Audio App Interviews: iOS Music Apps Makers

Published on Mar 9, 2018 MATTHEW FECHER

"Get to know the stories of the people who make iOS Music apps. We want to include tips on the entire process: Programming, Design, Marketing, Development, and more..."

Playlist:
1. Audio Programmer Interview, Ep1: Alex Buga, Top 5 app, Samplist

Samplist is an amazing success story. Developer Alex Buga built his first music app in just 3 weeks with free tools (Swift & AudioKit) and it shot to the Top 5 paid music apps in the USA.

In this interview, he talks about his motivation, design, and development tools. Making a music app from scratch can be daunting. However, Alex persisted. A developer and musician, he powered through to create the app he wanted.

You can download Alex's app, Samplist here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sampl...

Learn more about AudioKit here:
http://audiokitpro.com

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2. Audio Programming Interviews, Ep2: Dave Gibson, Music AUv3 plugin creator at FutureSonic

Audio App Interviews // Ep 02: David Gibson (Bristol, UK) creates inventive and fun AUv3 iOS plugins at FutureSonic. What's an AUv3 plugin? How do you get started in making audio apps? Dave answers those questions and more. Keep reading for a cheat-sheet of highlights in the video and links to FutureSonic apps...

0:37 - What is AUv3? Why is it so hot right now?
2:28 - Why do you make audio apps?
3:28 - What does someone have to learn to make an AUv3 plugin?
6:18 - What's the big deal about Open-source?
8:00 - What is FutureSonic?
10:46 - Inspiration for your new AUv3 plugin, FS Refraktor?
13:38 - Advice if you want to make your first Music App
15:30 - More tips for first time App Developers
16:28 - Developer Advice you would tell your younger self
19:55 - Adding Freelance work to the mix

Learn more about Dave's work at FutureSonic:
http://futuresonic.io

Download FS Refraktor in the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id135442...

AudioKit is the leading open-source audio framework powering millions of app installs. AudioKit allows developers to quickly add professional audio functionality to iOS, macOS, and Apple Watch apps.

Learn more about audio programming at AudioKitPro.com
http://audiokitpro.com

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3. Audio Developer Interviews, Ep3: Yaron Karasik creates hit music apps with over 250K+ users

Ep 03: Yaron Karasik (Tel Aviv, Israel) has created two hit music apps built with Swift & AudioKit. Both apps were featured by Apple worldwide. With over a quarter of a MILLION downloads, Yaron reveals his secrets to getting featured by Apple, revenue model tips, and even talks about Psy's "Gangham Style" dancers using his app.

Whether you're making music apps, games, social media, or even business apps, this interview has all kinds of great tips for app developers everywhere.

3:02 Tips for getting your App Featured
10:09 Revenue model revelations
18:56 Marketing tips for your apps
22:27 Countries with the most sales
30:55 Advice for people who want to make music apps
36:24 What it's like being a developer in Israel
39:18 Why you build apps with AudioKit

Download Jam Looper here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jam-l...

Learn more about AudioKit, which Yaron used to make his apps:
http://audiokitpro.com

Thanks for watching!

4. Audio Dev Interview // Ep4: Mathieu Garcia, Creator of BeatMaker 3

Mathieu Garcia is the founder of Intua. They're the makers of the hit iOS DAW, BeatMaker 3. Mathieu is one of the original iOS Music Developers- BeatMaker has been in the app store since 2007! In this interview, Mathieu takes questions submitted by the Audiobus forum, Twitter, and Reddit.

1:28 YouTube channels with BM3 Tutorials
1:54 Famous producers using BM3?
2:50 What kind of music do you listen to?
3:45 Most upvoted question on Reddit
4:34 iPhone vs iPad adoption
5:16 BeatMaker on the Desktop
7:43 If someone gave you $100 million dollars, what would you do?
9:30 What kind of music hardware would you build if you could?
10:44 Turning point in iOS evolution where BM3 was made possible
12:30 Why does the price of BM3 keep changing?
15:30 Work/life balance of an indie developer
16:53 Tell us about Intua/How big is it?
19:17 Tips for making music apps (for beginners)
25:24 Marketing tips for indie developers
26:45 In-app Purchases
28:44 IAP created in-house or contracted
30:04 How Mathieu supports other app developers
31:43 How do you deal with negative user reviews?
34:48 Final thoughts from Mathieu

Thanks to Mathieu for sharing all his incredible knowledge and insight. And, special thanks to all the folks from the Audiobus Forum, Twitter, and Reddit that submitted questions!

Download BeatMaker 3:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beatm...

AudioKit Website:
http://audiokitpro.com