In the music industry 10 years ago, it was rare to release an entire album outside of a professional studio. The launch of GarageBand 6 in 2010 changed that. Home studios quickly popularized the personalized approach to music production. Thanks to advances in mobile technology, musicians are now moving from laptops and PCs to smartphones.
If you have an iPhone or iPad, then you have everything you need to create music anywhere. The sheer number of apps on the App Store are making it easier for people to compose music than ever before in history. We have selected 9 applications that will be useful for both beginners and professionals.
GarageBand
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GarageBand
Developer: Apple
Price: Free
Obviously, GarageBand is at the top of my list because it comes standard with new iPhones and iPads, and if you have a device that was activated or purchased after September 1, 2014, you can.
GarageBand, here you can create your own music using real instruments or built-in virtual ones, such as piano, guitar, drums, and much more. You can then use loops, edit cells, add effects, and much, much more. When you're done, you can share your creations via YouTube, email, and platforms, or you can upload the project to your Mac to continue working.
If you're interested in making music, you should definitely have GarageBand.
Garage Band
Download: for iOS
First, I would like to take a closer look at an application called GarageBand - it is installed by default on new iPad and iPhone models. There are times when such an application is not installed on smartphones, then it can be downloaded from the App Store for free.
GarageBand is an application through which you can create and edit music tracks, using various musical instruments and their varieties in the creation process, such as the sounds of a guitar, drum, piano and many others. The application allows you not only to create new compositions, but also to edit a ready-made audio track, select the appropriate key and select the desired sound effects. After completing the audio track, the result can be published on Facebook, sent by email, and also come up with a unique ringtone to set on a call.
Advantages and disadvantages
Clear interface
Can be downloaded for free
Lots of built-in features
Does not support MIDI files
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Yousician
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Yousician Guitar, Piano & Bass
Developer: Yousician Ltd
Price: Free+
Have you always wanted to play guitar, bass guitar or piano, but didn’t have the money to study? Or you are self-taught and now want to get more professional training. Yousician is "your personal music teacher" and has over 1,500 lessons and exercises for beginners and advanced musicians looking to brush up on their skills.
Using your iPhone or iPad's microphone, Yousician listens to you as you play and makes recommendations to help you progress and improve after each lesson.
No matter what level of musician you are, Yousician will help you become a better musician. The application is distributed free of charge, but to get full capabilities, you must subscribe for 1,490 rubles per month.
Recorder Plus: voice recorder
Record and playback audio the easiest way with Recorder Plus. Trusted by professionals, this high-quality app will turn your iPhone into a true audio recorder in no time.
One-touch recording is quick and easy. What's more, you can record and play back in the background without any interruption - just pause and resume recording. Its simple user interface makes it popular among regular users.
Other important features include compressed audio format, high-quality audio recording, support for multiple audio formats, customizable playback controls, and cloud storage support.
Price: Free (iAd removal - $0.99).
forScore
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forScore
Developer: forScore, LLC
Price: RUB 1,790.00+
If you're constantly downloading and printing sheet music, chances are your entire piano or music stand is littered with sheet music. There is a lot of sheet music online and often free, but if you have an iPad you should stop printing it.
forScore is a sheet music reader for iPad that is imported into PDF and stored in your digital library. The app can be connected to common storage services, making importing and exporting even easier.
forScore can also automatically turn pages, organize your library, and allow you to edit music.
CONTROLLERS
/// AC7-Core
| Price: 7,99 $ | iTunes Store |
Makes it easy to control programs such as Apple's Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase/Nuendo, Cakewalk Sonar, Reaper, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason/Record, Sony Vegas/Acid Pro FruityLoops Studio and others. In essence, it is a convenient addition to your desktop computer or laptop.
/// touchable
| Price: 24,99 $ | iTunes Store |
A vibrant controller for Ableton Live. Dual keyboard, 16 drum pads, XY pads and other beauties. Budget replacement for Akai APC40.
