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I used Caustic 3 and it's pretty good, it's also free to download and use at the Play Store (don't know for the App Store) But if you want to save and export your music/songs, you have to pay for the "Caustic Unlock Key", but it's well worth it.
But you can get a version with abilities to save and export music/songs for free by downloading the desktop version of Caustic 3 (I've tried it out on my family's shared PC and it works well)
Page where you can download Caustic 3: Caustic 3
I used Caustic 3 and it's pretty good, it's also free to download and use at the Play Store (don't know for the App Store) But if you want to save and export your music/songs, you have to pay for the "Caustic Unlock Key", but it's well worth it.
But you can get a version with abilities to save and export music/songs for free by downloading the desktop version of Caustic 3 (I've tried it out on my family's shared PC and it works well)
Page where you can download Caustic 3: Caustic 3
Have you tried looking on the Singlecell websight under presets You have to log in to be able to download them. When I first tried to make a profile, it wouldnt send me the confirmation email needed to authenticate my profile but I figured it out by asking the websight to reset my password and an email finally was sent so I could log in.
If you have an iOS device GarageBand is one of (if not) the best free DAW to start with. There's a ton of "smart" functionality to help bridge gaps in your music knowledge, and even a book to guide your learning. There are easy to find tutorials out there for many different genres and even specific songs. It's one of the easiest DAWs to use (hands down). Plus, the lowest spec current gen iPad easily handles GarageBand (and a lot more) and can usually be had for ~$400. There's a huge catalog of music software available if you find yourself pursuing production further down the road.
If you have a PC/Mac, Caustic 3 is another free option that has almost all the DAW features you might encounter learning about music production (multiple types of synthesizers to sampling/samplers to time stretching to effects). It's on mobile too, but not free. There's more of a learning curve than GarageBand, but it's easier than say FL Studio or Ableton.
If you're fairly serious about getting into MP and are willing to devote yourself to "the struggle" it won't exactly matter which one you start with. Since you're not sure, stick with free/cheap until you are sure.
TouchOSC is probably the closest you can get. Getting it working with your DAW can be... fun. Google recently added better MIDI support to Android, so I'm hoping things will get better fast, both in software quality and number of titles.
BTW -- if you're into making music on Android, you should check out Caustic. Awesome sound on Android - and Free!
There's a mobile DAW called Caustic 3 that's available on Android and IOS. It's got a relatively simple UI, and excels at creating all sorts of electronic music, particularly Retro VGM. You can find it on the app store for $10 or get the computer version for free here.
https://singlecellsoftware.com/caustic is free for most desktop operative systems. It's not free for Android tho.
The scale on a desktop computer if a bit off, but it's very easy for beginners to get into it.
gys, just go to the singecellsoftware website, it is available for macOS:
http://www.singlecellsoftware.com/download/Caustic_3.2.0_MacOS.dmg
i really recommend Caustic.
its a mini DAW made for mobile, but also has a desktop version. its free (unsupported) on desktop, and the mobile versions is free to try with a one-time $10 unlock to load saved work.
it comes with a dozen or so simple synth "machines" that cover the basic types of synthesis. for example, a sub synth (i highly recommend starting with subtractive synthesis), an FM synth, a 303 clone, a sampler synth, and even a modular! each of these is boiled down to the basics to make it easier to understand and control.
the developer has a great youtube channel, which serves as a great walkthrough/tutorial for both how the UI in caustic works, but also for synthesis in general.
once you get a sense of how to use the basic caustic machines, and things like filters, envelopes, and how sound shaping works in general, then more complex VSTs and hardware will make a lot more sense.
Yeah, I use Caustic and Mastering by SingleCellSoftware .
If you want to mess around with one of my songs, just tell me which one sparks your interest and I'll send you some stems :)
The VR interface looks perfect for drums and for 2 finger keyboard players. Where the VR interface could really excel is in the mixing / effects / arrangement side of recording.
Are all the instruments sample based or do you have some synthesis running underneath?
How are the sounds exported? Wav? Midi? Stems? Where are they exported too? How about importing of midi, samples, patch settings?
What effects do you have available? Are they master sends only or can they be applied to individual instruments?
I'm a big user of caustic on my mobile so my comparison would be against that. What I'd love would be your interface with the caustic engine running underneath, but that would be a whole different product.
I like recommending Caustic 3 for beginners. Costs money on android if you want to save anything but is free otherwise and introduces you to basic synth types, effects, mixing, piano rolls, ezc., and it's pretty intuitive imho.