Got 2 iOS plugins for mastering!

Had amazing discovery and made 2 iOS AUV3 purchases to master tracks on iPad.

TB Barricade - a compressor limiter, apparently Pro sounding and great for mastering.

Grand Finale 2 - another tool for mastering, but with compression and 4-band compressor, widening tool, and a way to change / enhance the sound.

Recommendations were for both, and lots of praise.  TB Barricade had more praise, so I got that first, but I really wanted the 4-band compressor in Grand Finale 2 so I got that also.

While I tagged both in Appsliced waiting for a sale, I realized over a $30 meal that I shouldn't allow a few bucks to stop me from making my music kick.  Also, the more I read about Klevgrand AB the more I wanted to support them.  Lastly, the iOS pricing landscape is incredibly reasonable relative to Mac plugin costs.  I'm suprr happy to have spent $25 on these apps.

My fav iOS audio production apps:

- Drambo

- Turnado

- Koala

- AUM

- FAC Drums

and I've picked up a bunch of other fun synths and fx along the way.

Telepathic Audio Slices - album out Aug 23, 2023

Telepathic Audio Slices on YouTube

REkzkaRZ now has Telepathic Audio Slices, an album with 10 more tracks out!   Album is up on Spotify, Apple music, SoundCloud, Youtube, and others!

Mostly created on iPad with Drambo, AUM, Turnado, FabFilter Q3, Koala Sampler, FAC Drumkit & Maximina plugins, & others.  Published thru CDBaby after getting a $100 album deal years back.

As always, the music is pure experimental and political, with lots of anti-capitalism sprinkled with artistic turns of phrase and sonic stereoscopic audio field exploration.

Telepathic Audio Slices on Soundcloud

Android & iPad views & app recommendations 2023

I have never been committed to a brand, but instead to computing or mobile.  

Android

Android has huge advantages in openness, file system access, and an ability to change launcher and default apps.  Weaknesses seem to be audio latency, less quality games available, and less willingness by developers to make high quality pro apps.

Apple iOS

iOS / iPad on the other hand is a compute platform where it's been pointed out many times that the hardware is far more powerful than the software available.  That said, apps & games on iOS are incredible and genre defying.  Music creation possibilities are astounding.  But the weaknesses - Apple limits other companies production of hardware, so there is little variation hardware-wise.  But locking down hardware allows developers to rely on consistency, and then can build for a less varied landscape.  The locked down file structure and software is very frustrating for some as well.

Amazing Games:

Magic the gathering Arena (both)

XCOM (both)

BattleHeart (both)

WazHack (both)

Heroes & Castles 2 (Android)

Amazing Apps:

GarageBand (iPad)

Drambo (iPad)

Koala (iPad)

AUM (iPad)

Turnado (iPad)

FabFilter Pro Q 3 (iPad)

FAC Drums, Maxima, Transient (iPad)

Various Synths - Mela, Mogue, Korg, and more (iPad)