**Don’t forget the 👍if you find this useful, cheers!** Now - droning is one of the most ancient musical techniques and there has been a resurgence of interest in drone music in recent years. In this spoken walkthrough, I look at some - just some, there are many more! - iOS / iPadOS apps that lend themselves well to making drone music. Some are FX apps, some are midi generators, some are instruments. Here, my host app is AUM, a perfect experimental playground for such things. A playlist I made featuring some of my favourite tools for droning: czcams.com/play/PLl4Ittz8N8V8GfJJC07urYphivlo0miO4.html Some devs whose apps are included in this video: Moog Igor Vasiliev Bram Bos Bleass Audio Damage Eventide Phonolyth Life Orange Intermorphic K-Devices AudioThing with Hainbach Decidedly (David Hilowitz) ApeSoft auDSPr SonicLAB / Sonic Planet Michal Macura Apps mentioned / demoed with some links to vids I made on them: AUM czcams.com/video/lHMFYZy-VP0/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough, and my most popular vid) Model 15 czcams.com/video/JwUeIT-Yh8k/video.html (Drones Presets Demo) Spacefields czcams.com/video/G9BJFW5hzIk/video.html (Demo, Tips in Pinned Comment) Hilda czcams.com/video/Xmrmcmr56uU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough) Dragonfly czcams.com/video/hAJU1T8HlSA/video.html (Silent Walkthrough) Phase Mutant czcams.com/video/1Umy8sFIiDY/video.html (Preset / Tweaking Demo) Magma czcams.com/video/YiZSRA1I4vQ/video.html (Demo) Cascade czcams.com/video/zIrag6joFzY/video.html (PResets / Tweaking Demo) MangledVerb Wotja czcams.com/video/yDLvmoOcHU4/video.html (demo) Gauss czcams.com/video/Ozw8c8EZDrU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough) Decent Sampler czcams.com/video/PZPFs6hvBoA/video.html (Demo) JAF Noises czcams.com/video/hoU8MuBJQEI/video.html VOSIS ApeSoft Accordion auGEN X Fundamental2 czcams.com/video/dpigxSyPvOk/video.html (Demo of my RingMod Factory Presets) Sqsl LATCH czcams.com/video/h3SzOXtrdgo/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough) Rozeta Suite Pt 1 czcams.com/video/gBH73tQqoWU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough, Pt 1 of 2) Geoshred Swam Sounds czcams.com/video/SdWJmyVXXEw/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough)
Hi Gav, thanks for mention - small correction: Latch can not send midi clock out - it uses rather dirty clocks (one per group). Btw, I hope you enjoy custom scales - I added them especially to make you happy = thanks for your suggestion!
Ah, thank you for the correction! And thanks a lot too for the custom scale update. Now, fingers crossed for Ableton Link to take things to the next level!!!
Fantastic! thank you for making this. I have a few of these apps already but unaware and overwhelmed by just how many are out there. I’ll be certainly checking these out. Cheers👍😎
Thanks a lot for this video, as I’m a fan of musicians like Atrium Carceri, Alphaxone etc… and drone music in general, your review of all these applications is very helpful ! Thank you so much again ❤
My favourite thing for drone on iPad is setting up feedback structures within AUM, with a few effects in the loop and some kind of sound source to seed the thing…
Yeah! I made a video showing a feedback loop in aum using Wotja, can't remember whether I added any fx tho. I need to use those feedback loops in aum more!
The first time I fell in love with drones was with Drone FX by Michael Gieson. A super nice droner with a beautiful UI, unfortunately without any connect, no IAA or Audiobus. Drone Lab is another really nice one which sadly also fails in this regard. But at least it offers real time audio capture including any changes during the performance. But as shown in your demo there’s really no lack of excellent alternatives. Great video Gavin, lots of inspiration…!
@@GavinskisTutorials Hmm...this is as so often a quite subjective and personal decision. Considering that this is 'only' about drones you have a lot of influence on the the parameters and resulting in a lot of output variations. In combination with the UI that may produce different results than those achieved in the conventional way. But for $3 you can't go wrong anyway.
Hey, haven‘t seen this for a while - great overview of the iOS drone-possibilities. I personally don’t make too much drones-music, but it can be relaxing to watch some videos about drones. It should give a drone-Album series, just called morning, work, night. All with different frequency spectrum. Just because drone sounds can really cut bread, if they‘re too sharp 😄
this was a fantastic watch that I've rewatchedd and might have a few questions....but I shall go over the other linked vids that I've missed first! one that really piqued my interest tho wass VOSIS! you said you might do a vid on that...that would be awesome if you would! I've grabbed the free version in the meantime but I love noise-makerrs that use visuals....virtual ANS being another!....I'm gonna watch a few more vids and hope they answer my questions! good work!....happy drone day!
