Ableton for iPad? LK & AUM How To
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Thanks to the great work of ipadmusic reddit pioneers I have found the closest thing to Ableton on iPad, and that is LK by Imaginando and AUM by Kymatica.
UPDATE 9.12.2020: Imaginando did great work and updated LK so save states with AUM are now matched properly, kudos to the team on a quick fix!
In this video I break down the most exciting new way to make music I've seen in a long time! Includes a full setup walkthrough for using LK as a midi sequencing matrix in AUM, with KB-1 as a midi controller and many different AUV3 sounds.
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Hey i have a samsung. Is there any other apps than AUM?
I was excited with the atom workflow, but this is insane! Thanks for sharing Dylan!
Right?? Glad you enjoyed the video! I’m super excited to do stuff with this workflow
Excellent video! Just picked up LK on Friday and couldn’t figure out a few things that you just covered! Excited to get to work with this. This is going to make AUM into even more of a powerhouse and possibly a complete modular DAW solution! Cheers!
Heck yeah! Thanks Stuart! I'm glad you got something out of the video :] I'm excited to see more people use this workflow
I love coming back to the AUM & LK pairing. You described the power of that pairing so well. Thanks for the tip on saving in both apps. Great stuff here.
🤟👏 DUDE, I’m so with your train of thought. I went down an AUM /LK rabbit hole today!!
A few years back, I became convinced that using my iPad was the direction I wanted to go for everything, and I was still using Windows on a laptop at the time, mostly for work (CAD, and later, IT-related work I was doing for Microsoft, at the time). Since then, continuing with my love of tablets, I have a Chuwi Ubook tablet running Windows 11 (with my old favorite, Acoustica Mixcraft for music production), and a 7th gen iPad on which I use a number of apps, including Garageband, Cubasis 2, Audio Modeling's SWAM instruments, etc, and, oh yes, AUM, which I'm just beginning to use. I don't have Ableton and have never used it, and, until I saw your video,I had never heard of LK. But, I'm intrigued with the idea of trying it out and, to unlock it completely, $41 + is not a bad price, these days. Only yesterday, I encountered this idea of using AUM as a DAW, which I'm not entirely convinced of yet, but it's starting to make sense. Heck, at some point, I might even get Ableton, to run on the Chuwi Ubook. Where the Chuwi is concerned, I'm planning to get a 20" monitor, connected to the Chuwi via HDMI, which, as clunky and cumbersome as it sounds, is still much cheaper than investing in yet another Windows laptop or desktop, which would take me right back to where I was years ago, and I don't want to go there.
Thanks for the tip. I tried this last night after watching this video and had a lot of fun. A very nice work flow!
Thank you! I’m glad it worked for you!
Great video! This is such a underrated app and workflow. The midi controller support is great too. I use this with my iPhone and it’s such a powerful creative environment.
Just came across your vid by chance. Good stuff man! Thanks for it. Super great explanation of how to use LK. Appreciate it.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Yesss! Thanks for this man! I’ve been waiting for this for a long time... I’m a ModStep guy and I’m way into AUM. This is perfect.
Awesome!! Glad to help you find this workflow!
This is incedible! Thanks Dylan for the video, I’m just starting with my ipad music making and still trying to work out my workflow.
Thank you! I recommend this and also GarageBand which is pretty underrated
Thank you!! So many options just became possible after watching your video ))) Life is good 😊
A fantastic introduction, just what I was looking for... Really excited by the possibilities of this app, and covering those minor quirks with saving was a great touch... :)
Thank you! Good news on the saving issue, it's been resolved!
@@DylanParisMusic Even better! :)
Hey dude! I just wanted to say thank you for this video. I’m about to dive in to LK and then make a video about it for my channel. This served as a great introduction.
Rad! Thanks for watching, I hope you make some awesome stuff with the setup!
Got this app last year January I think never used it till now. It’s quite powerful
Thank you, finally I joined the perfect circle, Aum + Lk + kb1. You are my hero!
Happy to help! Glad you're digging it!
Great info, thanks!
Thanks for this idea mate! Good work. Greets
Glad to assist! Thank you
Thank you so much! This just change the game for me!
Thank you so much for your kind words Dylan. This was a great video man, I completely get why everybody keep telling me to check LK out. Keep it up!
