awdl22125 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 So, I've got my shiny new iPad for Christmas. Can anyone recommend some good apps for Bass players or musicians in general for that matter. Do any of you use your iPads in a live situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 We use iPads quite a bit, the apps I'd recommend are: - Garage Band (a must have) - iKaossilator - Animoog There the ones I use the most, but don't use any of them for bass, more for accompaniment or making it's own music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 iRealB & Forscore are by far the most used apps on my iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 All what gilmour said. I downloaded those and more synths . What I'm trying to do now is find out how to Record stuff and link it to the iPad version of GarageBand . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 ForScore (in conjunction with Airturn page turner) Noteshelf for setlists and other bits. Tempo for a metronome (was really handy when MDing for a tempo-mad, super segue act) iReal B PDF printer Goodreader Avid Scorch I've never used 3.5mm jack things for live- any clicks come from iTunes via FW interface but the iPad has made reading on stage a lot more discreet. B&W do a good clamp that fits on a mic stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 [quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1325622892' post='1485422'] B&W do a good clamp that fits on a mic stand. [/quote] Do you mean K&M by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 [quote name='owen' timestamp='1325634852' post='1485620'] Do you mean K&M by any chance? [/quote] Think I took a wild stab in the dark at that one. Could have got B&Q, M&S, or BLT for that matter :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondeeman Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I've Songsterr Plus. IPad is a handy place to keep it - more portable than my desktop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoesThisBassLookBigOnMe Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I don't play live so can't speak on that. I agree that Moog's animoog is one of the better synths on the iPad. Instead of simulating a hardware keyboard they spent some effort exploiting the flexibility of being on the iPad. It's good for making sounds that vary dramatically over time. Unfortunately not so cheap anymore. Most users probably bought it during the introductory pricing period. For synths in general on the iPad I check synthtopia.org As for bass use, if you desire something more interesting than a metronome for practice I recommend you look into one of the drum machine apps. Most are much easier to use than a hardware drum machine. I use fingerlabs DM-1 which comes with a fairly comprehensive library of samples from old drum machines, a few acoustic kits and their own, quite modern, sounding dance kits. Using this app I can literally whip together a beat in seconds. I tried garageband for iPad and while it was novel for a while, I find it a pain to use compared to it's full size cousin on my actual mac. I thought it still had use as a practice tool but fatigued quickly of wearing headphones and programming a quantised backing drum beat did not seem possible. It now languishes unused except for friends who come over and use it's built in sampling keyboard to play farting songs. Hope this was of some help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Bass Clef and KSignatures for learning to read music and finding the notes on the fretboard Polytune from TC is a great tuner, it was free when it first came out, not sure how much it is now... there may be better value tuners available Edited January 4, 2012 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I think Garageband was developed as a means of selling the iPad 2. It's just not that practical- but still good fun initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) I have plenty of good [i]Android[/i] apps on my HTC Hero phone. No iPad apps though. No iPad either come to think of it. Nice but too expensive. I will get one the day that I can walk in to PC world and buy one off the shelf for under £250. Though being as Apple has prices on a tighter rein than [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i_pEYGe1o"][i]Champion the wonder horse[/i][/url], I cant see me ever getting one. Edited January 5, 2012 by daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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