Love this peek into your work flow and I appreciate all the effort you put into demystifying the process. As someone who recently acquired an iPad, I find this very useful indeed.
There is such a plethora of different music production apps, it's difficult for me to know where to begin, short of shamelessly copying your work flow. How was it for you when you were getting started in the iPad ecosystem? Did you try to create a practical work flow from day 1, or did you spend time experimenting with individual apps until you had a better sense of where the pieces fit?
Hi Todd, thanks for reading and for the kind words! Glad to have you here.
You're right, it's pretty overwhelming to jump into iOS music...I started my journey in a pretty practical way. I was focused on finding creative ways to play samples and backing tracks for live shows, so I found my way to Samplr and stuck with it for a while without much experimenting with other apps. Eventually, I expanded my scope to include effects that could potentially replace my pedalboard and modular synths, so I focused on finding iPad versions of the effects and instruments I used in those formats. I try not to download things on a whim.
This is wonderful thank you so much for sharing Andrew. I haven’t watched the video yet but I’m adding that to watch next! I really tried hard to love music making on iOS but could never really get fully into it. I don’t think I gave it enough time to go into the detail that you’ve gone into with your setup and that backfired and made me feel that iOS music making just wasn’t for me. I’ll save this article in case I ever decide to buy another iPad and give it another shot! Ableton Live all the way for me. I just resonate with using a laptop for sure. I really did enjoy the Borderlands granulator on iPad though! That was hands down my favourite 🙏
thanks for reading, Simon! I don't blame you for not jumping in to iPad land. It can be a little overwhelming. I'm still very much a laptop + Live person for all of my recording, mixing, and arranging...I look at the iPad as more of a tool for sound design and live performance, not so much a music production workstation.
Love this peek into your work flow and I appreciate all the effort you put into demystifying the process. As someone who recently acquired an iPad, I find this very useful indeed.
There is such a plethora of different music production apps, it's difficult for me to know where to begin, short of shamelessly copying your work flow. How was it for you when you were getting started in the iPad ecosystem? Did you try to create a practical work flow from day 1, or did you spend time experimenting with individual apps until you had a better sense of where the pieces fit?
Hi Todd, thanks for reading and for the kind words! Glad to have you here.
You're right, it's pretty overwhelming to jump into iOS music...I started my journey in a pretty practical way. I was focused on finding creative ways to play samples and backing tracks for live shows, so I found my way to Samplr and stuck with it for a while without much experimenting with other apps. Eventually, I expanded my scope to include effects that could potentially replace my pedalboard and modular synths, so I focused on finding iPad versions of the effects and instruments I used in those formats. I try not to download things on a whim.
This is wonderful thank you so much for sharing Andrew. I haven’t watched the video yet but I’m adding that to watch next! I really tried hard to love music making on iOS but could never really get fully into it. I don’t think I gave it enough time to go into the detail that you’ve gone into with your setup and that backfired and made me feel that iOS music making just wasn’t for me. I’ll save this article in case I ever decide to buy another iPad and give it another shot! Ableton Live all the way for me. I just resonate with using a laptop for sure. I really did enjoy the Borderlands granulator on iPad though! That was hands down my favourite 🙏
thanks for reading, Simon! I don't blame you for not jumping in to iPad land. It can be a little overwhelming. I'm still very much a laptop + Live person for all of my recording, mixing, and arranging...I look at the iPad as more of a tool for sound design and live performance, not so much a music production workstation.
This is brilliant and so inspiring. Can’t thank you enough for this!