👊🏼😊
What an absolute honor Jakob! I’ve been a fan for years, thank you for taking the time to watch my video ☺️🙏
I came here... because of you , and as a Former Ableton Head.... this is awesome, I was always want to find something like this OS
Well, I just stumbled onto this by accident and this is genuinely amazing. One stumbling block for me though is the arrangement process within iPad.
Thanks Toby! Happy to help
I have a glitch where I can’t hear
Dylan thank you you just save me lot of time and money with this. I looking for this solution for long time. LK is big suprisse to me!
Happy to help!
That’s crazy! Thanks for sharing 👍
Glad you enjoyed!
Really good content, I am trying to incorporate the tactile touchscreen iPad world with my Ableton world. Another great thing about iPad apps is that they are usually far cheaper than VSTs!
Thanks for watching! That's definitely true!
I like the chord generator feature in LK. I recently got Scaler 2 for iPad and I'm planning to get the PC version for the Chuwi, as well.
Great demonstration!
Thank you!
great video, looking fwd 2 more
Thank you!
Great workflow.
Thanks!
Nice video. First time I'm hearing about LK.
thanks! it's a pretty nifty setup! there are some errors from time to time but the imaginando team is really cool and patches things pretty fast
@@DylanParisMusic Yeah, I think everytime I open the ipad i have to be prepared for something to be a new "problem" but being able to do so many different scenarios how could developers possibly keep up with all our weird ideas. Glad to hear they are quick to fix and this app is on my list. currently obsessed with gauss.
Excellent, thanks.
Excellent tutorial👍😊
I'm honored you took the time to watch!
Nice! Thanks!
This is an amazing workflow!
Thank you! I dig your videos, appreciate the support!
@@DylanParisMusic Thanks man, going to do a video about this workflow at some point and will certainly give you a shoutout!
MobileMusicPro cool!
AUM and Rosetta Sequencer suite are my favorites. Also Audioshare and Ableton Link.
Rosetta is awesome!
So coooooooool, thanks for sharing this 🙂
Heck yeah! Glad you liked it!
oh man, I did always took LK as controller dedicated to Ableton “box” only, that’s fun :-)
Same here and even I try on in android, and having the Ableton controllers as TouchOSC and touchable on my iPad.... but this in reality is Ableton as it is
super excited to know this work flow， it save me from the idea to purchase the expensive op-1 field.❤
These days I’d recommend Logic Pro on iPad vs this, but both are better use of money than the op 1 field
@@DylanParisMusicI don’t like the subscription fee model of Logic Pro.
@@unknownseed super understandable!
i feel the power!
I loooove this video. You really show your passion for iOS music; it’s really energizing, thank you.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
thanks bro
Great video! We are very excited to see LK being featured. There is something we weren't expecting though. LK should restore the state perfectly upon AUM project opening. Can you please contact us? Thanks and keep the good work!
Reached out via your contact page, glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank @ImaginandoPt for this app. I was looking a workflow like this and this video has just made me purchase AUM and you LK app. Please keep supporting this Ableton Live like workflow and your app will mean a great milestone for producing in iPad (or iPhone). For example, it would be great if you could implement any option to export this to the Ableton Live format, so we can continue working on the desktop after initiating the project on the iPad.
@@Roberto_Narvaez you can already save as an Ableton Live set. When saving a project, in the save dialog, there is a Save as Live Set option. Have you tried that?
Thank you! That’s great! I didn’t know. I’ll check it out.
I actually came here via imaginando’s prompt on their video, this was an insert video at the end of their MIDI control vid. On ipad, I struggled for over a year, not short of anything but tech capability on a PC. What was partly the issue was that I refused to ‘give over’ my PC fully to music production. In other words, it seemed that by the time I had installed and routed everything correctly for Cubase 9 to work, my PC no longer worked as it did before, for normal use, which I need it to. The other aspect, related to this, is the surprising lack of youtube content explaining in detail, how to get a music production PC up and running, pragmatically. After a year, and the only thing I had to show was one lousy bass guitar recording, I gave up, and in desperation, went rooting around the much-derided alternative of GarageBand on an iPad. ‘Toy’ was one word used I heard. But I pressed on, I wanted my problems to be music problems not technical ones.
