Your Top 5 Fave Music Tools

alienmeatsack · Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 137 Location: Oklahoma

I am always interested in seeing what others use to do their thing, be it music, graphics, etc.

Since this forum is chock full of musically talented and music loving peeps, I thought some of you might have some good apps to share for music creation and editing on the go.

What apps do you find indispensable on the go?

mosc · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:42 am Post subject:

alienmeatsack, what are your 5 Fave?

My all time fave is Bebot

Also I'm a big fan of Bowls

So far none other would get into that group.

My fave non-musical app is Star Map. I went out last night, a clear sky, and I could identify every star, planet, and constellation I could see.

alienmeatsack · Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 137 Location: Oklahoma

Honestly, I don't really have much experience yet in the portable iPhone/iPoT music tool department. I was hoping to get some insight from others so I could build up a nice library of portable tools. Smile

So far, I've spent some time with technoBox, which I am not a huge fan of GUI-wise. And spent about 6 hours yesterday and 1-2 today playing with Looptastic Producer.

The thing I've used more than anything else is the built in Voice Memos app, to record bits out in the wild for use at home.

I've not tried Bebot, but I keep hearing people mention it. I guess I need to give it a looksee.

iPassenger · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:10 am Post subject:

My faves in order:

1. Jasuto Pro + Jasuto (great for weirdness, especially if you use the mic as part of the patch)
2. RJDJ (Daft but fun)
3. Argon (It sounds great, I just wish the sequencer was a little more versatile and easy to program)
4. Synthpond (never really get anything that great out of it but i like it nevertheless)
5. Beatmaker (when I got this I was convinced I would use it all the time and it is good but I find it a bit sluggish on my 3G, need to upgrade and then come back to it.)

Muied Lumens · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:23 am Post subject:

Mine in no particular order:

Bebot, Jasuto Pro, Sampletoy, RJDJ and NLogSynth

As with Bebot, Jordan Rudess convinced me to buy Sampletoy.

My favourite non-music app is Distant Suns, an other starmapapp.

Alexander · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:47 am Post subject:

- voice memo
- ipod
- beatmaker
- noise.io
- nanoloop

In no particular order!

And you must have the Mr. T soundboard 'Ipity'! Very Happy

alienmeatsack · Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 137 Location: Oklahoma

Cool, keep em coming! I like the repeats, those are the ones I will shoot for.

I've got technoBox, Beatbox (didnt even know I did!) and Looptastic Producer so far. The Bebot thing looks fun too!

Currently, Bebot, Jasuto, Beatmaker and RJDJ are in the lead. I've got RJDJ I just never got around to playing with it. Jasuto I will have to check out the plugin in Garageband or something first.

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject:

top 5 I use

curtis heavy
soundscope space
nlog
manetron
proloop

5 more I like but haven't used that much

jasuto pro
argon
grid
android
noise.io

EdisonRex · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:05 am Post subject:

Trope
Kepler's Orrery
Aura
Jasuto Pro
Curtis Heavy

I have a bunch of others too, but I find them hard to use. Particularly of note of ones I want to do more with is BeatMaker. I've loaded in some sounds but I need to spend more time (hah!) with it.

Blue Hell · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:11 am Post subject:

Currently ... curtis, resonizer, bebot, voice memos, toplap. In no particular order.

alienmeatsack · Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 137 Location: Oklahoma

I'm definitely seeing some repeats that I've not checked out yet here.

Beatmaker is just way over my head at the moment. Maybe if I understood it more. I keep going back to Looptastic Producer. I know I can get some interesting results there.

pyrosonic · Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 355 Location: Kent,Oh. USA

More or less in order:

Beatmaker
NLog
ProLoop
ISyn
Bowls (thanks mosc,hadn't heard of that one)

TouchOsc is a biggie too,but I kind of keep that in a different category since it doesn't actually make noise.

Since I have a Touch and not an Iphone I can't use Jasuto Pro,otherwise it'd be on the list.I wonder if it's gonna work on the IPad?

Muied Lumens · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:16 am Post subject:

pyrosonic · Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 355 Location: Kent,Oh. USA

Hmmm...
I guess I didn't read nearly far enough.The top 2 or 3 hits on Google bring you to sites that don't mention anything but the IPhone and VST.I had to actually go to the app store to see that it was for the Touch as well.Not very smart marketing on his part.
So,I bought it,but it's late now so I won't be trying it until tomorrow.
Glad I mentioned it and glad you responded.Thanks.
I have no doubt that this would go to the top of my list.

Muied Lumens · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:10 am Post subject:

Happy to be of help. You will no doubt love it!

BTW, ToutchOSC is indeed a great app. It's a central part of my evolution as an electronic musician.

shanemorris · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:39 am Post subject:

itouch User

Top 5 Used:
Droneo
Synthpond
Bebot
Star 6
4D Synth

Also Use:
Argon
Bowls
Jasuto Pro
Drone Station
Toro mini