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. Recommended Synths
7.1. AudioDamage Continua iOS
7.2. Waldorf Nave iOS
7.2.1. Nearly same synth engine as Iridium wavetable
7.3. Sugarbytes Aparillo FM Synth
7.4. Moog Animoog Z
7.5. SynthMaster 2 iOS
7.6. Moog Model D iOS
8. Looper
8.1. AudioDamage Enso iOS
8.2. Loopy Pro iPad
9. Drum Machines
9.1. Patterning 2
9.1.1. Can export to Ableton .als format!
9.2. EG Pulse
10. Sampler / Granular
10.1. ios Samplr
10.2. iOS Spacecraft
10.3. Koala Sampler iPad
10.3.1. Can export to
10.3.1.1. Ableton .als
10.3.1.2. Ableton Drum Rack
11. Effects
11.1. Eventide (All their FX are fantastic)
11.1.1. Especially Black Hole Reverb iOS
11.1.2. Eventide UltraTap delay for iPad
11.1.3. Eventide Crystals iOS
11.2. SugarBytes
11.2.1. Turnado iOS
11.2.2. SugarBytes Saturn Distortion iOS
12. Rack & Plugin Host
12.1. ios AUM
12.1.1. Clock
12.1.2. Audio
12.1.2.1. Host
12.1.2.1.1. Instrument
12.1.2.1.2. FX
12.1.2.2. Routing
12.1.3. MIDI
12.1.3.1. Host
12.1.3.2. Routing
12.1.3.3. Clock
12.1.3.3.1. Supports Ableton Link
12.1.4. Recorder