And the iPad has in fact about 85% delivered on that aim. I think the epiphany was discovering that iOS plug-ins were of quite a high quality - some of them - and this has blossomed over the three years I have been on the platform. It was possible to record entirely ‘in the box’, then Apple kicked it out of the park, by making ‘drummer’ choices, not just giving a set of drums or even patterns, but enabling a baseline drum pattern and editing/fine-tuning thereafter. I have to credit therefore, Pete Johns with providing the utterly ludicrously basic guidance I needed, to get my tracks to the point they could be released. I then used the only guy’s advice on ‘aggregators’ I could find online, and went with CDBaby. I have my reasons, and it is nothing to do with them being cheapest (the absolute best value aggregator, had some difficult things they did to their users/artists). Pete was just starting out really on the toob, but he had enough vids on iOS iPad GarageBand that I knew I would get there. He went on to release an album recently.
I wouldn’t dream of mastering anywhere but the iPad. I used a mouse recently when Apple made that facility available and that was WEIRD. I just like and prefer touchscreen. I have to recommend - your vids obviously - but also imaginando the developer’s vids, because they really do proper detailed, pragmatic sound design, using their own frankly brilliant DRC synth. I have not purchased it yet - because I purchased Moog’s recently and it’s made a dent in the wallet - but theirs is sufficiently different, and they pull you through HOW to do sound design IN THAT SYNTH, which I appreciate. So, a purchase is imminent. Take care, keep well, thanks for the vid.
Great video Dylan. I’ve been through a similar journey with these devices. I’ve owned Ableton from its release but never really finished any tracks with it. Always found a mouse and keyboard not very inspiring. I originally had a mpc 1000xl and a Roland keyboard and made a load of songs but found the sequencer difficult on a tiny screen. The iPad has renewed my passion for music making but it’s still frustrating as I can’t find the do it all daw. I love the simplicity of AUM and I’ve just download LK which is brilliant. It even works with my Novation Launchpad X straight out the box which means I can trigger the clips just like in the launchpad iOS app. I’m also into beatmaker 3 which again is a great daw but has its problems and I’m not sure I like the sequencer.
The AUM and LK workflow coupled with the Launchpad hardware is quite a good set up and AUM has a great sound to it. Pity I can’t trigger the file player within LK but maybe I can - just can’t see a way of doing it. I suppose I could jamm within AUM, then record each channel as a file which could be loaded into cubasis to finish the track in a more conventional way.
I was also interested in your comments about MPC live - what didn’t you like? I was tempted myself especially with the newer retro colours and built in monitor speakers . I still the think the iPad has better potential and unlike the mpc live it can be renewed with apps and doesn’t go out of date. The mpc live has also loads of ports that I just wouldn’t use. I’d prefer a stripped back version and maybe use the iPad as an audio source for synths etc.
Your more recent video sums it up - logic for iPad. Plus I’d like to see both reason and Ableton bring something meaningful to iPad.
For me it’s all about the right DAW now for iPad. The money I’ve spent on unused apps and synths (far too many) plus the iPad. I probably could have bought a MacBook and logic and maybe serum or an mpc live and a decent hardware synth. These £15 apps all add up. Especially when they don’t have all the features of their desktop equivalents.
I actually recently managed to find a really good deal on a used MPC Live and it's been my new favorite workflow for the last few weeks. Gonna make a video about it cause it's blowing my mind.
Now that’s a video I need to see. Need a straight up honest review as I’m really close to getting one. Think it may be the missing piece to the puzzle, so I’ll be interested to see your workflow 👍
Shouldn't the image be the other way around, with LK at the forefront and you in the background? It's hard to focus on the most useful information on screen.
Not how i generally make my videos but lots of folks do that way. Appreciate you watching and giving feedback :)
I strongly agree. Better to see the iPad. Your face is not information. Otherwise a very good video. And yes it is exciting. Thanks
I totally agree
I agree
The Loop Builder app by James Navarro now has multi out ounce the dev builds in a bit more stability its gonna be a great app for looping audio along with KB-1 for midi.
That's awesome! I'll need to check that out too
Hi :)
Very intriguing. One thing though...is there a way to record automations with this setup?
I think my head exploded, but I’m excited.
Excellent 😎
Thank you very much for sharing this. I was looking for a workflow like this and this video has just made me purchase AUM and LK apps. Would you know anyway to export what you’ve done in AUM to Ableton Live, so we can continue working on the desktop after initiating the project on the iPad. I’ll do some research on that and let you know.
Have you tried Camelot Pro? I use with AUM and love it. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
Wow, your song is actually very nice..... 🎶🙂
Thank you!!
