(Almost!) Everything You Need to Know about AUM iOS Music Production: Detailed Walkthrough Tutorial

This video is a walkthrough tutorial for this wonderful iOS app for iPad/iPhone, teaching you how to do all the AUM basics such as loading apps, connecting and routing midi, loading and saving files etc. It is also full of intermediate tips on things like reorganising your fx chain, how to create audio busses and how to set up lfos.

AUM ‘audio mixer’ for iOS is the host of choice for many experienced iOS music makers / producers. When you first start collecting apps in iOS, you need a space where you can use those apps together. For iOS newbies it is often GarageBand but after some time, many people look for an alternative to GarageBand. For some, AUM is their main workspace, for others a place to jam & experiment, for others a place to record audio to then take to a DAW to finish songs. There is a lot to like about it. Like any host / DAW it has a detailed manual and takes time to learn. This walkthrough tutorial will teach you all you need to know to get started, and may even have some useful tips for intermediate users. If you are new to AUM you will benefit from repeated views, perhaps watching this on one device while copying what I do on AUM on a second device. Remember also that you can use the Youtube settings menu to speed up or slow down as necessary. The timestamps below will show you all that is covered and help you find the most relevant sections. AUM is my main iOS music workspace, so if you are not a subscriber I strongly recommend subscribing, as you will see me using AUM in basically every single video I make. If you find this useful, please do give it a thumbs-up. Feel free to ask questions in the comment section too.

Timestamps:
00:00 intro & giveaway details, how to find out if you won
03;25 opening instruments
04:32 AU vs IAA apps
06:30 routing the keyboard to an instrument or more than one instrument
07:55 midi routing page
09:30 adding fx apps, making fx chains, reordering fx
13:13 AUM internal instrument menu
13:57 the 'transport', opening midi, using arps, routing midi, changing bpm, clock options, metronome etc
19:11 keyboard settings
20:00 more about midi
21:15 setting up an lfo, sending midi CC messages to AU parameters
25:48 how to record (please note - if you want to trigger more than one channel, just press R on all the ones you want to record), opening old recordings
29:12 opening/saving/naming files, clearing a session, making notes on a setting
30:40 connectingamd routing a Bluetooth keyboard
32:39 using AUM's internal fx/processing/dynamics etc
34:06 using busses to group channels
And for send fx
36:36 playing audio files
37:47 importing channels from other AUM sessions, duplicating & removing channels, outro



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AUM is the flexible audio mixer, recorder, and connection hub for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Connect hardware inputs and outputs, Audio Unit extensions, Inter-App Audio apps, Audiobus, soundfile players, built-in signal processing and filters, in any configuration you want.

Route anything to anywhere with mix-busses, effect sends, audiobus ports, and external multi-channel audio interfaces.

Play hosted synths and instruments using the built-in keyboard or external MIDI controllers, or sequence them with AU MIDI plugins or from other apps using Virtual MIDI.

Record mixes, individual tracks, or both, straight into the storage space of AudioShare (no copying of files needed), with synchronized start and end for perfect loops.

Play back recordings, soundfiles and loops as channel sources in the mixer for backing tracks, further processing or mixing. Soundfiles can be opened from anywhere, including USB drives on iOS 13.

Route MIDI in any way you like using the MIDI matrix.

Synchronize everything with the transport clock and play in time with other apps or devices using Ableton Link, a new technology that synchronizes beat, phase and tempo of Ableton Live and Link-enabled iOS apps over a wireless network. Connect external music machines and synchronize them with MIDI Clock.

Includes built-in processing nodes for various stereo processing, Mid/Side balance and conversion, EQs and filters, limiting, clipping and saturation. Or use any 3rd party Audio Unit extension or Inter-App Audio effect.

All controls in the mixer can be controlled via MIDI, including parameters of hosted and built-in plugins.

"A brilliant idea that has been brilliantly executed. Top-notch technical stuff and highly recommended" - MusicAppBlog

"Feature rich, powerful, intuitive, and simple to use" - DubSpot

"Executes live mixing with surprising ease, with a load of extensive features under the hood, quick snappy response on the screen and audio" - AudioNewsRoom