The best music making apps for your iPad

A studio in your pocket with this music making app for iPad! The Auxy studio app gives you everything you need to make electronic music and modern beats. This app is the easiest way to get started with real music production.

• Create melodies and drum loops by drawing notes.
• Browse thousands of high-quality synth sounds, sampled instruments and one-shot samples
• Add studio-grade effects like reverb, delay, distortion and chorus. Fine-tune sounds and effects to find the perfect mix
• Upload your tracks to SoundCloud or export them as audio and video files
•  export projects directly to Ableton Live, Studio One or Bitwig Studio, which makes Auxy a perfect sketchpad for desktop producers
• Auxy supports Ableton Link, which lets you jam in sync with other apps and devices connected to the same Wi-Fi

Blocs Wave, the live music recorder app, is a fun and beautifully designed music app for making and recording new music quickly. This iPad app for making music is for songwriters and electronic music makers alike, it is an on-the-move powerful portable music studio.

• Find ideas quickly - Combine sounds across genres
• Play with sounds - Beautiful, touchable waveforms
• Record new sounds - Capture your own vocals and instruments
• Explore a huge sound library - Find amazing sounds across genres from electronic to indie, EDM to songwriting, and more
• Expand your collection - Download more sounds from an ever-expanding soundpack library
• Chop up sounds - Use Slice Mode to make every sound unique (In-App Purchase) and MUCH MORE!

With this BPM app, you can change the BPM (Beats Per Minute) of your music! Perfect for Runners, Cyclists, DJs, Music Instructors and Dance Instructors or anyone who wants to move to their own beat. Speed up or slow down the BPM of any song on your iPod. Tempo Magic adjusts the music straight from your iPod app - no lengthy uploads or importing.

Tempo Magic Pro app review

• Change the BPM without touching the pitch
• Plays all unprotected audiofiles straight from your iPod Library
• Change tempo at any time
• BPM Lock Mode allows you to take a playlist with multiple tempos and play it at the BPM of your choice!
• Hifi Mode for slowing or speeding up by 50%
• BPM Tapper to fine tune the analyzed BPMs of your tracks
• Jump to any point in the track
• Jump to any track in your playlist
• Shuffle mode
• Supports multitasking: Plays perfectly in the background
• Compatible with Nike+ and Bluetooth Audio

Whether you are a beginner or a veteran music maker, this app has something for every budding or seasoned musician out there. Break up your songs into sections, arrange sections, use up to 8 instrument tracks, 128 instruments with 16 free ones, upload your creations to SoundCloud, share your songs as a video, apply effects and filters, 3D Touch support and many more great features. There are in-app purchases for different music packs.

• Great for beginner and veteran music makers
• Break songs into sections, 128 instruments
• Share via SoundCloud, videos, MIDI
• Apply different filters and effects
• In-app purchases for various packs 

If you have ever wanted to start your very own garage band then here is your chance. This app is like having your very own recording studio on your iPad. Make music wherever you go and do so with ease due to this app's sleek user interface. There are many instruments represented in this app like a keyboard, drums and a guitar. Record your voice with a built-in microphone to complete the song. You can even record compatible 3rd party music apps. Whether it's a jam session with friends and something a bit more sophisticated like a symphony orchestra, this app can do it all.

• Make music wherever you go
• Play several different instruments
• Sing into the built-in mic
• Create, mix, save and share your songs
• Your very own recording studio

 

Figure makes it easy to create great-sounding music in seconds. Create an addictive beat before the barista brings your coffee or lay down a beefy bass line while waiting for the bus to arrive. Figure is intuitive enough for beginners to make music within seconds, yet deep enough for you to get lost in endless play on a transatlantic flight.  Figure app review

• Create complete songs with drums, bass and lead melodies
• Stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps
• Share your original creations to iTunes® library
• Never play a bad note – Figure keeps you in key, and on the beat

Captivate or hypnotize your friends and listeners with your very own electronic, house, dance music. This app allows you sample various songs and create your very own loops. This is also a great tool for budding house DJ's. The results are impressive as there are many different sounds via the sample machine and music sequencer. You can even load your own beats. Create a song, edit it, save it and share with others if you are satisfied with the final result. If not, then easily find the saved track and edit it until you get the perfect beat.