Thumbs Up ! can you map LK midi for live performance for different knobs in ableton ?
Awesome video, I say keep doing ableton stuff too! I’m also very interested in mobile music production. Of course nothing beats a desktop/laptop experience but this can be a fun way to be productive on the go........ or in bed lol
Definitely isn't a replacement for laptop / desktop but it can be a fun side thing imo
Hi Dylan great stuff with the LK! Congratulations mate! I need a help from you if it’s possible! So if you are a guitar player doing some covers or some type of rock music how we should do our session in LK and be able to have fills when we switch scenes? Hope you can help! 😉🙂
thank for the kind words! I'd say create shorter scenes for the fills, or add the fills to the end of your long scenes by having an 8 or 16 bar loop that only has midi at the very end to trigger the fill.
Roland Zenbeats has a clip mode and you can load Auv3 instruments and effects.
That’s awesome! Is it pretty stable?
Dylan Paris Yes, it’s pretty stable. BM3 has a clip mode too.
In both cases you can mix midi and audio tracks, LK is only for midi, I guess you could use something like MultitrackRecorder AUV3 to handle audio in an AUM track and launch audio clips via midi control msgs.
AUM is definitely less error prone and has amazing routing.
LK reminds of me of Modstep, really powerful but not intuitive at all IMO.
LK controlling multitrack (4pockets) would be interesting, don’t know if it’s possible, to cover the whole spectrum of sequencing midi + audio in AUM.
excellent video. To be honest, AUM and LK are not the most intuitive apps even for experienced users. Videos like this make it clear how things work, what to watch out for, and how to make some noises!
Thank you! Happy to help!
Have you tested your Launchpad Pro with LK & AUM? Curious whether the sequencing and clip launching would be supported
I think it’s the only video that covered recording on LL that I found. Still on iPhone it gets tricky to do it
Great video BTW, thoroughly instructive and engaging , easy to follow (|✓even for a tech ignoramus like myself.....)
Thanks for watching!
Of course, even if you're not interested in Ableton, there is a myriad of iPadOS compatible DAWs you can substitute seamlessly with the iPad, and using AUM can still be a part of that. I've been following Doug Woods' videos (The Soundtest Room) and he's very much into using AUM with everything. So.....
Hi enjoyed your video, I’ve been using LK in AUM as a setup for live performance as well as using AUM to record into Cubasis 3, mixdown then master in Final Touch. On a slightly related question Using Ableton Link in the above live setup what would be the best way to mix multiple iOS devices through to one set of speakers as Alberton shows in their Link videos? Link allows AUM to control the start of LK which helps recording.
awesome insight!
I’m trying to integrate sounds from my iPad instruments into a Mac Ableton workflow, do you have any tips for that? Other than connecting a usb interface each and running the outs of the iPad into the ins of the Mac?
Can I use this for loop community?
Can you warp audio in LK?
I love the potential in this setup. I realize I’m just starting on the path you outlined here a year or more ago…and I’ve seen some of your more recent work which seems to be more launchpad/Ableton centered.
Did you evolve away from this approach…or are you using various things at different times? Many thanks for the helpful content.
Yeah to be honest I don't own an iPad anymore. I grew really frustrated with the constant bugs and glitches and fingerpointing from companies when I tried to point out things weren't working. Moving to hardware gear and back to DAWs on PC when I need to finish songs up has been a much more pleasant user experience as far as stability and power go.
That said I'll always be grateful to the iPad community for watching my videos when I made them and sharing their experiences
@@DylanParisMusic ahh…thank you, that’s very helpful. There is so much promise in the iOS space, but challenges remain. I might use iOS for some midi stochastic/Euclidean pattern stuff, and maybe the odd granular app like Borderlands…but I’m seeing Ableton and Logic Pro, with launchpad style control surface as pretty workable.
Thanks again. I’ll still be following your evolution.
Cheers
Need a help on AUM seaboard… I want to midi with fixed velocity how to make it.
Dope bro! I'd like to know for sure if this could work in a live setting with 2 piece band, bass guitar and electric/ acoustic. Any way I could hook this up to our SoundCraft mixer?
Im sure you could route audio out of the iPad into a mixer and then trigger clip changes. I’d be a little wary of using an iPad live but you could definitely try it!
@@DylanParisMusic right on I'll check in to it. Thanks man!
