iPad Music App Essentials by MarkMosherMusic.com
A mind map with recommendations to help you get started making making music with iOS and iPad by https://MarkMosherMusic.com
1. Self-Contained music studio
1.1. Korg Gadget
1.1.1. I started with this but mostly use AUM with plugins these days.
1.1.2. Can export to .als Ableton Live format
2. Sequencer (Would plug into AUM)
2.1. Fuge Machine iOS
3. Bluetooth MIDI Controllers
3.1. MPE
3.1.1. Sensel Morph
3.2. Keyboads
3.2.1. CME Xkey Air
4. Other Must-Have Multimedia Apps
4.1. AudioShare iOS
4.2. Video Editing
4.2.1. LumaFusion
4.3. Image Editing
4.3.1. Affinity Photo iOS
4.4. Drawing
4.4.1. Procreate iOS
5. Some of my performance videos featuring iPad
5.1. 2022 Videos
5.1.1. Channeling the Krell on Aparillo and Sensel Morph with Buchla Thunder #shorts
5.2. Jamuary 2020
5.2.1. Cinematic Piece with Drums
5.2.2. Piano & Frippertronic Looping
5.2.3. iPad at a Local Coffee Shop
5.2.4. Jam
5.3. Sonic Ecnounters Soundscapes made with iPad
5.3.1. Robot Dreams, by Mark Mosher
5.3.2. The Signal Within the Signal, by Mark Mosher
5.3.3. The Mysterious Shortwaves That Haunt Our Airwaves The Mysterious Shortwaves That Haunt Our Airwaves, by Mark Mosher
6. External MIDI and Audio Interface Setup
6.1. How to connect a USB audio interface to an iPad/iPhone
6.2. Powered USB Hub
6.2.1. Audio Interface
6.2.2. MIDI Controllers
6.3. Camera Kit Adapter so you can connect to USB Hub
6.3.1. iPad Pro
6.3.1.1. Can connect natively via USB-C
6.3.1.2. You can still use a dongle or hub as well
6.3.1.2.1. Amazon.com: Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter : Electronics
6.3.1.2.2. USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter
6.3.2. All other iPads
6.3.2.1. iPad Lightening to USB Adapter Camera Kit
7. Groovebox
7.1. Koala Sampler iPad
7.1.1. Can export to
7.1.1.1. Ableton .als
7.1.1.2. Ableton Drum Rack
7.2. Ableton Note
8. Recommended Synths
8.1. AudioDamage Continua iOS
8.2. Waldorf Nave iOS
8.2.1. Nearly same synth engine as Iridium wavetable
8.3. Sugarbytes Aparillo FM Synth
8.4. Moog Animoog Z
8.5. SynthMaster 2 iOS
9. Looper
9.1. AudioDamage Enso iOS
10. Drum Machines
10.1. Patterning 3
10.1.1. Can export to Ableton .als format!
11. Sampler / Granular
11.1. ios Samplr
11.2. Spacecraft
12. Effects
12.1. Eventide (All their FX are fantastic)
12.1.1. Especially Black Hole Reverb iOS
12.1.2. Eventide UltraTap delay for iPad
12.1.3. Eventide Crystals iOS
12.2. SugarBytes
12.2.1. Turnado iOS
12.2.2. SugarBytes Saturn Distortion iOS
13. Rack & Plugin Host
13.1. ios AUM
13.1.1. Clock
13.1.2. Audio
13.1.2.1. Host
13.1.2.1.1. Instrument
13.1.2.1.2. FX
13.1.2.2. Routing
13.1.3. MIDI
13.1.3.1. Host
13.1.3.2. Routing
13.1.3.3. Clock
13.1.3.3.1. Supports Ableton Link
13.1.4. Recorder