Audiobus: Mixer for music apps 4+
Audio and MIDI music studio
Audiobus Pty Ltd
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- £9.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Open up new worlds of creative music making possibilities with Audiobus, the musical hub that lets you use your compatible music apps together, just like virtual cables.
Here are some of the things you can do with Audiobus:
Send live audio or MIDI from one Audiobus-compatible app or AUv3 Audio Unit to another. Add effects on top of your favourite synthesizer, and use your favourite step sequencer to drive it. Or plug in your guitar, and create your own effects chain, in parallel with your mic input. Adjust the mix and balance with the mixer. And send the result to your favourite DAW, sampler or looper, or run it out through a multi-channel audio interface.
Integrate your music gear with Audiobus: connect a Bluetooth or wired MIDI keyboard to play a synth or other app or Audio Unit. Or, control your whole session from a foot switch or other MIDI controller using Audiobus' MIDI Learn In-App Purchase. And sync with external hardware with Audiobus' best-in-class MIDI clock.
The possibilities are endless.
Audiobus has a rich community of over a thousand great compatible apps, including:
- Korg Gadget
- GarageBand
- Launchpad
- Animoog
- Loopy HD
- Cubasis
- Auria
- Amplitube
...And many, many more. See the full list at https://audiob.us/apps
Find Audiobus' user manual at https://audiob.us/help
What the internet is saying about Audiobus 3:
"Audiobus is the most essential audio app on iOS."
- Charlie Sorrell, Cult of Mac
"[The| New MIDI routing and effects set to open up a whole new world of apps!"
- Tim Webb, Discchord.com
"Audiobus is one of the most intriguing and powerful additions to the iPad's music ecosystem."
- Federico Viticci, Macstories.net
"Audiobus 3 revolutionizes iOS music making again"
- iDesignSound.com
What’s New
Version 3.4.35
- Increased visibility of mixer scale labels and DSP meter
Ratings and Reviews
Does what I want - update
Update April 2024: Original review below, but I just wanted to emphasise how useful this is for my (admittedly limited) requirements. In conjunction with StreamByter- see my review of that - it’s a great MIDI problem-solver.
This app enabled me to connect my controller keyboard to a couple of iPad instruments and also echo the MIDI stream back out of the iPad into external hardware for more layers of sound. The developer was responsive and helpful when I had queries, even when one of them related to a cheap MIDI interface that was causing problems. With the addition of the free StreamByter AU to manipulate the MIDI stream to internal and external instruments, the setup does exactly what I want.
Developer Response ,
Thank you!
Wonderful App, indispensable!
I had been getting help on the excellent Audiobus forum for a while, not realising there was also an App of the same name, DOH!
I am just beginning to explore its powers and it’s blowing me away.
Not only does it receive, process and output MIDI and Audio, but many other things as well. The Midi-learn is superb btw.
A super discovery was its ability to run StreamByter scripts in order to do the impossible with all things MIDI.
I am now able to play my acoustic guitar into my iPhone and:
1. Get its audio processed with an amp simulator, along with reverb and cabinet selection etc, etc,
2. Get the audio converted to Midi; both by Midi Guitar 2,
3. Which then sends the Midi to AudioKit’s super Synth One.
4. In addition I run a drum machine, AudioKit’s AR-909, inside AudioBus3.
5. All of these are controlled by the amazing wireless Bluetooth pedal “BlueBoard” from IK Multimedia, using only 4 foot buttons and one external sustain pedal. (There is a spare pedal socket btw)
I’m a veritable one man band, and this is all possible with the help of AUDIOBUS3.
Thank you!
Top banana!
Brilliant app, developer and forum. AB3 has come in useful many times for various reasons for me - at the present I’m just getting into using it in split-screen mode with Koala sampler (a lot of fun to be had).
There is overlap with some other apps and if you’re only looking for one, you could consider other competitors like AUM or ApeMatrix, but I have got more than my money’s worth from AB3 even though I use AUM more frequently.
The app’s stability is maintained to a high level and the developer is very responsive to any issues arising in the iOS ecosystem. Thoroughly recommended.
App Privacy
The developer, Audiobus Pty Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Other Data
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Information
- Provider
- Audiobus Pty. Ltd.
- Size
- 46.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Japanese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Audiobus Pty Ltd
- Price
- £9.99
- In-App Purchases
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- MIDI Learn £2.99