Favorite iPhone sequencers?

[IncarnateX]

Currently considering:

- Technobox2 - The thought of having two really good sounding 303s, plus 808/909, living in my phone for $5 is proving to be a bit hard to resist.

- Thumbjam - Ok, it's not a sequencer but it does have a looper built in. It might be nice to have something that seems so playable. Its not like $7 will break the bank, but I'm less sure if I'd actually use this one since I tend to lean more toward sequencing instead of playing.

And here I honestly figured I likely wouldn't care all that much about audio apps, if I got a smart phone. Considering I'm a gear junkie, I really don't know what I was thinking what I said that.

Ugo, you might want to think a little ahead in your choices. Apps are instant fun, but if you plan to make something serious, then apps with copy and paste transfer allow you to transfer audio from one app to another, e.g. you make a beat in one app, a bassline in another transfer it all to Nanostudio, Beatmaker, Multitrack DAW or another app. This way you will not be dependent on slow wi-fi transfer, iTunes transfer, or poor working file-programs like "iPhone explorer". From Nanostudio and beatmaker you can then transfer it directly to soundcloud with no need of external computer at all.

There are two transfer approaches, the Sonoma method and the Intua method (general pasteboard). For an overview over apps with the sonoma system, visit

http://www.sonomawireworks.com/iphone/mapi/

(Scroll down)

There are no list of intua compatible apps but they include:

AudioForge
Argon
Beatmaker
Beatmaker II
Bleep!Box
Crystal xt
FunkBox
iVoxel
Noise.io Pro
Xenon (Which you already own)

The two systems are compatible so you can transfer from the intua system to the Sonoma system.

I say this because of my own regrets when i first got into this. I bought a good deal of programs with no transfer, which is very limiting, once the fun is over and you want to make better use of them. Now you know, just in case.

Cheers and happy APPing

[Dewaine]

That is a good and important point IncarnateX. The ability to get sounds from one app to another is key. I like Eden synth in NS, but really like working in BM2 better. So I create a sound in NS on Eden, then copy/paste it into BM2.... good stuff.

[Lunatique]

I spent weeks researching just about the entire audio-related iOS apps category, and have tried out a bunch of them. Currently, these are my favorites so far:

Xewton Music Studio (FL Studio Mobile is essentially the same app. Image-Line contracted Xewton to create a customized version of Music Studio and renamed it to FL Studio Mobile) - It has the most advanced sequencer of the DAW apps I've seen. Also, it was clearly designed for people who are more serious about composing music as opposed to "making beats."

NanoStudio - Excellent synth-based DAW. More powerful and flexible than Xenon. Resampling makes all the difference. There are also some excellent user-created sample content, such as some of the big name keyboard workstations being sampled comprehensively and uploaded as large sample packs.

MultiTrack DAW - Simple to use multitrack audio recorder. I hum and beatbox into it to get ideas down.

ProChords - A nice chord progression exploration tool.

MorphWiz - Useful and fun synth-based performance instrument. Similar to the Continuum hardware in concept.