UPDATE 15th May 2025 I am in the process of updating this index article and adding some new plugins to this Guide, which is going to become a kind of Almanac on the topic of iPad based music, my speciality!

ENG Exploring the power of the crotch mic! In this short video, I’m using the AKG D 11 C placed between the kick and snare. We go from a no-FX mix to the raw sound of the crotch mic, and finally to a full

Getting back to some more sound design today and took Baby Audio’s plugin Atoms for a spin with this track being the result of my experimentation. Listen on Soundcloud: Listen on Wavlake: Plugins used

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Making a return to my project that explores the plethora of plugins available on the iPad auV3 platform, we take a look at GlitchStep that came out this week (at the time of writing). It is a MIDI sequencer

I am in the process of resuming the #hivesoundlibrary project and compiling an #auv3 guide and something off a structured index under the article, so that all of the links on that particular page, link

August is proving to be rather busy on the personal front as much as it is on the work side of things. Two projects at work are proving to be quite heavy on the old grey matter and I am feeling somewhat

I’ve slowly been trying out apps on the new iPad especially those that struggled a bit on my old one. GeoShred can best be described as a sort of Linnstrument for the iPad but much much cheaper. If you’ve

I'm trying to create daily (or near as dammit) musical sketches with my collection of sequencers, composition tools, instruments and effects. This for me is equivalent to playing a guitar or any other

This track was performed and recorded in AUM with two main instruments, one of which was doubled up and they were Axon 3 and Twin 3 respectively. The former being a rhythmic synth and neural drum machine,

You can get AUBE from the App Store via this link and if you are an iPad musician like myself, I can’t recommend it highly enough, as this write up will explain further. It’s a utility that helps you organise

This video was created entirely on an iPad Pro 2024 model using AUM, Logic Pro and Final Cut. This tablet truly flies! Uploaded using 3Speak Mobile App ▶️ 3Speak

Koala sampler is fun and seriously powerful. Recording people without their permission is generally frowned upon but not when you turn fragments of their voices into new sounds that could be used in a

Tardigrain developed by Humbletune, a top notch granular synthesiser that runs standalone or as an AU. It works by taking a sample, the longer the better and plays back smaller fragments of it.. This enables

I’m trying the Patterning 3 app out in various DAW host apps and it works beautifully with Loopy Pro. especially if you want to create a set of loops for performing with later as layers or on their own

This is a bit of a rambling video to be honest as I just wanted to try out the new app. I will experiment with it more this week and add it to my AUv3 index that I’m curating for other people making music

Hi folks, hope you are having a nice bank holiday weekend? I was up early this morning and had a little play with Ableton 12 and some MIDI tools I bought the other day, you can get them from: Cost $45

It’s been ages since I’ve used AUM on the iPad and used it tonight in conjunction with very good new sequencer called Neon, together with Moog’s Mariana, Eventide Blackhole reverb and Hammerhead the drum

The preamble Producing music on desktop computers and or mobile devices, is a lot of fun with a vast scope for creativity but it can be utterly bewildering. I want to help point you in the direction of

Hi there, it's time to get the sound library back on track and remember you can refer to this project in your own posts or search for older content using the tag #hivesoundlibrary and another thing I need