• Sample kits and pattern sequencer
• Record tracks and upload beats
• Real-time tempo adjustments
• Edit and save recording sessions
• Share your finished tracks

This app is filled with some of the hottest dubstep samples and drum kits. Have your very own dubstep studio at your fingertips. It's a simple to use app that creates powerful dubstep tracks. There are 26 sample kits with over 670 samples to choose from and mix. Plenty of drumbeats, snares, cymbals, chords, synths and other powerful sounds. If this is your favorite musical niche, then try out this app. You could be the envy of your friend with some uniquely creative beats.

• Over two dozen sample kits
• Well over 670 sounds to choose from
• Pattern sequencer and Metronome
• Record tracks, save and edit them
• Load other beats and adjust tempo in real time

Music Make Jam allows you to make awesome tracks across a wide range of musical categories like hip hop and rock. There are over 100 music styles that you can mix, match, cut and balance. There are thousands of loops to choose from and to apply some of the app's stunning sound effects to. There are real time effects, tempo and harmony adjustments and more. You can remix tracks by shaking your device which is more fun than anything else on the app. Record, save, edit and share your songs via social media, the cloud and email.  MusicMakerJam app review

• 8 channel mixer and sound effects
• Various samples of different music into one track
• Real time effects, tempo and harmony adjustments
• Shake your iDevice to remix it
• Over 100 styles of music

One of the top rated DJ app on the iOS. There are over 50 million tracks with access to Deezer and SoundCloud. A library of songs that you can search and set playlists. You can create your own eDJ profile page and show off your skills. There are more than 18 million users worldwide and this app has serious clout among the media. Reviews are impressive too. You can access your library to mix tracks, use Deezer or SoundCloud, unlimited storage for your mixed tracks, two turntables and a cross fader, DJ effects, BMP synchrnonization, remix mp3 files, and much more. It's the measuring stick for all other DJ mixing apps.  edjing app review:

• Music from your library, SoundCloud or Deezer
• Cross Fader and 2 turn tables
• Unlimited cloud storage space for mixed tracks
• DJ effects, edjing DJ profile
• Record, edit, remix and share your tracks

The iPad is a great tool for learning how to play the drums via drum pads. Or in this case, rhythm pads. This app has a nice selection of real and electronic drum kits. Some of the top features are smart levels for drumming sound, stereo quality sounds, a great user experience and layout and more. You can also configure the pads by levels and position. Record your drum sessions, transport the beats to another one of these apps on the list, and finish your masterpiece. There's MIDI support and the ability to hook your iPad up to your stereo speakers and let everyone around you hear your drum sessions.

• Optimized layout, newer iDevices
• Hugh quality sounds and samples
• Configure levels and positions for drum pads
• Create your drum beat and share with other apps
• MIDI support, Wide range of real and electronic drum kits

This app provides you with an exciting opportunity to create and remix music. It's a great way to express your musical creativity by combining beats, vocals, loops and more. The app is free and easy to use, which is great for people who are novices. You can use your own sounds or some that the app offers. Create original tracks or remix others. There are 8 loops and 8 free soundpacks. You can buy more soundpacks if you desire. Easily share the finished tracks via SoundCloud or other popular outlets like Facebook and YouTube.  Novation Launchpad for iPad app review

• Quick and easy way to make music
• Numerous loops, soundtracks and effects
• Easily share via FaceBook, SoundCloud or YouTube
• Create tracks and remixes
• Import your own sounds, export sounds to compatible apps

DJ Player is a powerful DJ app that offers awesome tools, professional components and a flexibility that's unmatched by any other DJ app. It's a desktop grade software that rocks the iPad and leaves others think that you are a pro. There are numerous features like beat-matching, tempo and beat sync, turntables, multi-deck control, loops, scratching and much more. In fact, you will be impressed with all the features that this app has to offer. However, to access or unlock all the features, you will need to make an in-app purchase. This app is designed for experienced DJs and is probably to advanced for the average person.  DJ Player app review

• Flexible position of app's features
• Technology equivalent to desktop grade software
• Different DJ functions like scratch, classic or weddings
• In-app purchases to unlock all of the powerful features
• It's like having your own professional DJ equipment