Nice one! Yeah I only discovered Vosis a few months ago, the Pro version is well worth grabbing! And the dev is still active on it - I reported some bugs and they got fixed 🔥
@@GavinskisTutorials what's the difference between the free and pro versions? Watching this vid is making me want to spend a lot of money!.... Still tempted with thermosynth too... Eyeing up the quite expensive bundle
Thermo is cool for sure.VOSIS Pro - as it happens, you get A LOT!: VOSIS Pro Save and Load Presets MIDI Keyboard Support and CC Mapping saved to Presets Load Video files with adjustable playback speed (iPad and Desktop only) Unlimited recording length (free version limits to 10 seconds) and screen mirroring Step and Random sequence modes for rhythm Additional Filters: Blur, Sharpen, Downsample, Brightness Tremolo: tempo synched and continuous Native MacOS desktop support (single purchase includes iPad, iPhone, and Desktop versions)
Love this selection of apps. I’ve finally got enough rubs together to upgrade my 32gb iPad to a 2nd hand iPad Pro with much more storage. I use my iPad every day and the frustrating thing is not having enough space to run all the apps I have (which isn’t all that many) It would be great if apple had allowed the use of a 1tb flash drive to store and use apps from but alas not. I’m now trying to suss out the best model to get to allow for easy connectivity for input/output and midi. Can you please recommend one? As far as I can tell if I get one with the M1 chip that should be powerful enough but then there’s all the usb C and the adapters required etc. Your help would be much appreciated 😊 Cheers Gary
Hi! This would be a good question for the Audiobus Forum I think. I happy with a 5th gen M1. You could maybe look at a 3rd gen pro too. Won't be as future proof, but still a great machine that you should be able to pick up cheap now, good luck!
Community page is only viewable on desktop and phone I think - even several years on it is not viewable on ipad, no idea why, bloody CZcams are nearly as shitty as Apple when it comes to this stuff!
Texture, mood, atmosphere.. What’s not to like about drones? You came up with some great combos of apps here Gav.. so much to explore.. AUM is definitely the playground to start your journey.. It can be very minimalistic OR you can dive deep + involve more sound generators + manglers.. so many options.. amazing when you think about it.. Happy Drone Day!
the new Alchemy sampler its fenomenal to creating granual textures and drones .. way down the best granula synth ive tried so far over many other vst as well
I found this hole in a fenceline and I was feeling adventurous. I went inside and a few hundred metres in there was a tent with some chairs outside and a sleeping bag half sticking out. I feel like filming it and adding a drone soundtrack. Vosis pro seems to fit.
Hi, can you please explain what you mean by 'this'? If you mean a basic tutorial on making drone music, I don't have that. If you mean a basic tutorial about the host app I am using, the main app that all these others are contained inside, I do have a video on that called 'Almost Everything You Need to Know About AUM'. Cheers!
**Don’t forget the 👍if you find this useful, cheers!** Now - droning is one of the most ancient musical techniques and there has been a resurgence of interest in drone music in recent years. In this spoken walkthrough, I look at some - just some, there are many more! - iOS / iPadOS apps that lend themselves well to making drone music. Some are FX apps, some are midi generators, some are instruments. Here, my host app is AUM, a perfect experimental playground for such things.
