Music Production: Mobile Apps for iPad and iPhone
About iOS has quietly become one of the most interesting platforms for music making. The combination of multi-touch, low-latency audio, AUv3 plug-in hosting, and instant-on hardware means an iPad can sit somewhere between a notebook for ideas and a fully credible studio instrument. The list below is what I keep installed and reach for - synths I actually open, grooveboxes that have made it into finished tracks, and a couple of learning tools that are genuinely useful. Apps are grouped by developer so you can find related instruments quickly. Where an app is iPhone-only or particularly suited to one device, I’ve called that out. ...