This looks useful thanks. I wish I knew what you were clicking on though, as "Shift" doesn't give me "Add Track", so maybe you're using an external Keyboard or something? Once I work out what you were clicking on, this will be very useful indeed.
In the months since I made this video they have updated the user interface. You can hold the track number to get options for more now I believe.
can we import a midi file in LK ?
Hallo! I'm an AUM user, I just bought KB-1 and I'm starting to like it (playing siths/samples, tweaking stuff etc...). I just watched this video (thanks a lot, btw!!!), tried the free LK version, and I have some questions I hope you can answer.
- I'm sure I need purchase the matrix to unlock it an to use it with the ableton like wflow you showed, but I'm curious about my necessity to unlock other features like chorder, keys, pads or XY. For all this stuff I can just route midi from KB-1 and spare a few €€€ this time. Do you think it will work?
- Can one record parameter automations in clips?
Is their a cheAper option than aum
Dude, I’m a ableton head.... and I been pretty much getting in to I paid production.... this is a game changer, basically , It is Ableton on steroids... instance to have Ableton instruments, we have AU and Apps as instruments....even, way cheaper than paid for Ableton
Thank you for the video.
Do you know if it send program change to external gears?
I’m not sure if it can do that
Dylan Paris Thank you again dear Dylan for your message.
Hi can anybody help? No sound on my android except for the tempo, but i am getting the signal for all the midi track
Interesting video. Is it possible to import audio samples into Lk
I do not believe this is possible, but I may be wrong! For audio workflow similar to Ableton, I would recommend Beat Maker 3
Hey this is great and I’ve made your suggestions my main setup - rather than crash prone Cubasis etc - but I’m curious; is there a way of triggering a file play in AUM via LK? Like if I have an audio file for a chorus and one for a verse could I trigger them at the appropriate time from LK being the conductor?
Rad! I'm not sure if that's currently possible but it could be worth reaching out to Imaginando to see if you can put in a feature request!
@@DylanParisMusic actually I just tested and it is but it’s a toggle
Select the track that has the audiophile - you can midi learn ‘play enable’ then you send a midi note from LK to start and one to stop
It would be very interesting to see how you use LK (still within AUM so you have all your other synths and drum machines) to sequence external hardware.. 👍
I don't have a lot of hardware but I think the official Imaginando channel did some external gear videos with LK
@@DylanParisMusic Yes it does, but it’s not within AUM. It’s within AUM and therefore access to all the other AUM environment that interests me.
@@DylanParisMusic Enjoying your channel though, thank you 👍
Thanks! Hopefully someone does that gear based video! I know more folks are getting into this combo now :)
Ok trying to follow you. Do I need to buy every module?
No you can just get Matrix and you should be good to go.
what about recording automation to parameters lanes (inside lk I mean)?
Not sure, haven’t used in a long time. My current favorite iPad music app is Logic Pro at this point
And it's free! 😲 I wish I'd heard of LK earlier
Ahhh not free not free
haha yeah i think you have to buy modules, but you really only need the matrix i think for this workflow
i was impulsive and bought them all the day i found the app
Yeah I ended up just getting the matrix today, glad I looked it up and didn't waste the money on the extra parts
Isn't it exciting how many possibilities there are with iPads and apps. I have suggestions for you to explore. There is no right or wrong. There is just various options for fun.
Try running Korg Gadget outside or inside of AUM. Then load some synths In AUM. I recommend Magellan 2, Kauldron, Synthmaster One, and Drum Computer by sugar bytes. Use Gadget as your midi sequencer with instances of the Taipei gadget sending midi out to the synths. You can also use as many instances of gadgets as you need. The sequencer capabilities of Taipei are great. You can assign CC's to knobs in Taipei. The gadgets in general are incredible. I see the excitement in you. Just have fun, because there is a lot of it. Don't rule out things because if you are at all like me you will say this very often: "WOW, I didn't know you can do that! I have to try it."
One thing to try is the multi-out ability of several apps. An example is that with Drum Computer, you can send each drum to a different lane in AUM so they can use different audio unit effects on each drum. It's insanely versatile....and, above all....it's fun.
I knew they weren't the right fit for me at the time so I sold them
Is it possible to midi learn within LK? Means - can i use my Launchpad Pro to launch the matrix scenes?
