is described by the company as a 'mobile synth collection'. Full review: Steinberg Cubasis 2Ĭompatibility: iPad (requires iOS 9.3 or later) Korg Gadget, £38.99/$39.99 No longer just a capable on-the-go drawing board, it's now a powerful DAW in every meaningful sense. Whether you're a Cubase user or not, if you own an iPad, Cubasis is worth every penny of its - in App Store terms - 'premium' pricetag. ![]() ![]() The interface is a pleasure to use on any size iPad, the DAW fundamentals of arrangement, editing and automation all being precisely tuned for touchscreen and there's no reason at all why you can't get serious production work done with it. Naturally, Cubasis is a hugely cutdown version of its PC/Mac sibling, yet it maintains the look, feel and many of the key features of the original.Ĭubasis 2 is very much an evolutionary step, not a revolution of any kind - but that's testament to the extremely generous v1 point releases that have arrived steadily over the last three years, rather than any sort of underachievement on the part of this latest version. Full review: WaveMachine Labs Auria Proīuy now from the App Store Prev of 14 Next Prev of 14 NextĬompatibility: iPad (requires iOS 8.3 or later) Steinberg Cubasis, £48.99/$49.99Īpple aside, Steinberg was the first of the major DAW developers to port its big name application to the iOS platform. If you want a high-powered, 'traditional' DAW on your iPad, look no further. Built in instruments now sit alongside the excellent bundled effects, too. Notably, though, the Pro version introduces MIDI tracks, along with extensive sequencing capabilities such as a piano roll editor, real-time quantise, flexible automation and Virtual MIDI. It can record audio at a range of sample rates up to 96kHz via either the built-in mic or an iPad-compatible audio interface. So much so that, on paper, there's little to differentiate its feature set from that of one of its fully-fledged desktop counterparts.Īs with the original Auria, which first hit the App Store back in 2012, Auria Pro is based around a dual section workspace with Mix and Edit views. Prev of 14 Next Prev of 14 NextĬompatibility: iPad (requires iOS 6.1 or later) WaveMachine Labs Auria Pro, £48.99/$49.99Īuria Pro is probably the most impressively spec'd and ambitious iOS DAW offering we've seen to date. Start recording with the best microphone for iPhone.Full review: Apple GarageBand for iPad (review is of a previous version) Throw in improved compatibility with Logic Pro X and you have an iPad DAW that's now a better scratchpad and a more capable end-to-end production solution. You get multi-take recording and a selection of new mixing effects, too. Version 2.2 adds the Alchemy Synth to the roster of Touch Instruments, which are now easier to browse. The app combines simple but effective Touch and Smart instruments, guitar amps and effects and a sequencer that (depending on the iOS device you're using) enables you to record on up to 32 tracks. ![]() GarageBand for iOS may look and feel very similar to its Mac counterpart, but the mobile version of Apple’s entry-level DAW is really its own entity. ![]() Listed in no particular order, here are 14 of the best iOS DAWs we've come across, starting with Apple's own offering. So, choose your production weapon and go make music. Of course, you don't have to do that - mobile DAWs also make for great sketchpads and several of them allow direct project file export to a major desktop application - but the option is there. Things have most definitely changed, though, to the point where you could conceivably do all of your music making on an iOS device (an iPad in particular). The term ' iOS DAW' used to be used rather sheepishly, in acknowledgement of the fact that, while apps that fell into this category would enable you to make music on your iPhone or iPad, they weren't really sophisticated enough to merit the 'Digital Audio Workstation' tag. Compatibility: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad (requires iOS 10.2 or later) Apple GarageBand, £4.99/$4.99
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