How Mobile Apps Made Music Production Easier

Music production is a complex creative process. It’s not an easy job to create different sounds and perfectly mix them together. Talent is one thing, but most importantly, you need the right sounds and tools to produce a banging beat or BGM.

But now, not only the process of making music but even distributing it to the world has now become so much easier. We can make new music from our bedroom and share it with the world via Youtube or Soundcloud for free.

Many of our new favorite beats are made this way. Now music producing mobile app development also entered the scene to make things even simpler. So let’s see how it actually happens.

The Technologies Behind Modern Music Production

Back in the day, not many people dared to step into a music producer’s shoes. Not only you need to be well versed with many instruments and tools but it also required a lot of money, effort, time and patience to coordinate all aspects of music production.

But technology has redefined the whole music production scene. It brought the recording studios to our palms. There are many affordable applications for your laptops and smartphones that can simulate a full-fledged recording studio with all the instruments and tools needed.

Most of today’s pop, hip hop, and electronic dance music are made using software like digital audio workstations (DAW) and Virtual Studio Technologies (VST) on laptops and smartphones.

A DAW consists of a mixing console, control surface, audio converter, and data storage all in one system. VST is an audio plugin software that is integrated with DAW software to add effects and software synthesizer even without physical musical instruments.

Some DAW software are:

• FL Studio
• Logic Pro X
• Abelton Live
• Garageband
• Reason

Some prominent VST software are:

• Massive - Serum - Spire - Nexus

These note data is processed as MIDI files (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). So we can even connect MIDI supported instruments with the software and manually render the sounds to the software.

By using these technologies we can even create and download many unique sounds and samples that you never heard or impossible to create using real musical instruments.

The Rise of Bedroom Producers

Music production is used to be a tedious collaborative process. First, you need to have access to a studio full of these highly expensive gears, then you need to get multiple mixers, engineers, artists, and writers to work alongside you every step of the way.

So the only way to get things done was by having a huge amount of money or getting signed to a record label. But a bedroom producer does everything from conceptualization to distribution independently using the aforementioned tools. There are also many bedroom producers who tasted success on the mainstream level as well.

The Reasons Behind The Rise Of Bedroom Producers

• It requires lower cost
• You have full control over the process
• You are free to fail and improve
• The availability of multiple music software
• Piracy in music software
• You have instant and unlimited access to sounds
• Seamless collaboration using instant messaging apps
• Free distribution and promotion

The Impact Of Music Producing Mobile Apps

You may wonder what mobile app development has got to do with music production. Well, wait till you read it thoroughly. You’ll be surprised.

It was not long ago when music producer steve lacy got Grammy nominations for tracks he made on his iPhone. He used apps like AmpliTube, beatmaker, iMPC, Gragageband, etc for this. He says he is more comfortable and creative when he does his job on his phone as opposed to laptops. Many other prominent producers like Oak Felder and Flume also use mobile apps for making beats.

You can do all the functions of computer-based DAW software using simple mobile apps. You can even connect real instruments to your phones using devices like iRig.

The most interesting thing is that these apps let you make music even while you are on the go. Because ideas come spontaneously. So if we can process them in realtime, it makes the job even simpler.

Music producing apps are a major part of both iOS and android app development. There are many highly functional mobile apps that help you make music very seamlessly.

Some of the best music producing apps are:

Garageband - iOS only

FL Studio Mobile - Android & iOS

iMachine - iOS Only

iMPC - Android & iOS

BeatMaker 3 - iOS Only

Steinberg Cubasis - iOS Only

n-Track Studio - Android & iOS

G-Stomper Rhythm - Android Only

Audiobus - iOS Only

AmpliTube - Android & iOS

Due to the hardware capabilities of iOS, there is an extensive focus on music-producing iOS app development. But that doesn’t mean we can’t produce music on Android. There are also many equally effective music producing apps for Android as well. In the coming years, more such apps will be available on your devices.

Final Thoughts

Technology has widened opportunities for creative minds in every way possible. You can even make your bedroom a fully functional recording studio to make music and share it with the world quickly. Besides PC based software, now we can even make music using mobile apps. Now you are no longer have to worry about financial constraints. Now the world is yours. Only the talent matters from now on.

Premjith leads the Digital Marketing team at AufaitUX, one of the leading UI UX Design Company in India.