/// TouchOSC
| Price: 4,99 $ | iTunes Store |
A cheap controller with everything you need - touchpads, sliders, faders, XY pads and more.
Other controllers
| Entrackment 4,99 $ | MIDIpilot 7,99 $ | iBlofeld 9,99 $ | MIDI Touch 19,99 $ |
| S1MidiTrigger 2,99 $ | eyoControl 6,99 $ |
Tempo
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Tempo - Metronome with Setlists
Developer: Frozen Ape Pte. Ltd.
Price: RUB 279.00+
No matter how good your internal clock is, you can benefit from using a metronome. There are many free metronomes, but many are in terms of timing or beats per minute, although the tempo seems to be perfect. Not only will this app save you time, but you can save presets into setlists so you don't have to re-program everything.
There are 35 different time signatures, including compound meters and time signatures. It is possible to change accents or turn off beats to create complex rhythms, tempo range 10-800.
There is a lite version, but you definitely won't find all the sweet features in it.
Crossfader
A simple application that allows you to write mixes and beats. The application essentially consists of one screen on which there are two records, each of the records has its own track.
To mix these two tracks, you just need to turn the gadget left or right. This way you will make the sound quieter or louder. The application itself will do the rest for you.
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The main disadvantage of this program is that to create mixes it is not possible to use tracks not included in the library. But the library has a lot of tracks for every taste. Moreover, the tracks presented here are free, as is the application itself.
Crossfader works without access to the Internet, so you can mix and listen to mixed compositions at any time.
GuitarToolkit
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GuitarToolkit — tuner, metronome, chords & scales
Developer: Agile Partners
Price: RUB 279.00+
If you are a guitarist and are looking for a good all-in-one app, try GuitarToolkit as it has a tuner, metronome and chords.
The best part is that the application supports not only 6-string guitars, but also 7- and 12-string guitars, and the application can also work with 4-, 5- and 6-string basses, banjos, mandolins and ukuleles .
Using the chord sheet in GuitarToolkit, you can create and save chord progressions, and you can even create drum patterns to play along with accompaniment. There are also in-app purchases in the application, but in principle the application's capabilities are sufficient without in-app purchases.
Voice Recorder - recording application
Trusted by over 60 million users, the voice recorder features a modern design. When you open the app, you will be amazed by its features and tools.
The app is appreciated by both individuals and professionals as they can share personal notes, family moments, lectures, meetings, speeches, interviews, etc. A notable feature is language learning.
Once you've recorded your voice, you can quickly use editing tools like trimming and cutting. This way you can fine-tune your recordings.
You can choose from various formats such as MP3, M4A, AIFC and WAV. Additionally, you can schedule recording schedules, auto-pause, and use Siri shortcut support.
While listening to recordings, you can skip forward or backward five seconds. This feature helps avoid unnecessary content in the file. While the file is playing, change the speed to fast or slow listening.
When it comes to sharing posts, use AirDrop, Mail, Messages, Facebook and more. Use Wi-Fi to share files to save recordings directly to your PC without cables. Cloud support also helps you sync files between iOS devices and MacBook.
Price: Free (in-app purchases start at $0.99).
DM1
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DM1 — The Drum Machine
Developer: Fingerlab
Price: RUB 449.00+
If you're not a drummer and need to make some digital beats, then try DM1, the app is considered one of the best drum machines for iPad. You can create rhythms without having the skills of a drummer, the application will automatically do the quantization for you.
The step sequencer is probably the best feature, as it's possible to click to mute certain parts of the beat, potentially leading to another unexpected result. You can mix drum kits on the fly, add effects, and compose music from your rhythms by plotting them on the timeline. When you're done, you can export to Soundcloud and other cloud services, as well as social media, email, and the iTunes public folder.