Not sure about midi learn but I think it has native launchpad pro support now
Any idea if since LK has Ableton link built in would I be able to use via Ableton Link to control MPC Live or Akai Force? Thanks
I believe so! I haven’t tried this but I have seen examples of Ableton Link on iPad controlling hardware
@@DylanParisMusic cool thank you
Can I use my windows pc with my ipad to do the same thing or not?
AUM is only on iPad, so would not be the same thing
Great video thanks. I’m an ableton Live user on my MacBook Pro but want to transition to IPad Pro. I’m a sample based producer. Is there a way to load audio clips say from .wav files so you can chop/loop/warp samples? Is this possible?
Hi James! I'd recommend using BeatMaker 3 for this! It's a really good analogue for Ableton as far as loading samples and using plugins.
Segments is an excellent for sample based production also in AUM. I love using AUM with the mpclive as well. I have similar background with Ableton and Ipad production. Great video and tips!
@@mindalteringfx316 oooh good tip! will check that out! I need to try connecting the MC 707 to AUM
@@DylanParisMusic it is a ton of fun hooking hardware with the iPad. The two combinations definitely has me experimenting musically all the time haha
but you cant record audio into the clips only midi?
That’s true! Definitely a current limitation
So is this limited to 16 tracks of MIDI from LK or is there some way to get more? Say, if I wanted to build an hour long set it's a bit too few, although it's enough for a song or two.
I just tested on my ipad pro m1 and got up to at least 22 individual tracks of midi (stopped testing after that as it was above 16). I'm not aware of any limits on the midi tracks.
@@DylanParisMusic hmm… But if you create more tracks than 16 it loops around and starts to set the midi channels again from 1 and up, right?
ah i think the issue is the filterable midi channels in AUM. That does look like it maxes at 16. If you did multilayering for drum apps they could probably share channels though, same with multilayered synths.
@@DylanParisMusic Ah yes indeed, AUM also only filters up to 16 channels. I guess the MIDI spec itself has a limit of 16 channels so probably no easy way to get around it. Sharing the channels or having multiple drums on one does help a bit yeah.
Still, thanks for the video, it’s a nice setup for jamming!
So, can you run ableton on ipad independently or you still need ableton link with pc?
Ableton is not yet on iPad sadly, the workflow here uses LK and AUM to replicate the experience of ableton
Dylan Paris Very fast reply) Thanks man, that's all I needed to know 🙌🏼
No problem :) hopefully real ableton comes to iPad as well someday
We agree that we can’t record in the matrix with other LK modules like the chowder, right? Or I’m missing something?
I’m not sure I understand the question?
@@DylanParisMusic I figured out, I have to add a second LK and connect it to the matrix to be able to,use the keyboard and the chord module
@@carlosp.1846 nice workaround!
Question since all these are add purchase, which are you recommend to purchase?
I believe you only need Matrix to do what I do in the video
@@DylanParisMusic that was fast, thanks.... any other that you in particular, recommend or that you been using?
Not really, I bought them all but I mostly use KB-1 with LK when I use it
@@DylanParisMusic as I been digging in to this... I realize that the keyboard of AUM works as well on LK, so no need to use KB1...
Nice! I just like KB and the many modes and scales it has
But can you warp?
It’s midi only so you’ll likely wanna use something like BeatMaker 3 for sample based workflows
I dont understand how to control things like rusimaker noir that have their own “sequencer” and just start and stop with aum, using LK. Can you give any advice?
I either trigger the midi in LK and don't use the internal sequencer, or control the play and pause with the AUM buttons rather than LK
@@DylanParisMusic good it’s starting to work. Now I’m trying to figure out how to trigger risers or doing drops before moving trough different scenes. Also, any way to have LFOs in LK?
for drops or risers you'd probably want a long clip, like 16 bars, with a midi note trigger at the end.
www.imaginando.pt/media/how-to-make-midi-cc-automation-with-lk this doc that the imaginando team made shows how to do automation stuff. I just use the app I don't work for them
@@DylanParisMusic plain and simple
If they only added automation that would be a game changer
I have a couple of musician friends who want to be able to record and produce (to a limited extent) themselves, when they ask what setup to get, I tell them an iPad plus an audio interface.
Its the way to go. I think laptops are a minority use-case for portable computing.
The barrier for entry is so much lower with an iPad for sure!!
@@DylanParisMusic totally. There's less administrative grief as well. You don't have to worry about viruses or malware anywhere near as much. It's just a smoother experience. Plus, stuff is generally cheaper. Even though music apps have basically doubled in price from a few years ago, they are still a fraction of the price of their desktop counterparts when they exist.