A playlist I made featuring some of my favourite tools for droning:
czcams.com/play/PLl4Ittz8N8V8GfJJC07urYphivlo0miO4.html
Some devs whose apps are included in this video:
Moog
Igor Vasiliev
Bram Bos
Bleass
Audio Damage
Eventide
Phonolyth
Life Orange
Intermorphic
K-Devices
AudioThing with Hainbach
Decidedly (David Hilowitz)
ApeSoft
auDSPr
SonicLAB / Sonic Planet
Michal Macura
Apps mentioned / demoed with some links to vids I made on them:
AUM czcams.com/video/lHMFYZy-VP0/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough, and my most popular vid)
Model 15 czcams.com/video/JwUeIT-Yh8k/video.html (Drones Presets Demo)
Spacefields czcams.com/video/G9BJFW5hzIk/video.html (Demo, Tips in Pinned Comment)
Hilda czcams.com/video/Xmrmcmr56uU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough)
Dragonfly czcams.com/video/hAJU1T8HlSA/video.html (Silent Walkthrough)
Phase Mutant czcams.com/video/1Umy8sFIiDY/video.html (Preset / Tweaking Demo)
Magma czcams.com/video/YiZSRA1I4vQ/video.html (Demo)
Cascade czcams.com/video/zIrag6joFzY/video.html (PResets / Tweaking Demo)
MangledVerb
Wotja czcams.com/video/yDLvmoOcHU4/video.html (demo)
Gauss czcams.com/video/Ozw8c8EZDrU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough)
Decent Sampler czcams.com/video/PZPFs6hvBoA/video.html (Demo)
JAF
Noises czcams.com/video/hoU8MuBJQEI/video.html
VOSIS
ApeSoft Accordion
auGEN X
Fundamental2 czcams.com/video/dpigxSyPvOk/video.html (Demo of my RingMod Factory Presets)
Sqsl LATCH czcams.com/video/h3SzOXtrdgo/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough)
Rozeta Suite Pt 1 czcams.com/video/gBH73tQqoWU/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough, Pt 1 of 2)
Geoshred Swam Sounds czcams.com/video/SdWJmyVXXEw/video.html (Spoken Walkthrough)
Hi Gav, thanks for mention - small correction: Latch can not send midi clock out - it uses rather dirty clocks (one per group). Btw, I hope you enjoy custom scales - I added them especially to make you happy = thanks for your suggestion!
Ah, thank you for the correction! And thanks a lot too for the custom scale update. Now, fingers crossed for Ableton Link to take things to the next level!!!
A wonderful way to celebrate Drone Day 2023! Thank you, Gavin. One of my favorite ios apps for drone is Velvet Machine.
I almost used it here! Didn't in the end, but it is superb
My favorite topic covered by the drone mighty Gav, I’ll watch it later after work ❤
Good to see you brother!
Fantastic! thank you for making this. I have a few of these apps already but unaware and overwhelmed by just how many are out there. I’ll be certainly checking these out. Cheers👍😎
Have fun exploring, Paul!
Thanks a lot for this video, as I’m a fan of musicians like Atrium Carceri, Alphaxone etc… and drone music in general, your review of all these applications is very helpful !
Thank you so much again ❤
Glad u enjoyed!
Fan of the same artists here, I agree!
Nice. These apps are essential for experimental soundscapes. Thanks to Gav for featuring them.
Thnx Kurt!
My favourite thing for drone on iPad is setting up feedback structures within AUM, with a few effects in the loop and some kind of sound source to seed the thing…
Yeah! I made a video showing a feedback loop in aum using Wotja, can't remember whether I added any fx tho. I need to use those feedback loops in aum more!
Another great video. Inspires the Inner Drone inside me. Time to tap screens, bang on keys, and twist nobs. Have a great day!
Nice one haha!
The first time I fell in love with drones was with Drone FX by Michael Gieson. A super nice droner with a beautiful UI, unfortunately without any connect, no IAA or Audiobus. Drone Lab is another really nice one which sadly also fails in this regard. But at least it offers real time audio capture including any changes during the performance. But as shown in your demo there’s really no lack of excellent alternatives. Great video Gavin, lots of inspiration…!
Thanks Chris! I have dronelab but not drone fx. Would you still consider it worth getting?
@@GavinskisTutorials Hmm...this is as so often a quite subjective and personal decision. Considering that this is 'only' about drones you have a lot of influence on the the parameters and resulting in a lot of output variations. In combination with the UI that may produce different results than those achieved in the conventional way. But for $3 you can't go wrong anyway.
Exactly, love apps at old school prices!
Epic and inspiring video.
Thanks!
Hey, haven‘t seen this for a while - great overview of the iOS drone-possibilities. I personally don’t make too much drones-music, but it can be relaxing to watch some videos about drones. It should give a drone-Album series, just called morning, work, night. All with different frequency spectrum. Just because drone sounds can really cut bread, if they‘re too sharp 😄
Nice idea! Yeah I love drones actually, probably also because of my interest in meditation, altered states etc.
Aow, this is ruge! Thanks for the demo and lesson! ❤
Thanks! What does ‘urge’ mean though lol!?
Love drones and your tutorials!))
Thanks Bhaskar!
This is pretty epic! As always, super video and I picked up a few tips 🎉
Glad to hear Peter!
Finally watching this. And I gotta say... Love you Gav 😍
You're the best. Awesome content, mate!
Wow! Thank you brother!
Thx, Gavin. There are a number here I didn't know about.
Great!
From Audio Damage in addition to Other Desert Cities there is Enso which finally got a fairly recent update.