4. Otter Voice Meeting Notes
Otter is primarily a notes app, but it boasts powerful AI for recording your everyday conversations. In meetings, interviews or lectures, you can use this app to record voices in real time.
You can create a widget or shortcut of this app on your iOS device and start recording with just one tap. The highly accurate (real-time) transcription feature is extremely useful for media representatives and office secretaries.
Before submitting your final report to the authorities, you can highlight key points and review them later. This app also allows you to insert photos of your board discussions.
Thanks to intelligent AI, this app automatically punctuates, capitalizes, and breaks paragraphs.
It is a feature-rich voice recording app that opens up to you with countless features. Record voices within the group and share the transcript live. Additionally, you can invite others to collaborate on editing and highlighting.
Price: Free (Otter Premium (monthly) - $9.99).
Animoog
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Animoog
Developer: Moog Music Inc.
Price: RUB 1,790.00+
If DM1 digital drums aren't for you, or if you're looking for a more advanced assistant, be sure to try the synth app. This is an advanced digital synthesizer for the iPad and its price confirms this (2,290 rubles), so think seriously before you buy.
Animoog takes sounds from Moog Synthesizer's huge library, the sounds are very high quality, and your music will sound like it's being played on a real synthesizer. This is a very serious application for serious people. You can control polyphonic modulations, pitch, timbre, delay and more.
CUBASIS
The next application is Cubasis from the famous company Steinberg , which only works on iPad . This is a kind of mobile Cubase . (even the design is the same) Allows you to create as many audio and midi tracks as your device allows.
You can record on 24 tracks simultaneously (naturally, you will need an appropriate audio device). The set includes 70 instruments based on the HALion Sonic sampler plus a Micrologue with very high quality sound. To play them you can use a virtual keyboard and drum pads . The mixer can use 10 effects on each channel. The application allows you to record the automation of all kinds of handles. A project created on an iPad can be transferred to a desktop computer and modified in Cubase .
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Cubasis in the App Store:
Compatible with iPad.
Guitar Tuna
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GuitarTuna: Guitar Tuner
Developer: Yousician Ltd
Price: Free+
Since the iPhone is the perfect size for a tuner, why not turn it into one? Guitar Tuna is one of the best free tuners, works very well (from Yousician, and they know their stuff). The application works with any string instrument, including bass, cello, ukulele, balalaika, sitar, violin and much, much more.
There are over 100 tunings available, plus amazing features like background noise removal (for tuning in noisy environments), metronome, chord tutorials, and more. Personally, what I like about this app is the library of chords, everything is free.
SongMaker+
A tool for recording songs on iPhone with a self-explanatory name, settings that change the sound of the voice, and special templates prepared for those who are not used to understanding the parameters and instructions and want to get down to business right away.
In such conditions, SongMaker offers to choose a genre (you can choose from pop, hip-hop, rock, dance), dynamics and mood (the indicators change with sliders: if you wish, you can choose lyrical or incendiary options), and then the musical accompaniment. For the jack-of-all-trades, there's a panel with tools like guitars and drum kits. For those who are used to singing exclusively, there are pre-generated melodies.
After preparation, all that remains is to sing, while recording the result (you are allowed to peek at the text, as in karaoke). Well, then - either saving it to internal memory or presenting it to the public on social networks...
Capo touch
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Capo — Learn Music by Ear
Developer: SuperMegaUltraGroovy, Inc.
Price: Free+
Playing music by ear is an innate talent, but even the most talented people need help. And if you have trouble playing by ear, this app will help you. Capo scans your music and extracts chords so you can start recognizing chords by ear, you'll see chords you missed.
Capo can also slow down and speed up your tunes, so if you're having trouble playing, you can slow down the speed and gradually increase it. The app has many more features - too many to list here
Adding text over video
The previous program will also handle this task:
- Open the photo.
- Click on “Change”.
- Select the IMovie application and wait a moment.
- Press the T sign.
- Click on the text and edit it.
- Click "Save".