I'm a bit of an experimenter. I have licenses to about 6 different DAWs for my desktop but I can see that the iPad is really the future for musicians creating whilst the desktop is still for the audio engineers.
I mostly agree. We just need better stability on iPad music apps, and the big PC plugin manufacturers (looking at you Native Instruments and Arturia) to really commit to iPad.
Dylan Paris and the best music software of the decade - Scaler 2
I fail to see what this can do that modstep was not able to, already 10 years before!
Fair enough!
This is cool, but did you check out Drambo?
I haven’t yet! Is it cool?
@@DylanParisMusic very cool indeed! You can use it to do midi sequencing like you explain here, but it can also do stuff like conditional trigs, where you can make a simple sequenced pattern change and evolve over time. It's also got good sampler, modular style synth and effects to play with. It's got scenes like on an Octatrack and it plays really nicely with AUM too. Very highly recommended :)
Whoa!! I need to look into that!
I need to get AUM for iPad, my income is sporadic , and Every time I am paid, I put off getting it , and consequently I'm always stuck using GarageBand, (for what it's worth, GarageBand got me going in music, but I'm ready for something different ..)
Have you messed around with live loops much in GB? I've been getting into that workflow, similar to LK and AUM
Man, you can do the same in Mod Step app of Beat maker 3
Rad!
BM3 does this so well.
About recording a sequence with a keyboard, you say at around 6:05 “it eluded me for a while”. It’s certainly eluding me, even after watching your video!. So not intuitive. Could you slow down there or maybe explain how exactly you’re doing it?. I’m monitoring, can hear the notes, can see the notes p, but they are erased on every pass of the loop... frustrating. Thanks!
You gotta hit the M in the circle on the lower right and then hit the grey circle that shows up under the track you’re hoping to record to, it’ll turn red and then it’s record enabled
Should be wayyy more telegraphed by the app in my opinion, it’s a super important feature they basically hide
Dylan Paris ditto that.
Btw, I was doing precisely that. Tried it again and now it’s working. No ida of what was happening. It kept recording over the played notes.
I mentioned on a previous comment it reminded me of Modstep, superb features but a not very clear UI. Feels the same with LK. LK is not ass deep and well eventually figure it out but, for example, the recording procedure is just not clear. Might it be a case where developers are so used to the UI they’re taking things for granted?. I say this in a constructive manner, in no way do I mean to be negative.
- “m” we’ve learned stands for “monitor”, it could be “mute” or any number of things. A little, universal speaker icon would feel more at home.
- it’s taken me a while to realize that when you open a sequence (piano roll) the top row of controls are for the selected sequence while the bottom are global. Again, it’s not that obvious, it’s confusing to see 2 “plays” that are exactly the same. Plus, unless you select a different sequence they do the same thing. Except the bottom has a “record”... I know it’d break the minimal (and great) design, but a little “sequence controls” and “global controls” label would help...
These details might seem minor, but given the amount of choices in apps, feeling lost and frustrated for 10 minutes might be enough to close it and head somewhere else. I gave up on Modstep that way, and was close to doing so with LK. And it’s a shame cos this app is very appropriate to fill a gap in sequencing without a DAW. Thanks to this video I kept going. Make it obvious!. Obvious is good!. Cheers.
I totally feel you on this! I also had a full crash of LC auv3 like 30 minutes into a session a few days after I made this video, and because LC is the brain, everything is gone. Almost unforgivable honestly, I ordered a used MC 707 and I’m gonna get back into hardware lol
Also they commented on this video like “hey please message us because this error shouldn’t be happening” but then never responded to my email lol, seems very PR save face to me.
UDPATE: LK reached out and appears to have patched the issue, great work team! I somehow missed the first email response and that is on me, Nuno and the team did great work here and responded quickly.
Also, is there any reason for why you are showing your head so prominently? I never saw such an behavior on any other channel - ever! How about showing the iPad screen and have you face in some corner instead??? Really.
Really
@@DylanParisMusic Yes. Your content should be the Apps you talk about, primarily. But your video features your face instead. That's irritating 😅
Naw that’s fair I actually have tried to keep that in mind in the years since I made this video
sorry but stand alone is way nicer to use than software like Ableton just not even comparable. It is harder and more time consuming but way more rewarding.