Yes, pretty good looper even if it has - or at least had - a lot5of problems running more than one instance simultaneously
Another great video, many thanks Gavin 👍
Thanks a lot Tony!
You know me, some of my all time favorites here. iOS is so great for experimental music.
Absolutely!
this was a fantastic watch that I've rewatchedd and might have a few questions....but I shall go over the other linked vids that I've missed first!
one that really piqued my interest tho wass VOSIS! you said you might do a vid on that...that would be awesome if you would! I've grabbed the free version in the meantime but I love noise-makerrs that use visuals....virtual ANS being another!....I'm gonna watch a few more vids and hope they answer my questions!
good work!....happy drone day!
Nice one! Yeah I only discovered Vosis a few months ago, the Pro version is well worth grabbing! And the dev is still active on it - I reported some bugs and they got fixed 🔥
@@GavinskisTutorials what's the difference between the free and pro versions? Watching this vid is making me want to spend a lot of money!.... Still tempted with thermosynth too... Eyeing up the quite expensive bundle
Thermo is cool for sure.VOSIS Pro - as it happens, you get A LOT!:
VOSIS Pro
Save and Load Presets
MIDI Keyboard Support and CC Mapping saved to Presets
Load Video files with adjustable playback speed (iPad and Desktop only)
Unlimited recording length (free version limits to 10 seconds) and screen mirroring
Step and Random sequence modes for rhythm
Additional Filters: Blur, Sharpen, Downsample, Brightness
Tremolo: tempo synched and continuous
Native MacOS desktop support (single purchase includes iPad, iPhone, and Desktop versions)
Love this selection of apps.
I’ve finally got enough rubs together to upgrade my 32gb iPad to a 2nd hand iPad Pro with much more storage.
I use my iPad every day and the frustrating thing is not having enough space to run all the apps I have (which isn’t all that many)
It would be great if apple had allowed the use of a 1tb flash drive to store and use apps from but alas not.
I’m now trying to suss out the best model to get to allow for easy connectivity for input/output and midi.
Can you please recommend one? As far as I can tell if I get one with the M1 chip that should be powerful enough but then there’s all the usb C and the adapters required etc.
Your help would be much appreciated 😊
Cheers
Gary
Hi! This would be a good question for the Audiobus Forum I think. I happy with a 5th gen M1. You could maybe look at a 3rd gen pro too. Won't be as future proof, but still a great machine that you should be able to pick up cheap now, good luck!
Great format and almost a full house (except Sqsl). Also I didn’t know that there is a community page. Will check it out.
Community page is only viewable on desktop and phone I think - even several years on it is not viewable on ipad, no idea why, bloody CZcams are nearly as shitty as Apple when it comes to this stuff!
@@GavinskisTutorials works here (Safari, not the app).
Yes u can use the Web version on any device, sure
Texture, mood, atmosphere.. What’s not to like about drones?
You came up with some great combos of apps here Gav.. so much to explore.. AUM is definitely the playground to start your journey.. It can be very minimalistic OR you can dive deep + involve more sound generators + manglers.. so many options.. amazing when you think about it.. Happy Drone Day!
Always a pleasure Roy! Yeah, I definitely want to expose some of the people Logic brings to iPad to the joys of AUM!
the new Alchemy sampler its fenomenal to creating granual textures and drones .. way down the best granula synth ive tried so far over many other vst as well
Yes! Was playing with it yesterday, it's absolutely brilliant!
I’d say Igor Vasiliev is the rightful king of drones. He’s earned his place
I found this hole in a fenceline and I was feeling adventurous. I went inside and a few hundred metres in there was a tent with some chairs outside and a sleeping bag half sticking out. I feel like filming it and adding a drone soundtrack. Vosis pro seems to fit.
Oh nice!
"Good man. Great presets" i want that on my gravestone
I like that!
Happy drone day!!!
You too Dan! Now I’m going to go listen to your drone piece you posted today!
hi, do you have very basic tutorial for this?
I'm curious, want to know more about this
Thank you in advance
Hi, can you please explain what you mean by 'this'? If you mean a basic tutorial on making drone music, I don't have that. If you mean a basic tutorial about the host app I am using, the main app that all these others are contained inside, I do have a video on that called 'Almost Everything You Need to Know About AUM'. Cheers!
@@GavinskisTutorials oh yes sorry, i mean this basic tutorial for the apps, Thank you so much, Cheers
Rymdigare is very good
Fantastic app!
Drones over the Kremlin! that’s what I like. As well as a Bram Bos of my choice!
Happy drone day!!!
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