Inter App Audio - experiences

[BMoore]

Now that Auria, as a host, got IAA. Is Inter app Audio the worst implemented audio feature ever?!

I've tried IAA with Tabletop, and now Auria as hosts, with Magellan and Nave. And I have to say it realy sucks.
It crashes the apps, sound suddenly drops out, the IAA panels can't be completely hidden, apps fail to load into the hosts, etc, etc.
As it is now, it kills almost everything I enjoy about music making.

Maybe it's because of the two mentioned hosts, that on their own also suck, even without IAA.
But for now, IAA is useless for me. I'd rather use ACP only.

[Phil999]

I think with some discipline one can make it work fairly well. Like with Audiobus, you always choose a minimalistic approach. Unload/kill apps that have been successfully recorded, set higher buffer sizes, save often snapshots in Auria, etc.

In general, an iPad, even in the 4rth generation, is a host for one or two synth apps at the same time. It can be more depending on the app's, but I feel more comfortable when I have some spare resources to avoid CPU/RAM go too high. Like this I can record as many tracks with IAA apps as I want without any problems.

[des]

With Tabletop I found that you need to watch the mixer levels. My first try with IAA was Alchemy and Tabletop...I was far from that 'happy spot' I was expecting So trying to determine where the issue was at I loaded iSEM and the particular patch was relatively quiet...and it sounded ok. So I tried Alchemy again and turn the volume down on the mixer channel in TT and it sounded much better.

I'm a bit disappointed that in Auria the instruments load after the channel strip...I haven't looked to see if there is a fix for that. Sounded ok though. This is using an iPad 4...

[martygras]

With Tabletop I found that you need to watch the mixer levels. My first try with IAA was Alchemy and Tabletop...I was far from that 'happy spot' I was expecting So trying to determine where the issue was at I loaded iSEM and the particular patch was relatively quiet...and it sounded ok. So I tried Alchemy again and turn the volume down on the mixer channel in TT and it sounded much better.

I'm a bit disappointed that in Auria the instruments load after the channel strip...I haven't looked to see if there is a fix for that. Sounded ok though. This is using an iPad 4...

Yep, there are several threads at the Auria forum where Rim (the forum moderator) lays out what works and what doesn't, and how to get around them if possible.

The disappointment is largely due to our anticipation and expectations for a feature that Apple merely "made available". It wasn't a big feature, heck it was barely mentioned, so, it does work to some extent. It's just not quite ready.

The devs have no guidelines on how to implement IAA so each will implement it in their own way, which kind of defeats the purpose of an "inter-app" function.

I'm still happily using Audiobus though.

[martygras]

With Tabletop I found that you need to watch the mixer levels. My first try with IAA was Alchemy and Tabletop...I was far from that 'happy spot' I was expecting So trying to determine where the issue was at I loaded iSEM and the particular patch was relatively quiet...and it sounded ok. So I tried Alchemy again and turn the volume down on the mixer channel in TT and it sounded much better.

I'm a bit disappointed that in Auria the instruments load after the channel strip...I haven't looked to see if there is a fix for that. Sounded ok though. This is using an iPad 4...

Actually, once the track has been recorded it acts like a normal track where the EQ and all fx slots can be used in the normal way.

Don't forget to "unload" the IAA synth or effect after recording.

[des]

Actually, once the track has been recorded it acts like a normal track where the EQ and all fx slots can be used in the normal way.

Don't forget to "unload" the IAA synth or effect after recording.

Yea found that out real quick.