Audio Unit Box Explorer

Since its announcement in 2015, the number of audio units (AUv3) released on iOS has increased extraordinarily! But this success has some drawbacks, having a great overview of your plugins has become much more difficult and most of the time everything is mixed up.

Whether you are a budding music producer or passionate amateur musician, your goal is the same: having fun with your favorite audio units close at hand! Rather than spending time looking for them via grid and list with the sole search criterion of the name and the manufacturer.

AUBE is the app you need to get your collection organised. It provides a great overview of your audio units, your effects and instruments are automatically listed and classified. Information such as group, categories and features, are already available for most of the known audio units. You can explore, filter, set your favorites (available on iCloud), share badges on social media and more.

You will find all the information about an AUv3 in the detail view. If you need even more, press the info button to launch the App Store product page of the presented audio unit. Toggle the ★ button to set an AUv3 as favorite.

There are two share buttons to create badges, one is available in the detail view (next to the info button) and the other one is located on the top right corner of the dashboard page. The badge created by the detail view contains information about the selected AUv3, and the one created by the dashboard view contains your nickname, the number of detected AUv3 and a list of your favorites.

Sharing your badges on social media is a very fun way to show to your audience the audio units you love the most! You can even use them to specify which audio unit you used in your last composition.

AUBE Keyboard Extension

AUBE also comes with a keyboard extension where you will find all of your audio unit effects and instruments organised by group. Your favorites are always placed on the top of each list. Use the filter in case you need to search for something more specific.

If your AUv3 host, such as Loopy Pro, AUM, Drambo, Zenbeats or ApeMatrix, provides a search text field in their audio units list dialog, you can locate your audio units right away with the AUBE keyboard!

In such cases, simply toggle on the magnifying glass button 🔍, set the top picker on effect or instrument (according the type presented in the host list dialog) and select your favorite audio unit. If the host also updates the search and go status of the search text field, you can launch an AUv3 from the AUBE keyboard by tapping on the cell as it turns blue.

Finally, if you are looking for more inspiration, tap the dice button to get a random AUv3!

To use the AUBE keyboard in any text, toggle off the magnifying glass button 🔍. The description of the selected AUv3, including a link to the App Store, will be added to your text. To write additional information, use the globe button 🌐 to switch to your default keyboard.

This is especially helpful when you share your creation and want to mention the audio units used. For example, in a forum, on social media, or when you prepare your YouTube video description.