Here’s what’s in Apple’s Logic Pro for iPad – and it’s more than you probably think (first impressions)

It’s been a long time coming, but Logic Pro’s leap to the iPad is an impressive one. You get a most of the editing, mixing, instruments, and effects that you have on desktop – provided you’ve got an iPad capable of running it. And it’s a killer environment for third-party iOS plug-ins, to boot. Here’s what’s inside.

SAND hosts your iOS plug-ins, sequences them with patterns, records them

SAND does what Abledon’t.* If you miss plug-in hosting in Ableton Note, here’s a whole app built around sequencing and recording your instrument plug-ins on iOS.

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2022

Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Free matters – for beginners, for cash-strapped musicians, for teaching, for exchange with other folks, and as a way to test out a new way of working. So it’s very good news that Tracktion’s free-of-cost entry-level DAW keeps getting better.

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2022

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2022

VCV Rack 2 arrives – standalone is still free, $99 intro gets plug-ins with VST right away – details

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2021

Reason 10.3 delivers on VST performance promises

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2019

Reason 10.3 will improve VST performance – here’s how

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2018

DIY Tool Max 7 Arrives; Here Are The Best New Features

- November 12, 2014

Windows VSTs on the Mac? Yes, We Can [Plugwire, Tutorial Link]

- December 27, 2012

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