AUBE
Audio Unit Box Explorer
Get your AUv3 plugins organised and keep your favorites close at hand
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.
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 more than 1200 audio units! The AUBE database is regularly updated with new plugins released.
Searching Made Easy ... and fast !
Simply tap the Quick Search textfield on the dashboard and enter your desired criteria – whether it's the group, category, feature, tag. Your search is not only quick but also precise, providing instant access to the perfect AUv3 plugins for your creative needs.
"The 'Effect' and 'Instrument' tabs come with category and tag filtering, while the 'Dev' tab offers a classic manufacturer and plugin name exploration search. AUBE seamlessly integrates these features for a smooth and efficient search experience.
Information, favorites and tags
The detail view provides essential information about the selected AUv3, including group, category, features, and tags. Tapping the info button gives you access to the complete description directly from the App Store product page.
To mark an AUv3 as favorite, toggle the ★ button or long press the AUv3 icon on the dashboard/effects/instruments views (Quick Toggling). Tap the user tags button to show the tag editor where you can create or edit your tags.
Sharing
There are two share buttons, tapping the share button on the detail view will create a badge containing the logo and the information of the selected AUv3. Tapping the share button on the dashboard view (top right corner) will create a badge containing the number of detected AUv3 and a list of your favorites. Sharing your badges is a very fun way to show the audio units you love the most!
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Check out what musicians think about AUBE
This is a Must Have! One click, open one app, and see everything you have. If your like me you probably have dozens of effects, instruments, sequencers etc. all over your desktop. This app fixes all that!
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I have needed this for a long time. Works awesome in Logic for iPad. Keep up the good work. If you own a lot of effects and synths then this is a must buy
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The killer feature is the custom keyboard you can add to iOS, which allows you to use AUBE in AUv3 hosts that have a search box. I use loopy pro and it works great there. Highly recommended!
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Absolute must have for AuV3 management. So much time saved when searching for the app you need. And with the option to sort favourites, even quicker
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Bonheur de redécouvrir ses applis ! Un excellent moyen de mettre un peu d’ordre et de redécouvrir par la même occasion ses synthés et effets AuV3. L'extension clavier est une belle trouvaille!
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Review on the App StoreAUBE Keyboard Extension
If your AUv3 host, such as Logic Pro, 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! This is the default keyboard usage, the magnifying glass button
- The audio units are grouped and classified by effects and instruments
- You can filter your collection by categories and/or by user tags
- If you are looking for more inspiration, tap the dice button to get a random AUv3!
- You can launch an AUv3 by re-tapping on the cell when the search and go status of the search text field is updated by the host
- The keyboard can be expanded and supports floating mode
To use the keyboard extension, long press the globe button
You can also use the AUBE keyboard extension in any text editor by toggling off the magnifying glass button
This mode is 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.
AUBE Settings
- To keep your favorites, offloaded apps and user tags synced across your devices, iCloud must be enabled
- To generate badges and submit your unknown audio units, you must provide a name or a nickname (Min 4 characters)
- To install the AUBE Keyboard, press the button "Keyboard Extension Not Installed" and activate it in the settings
- If you are not sure, check that the keyboard is properly listed among others in the settings
- To use the keyboard, long press the globe button
🌐 - You must activate iCloud Keychain on each device to have your in-app purchase synchronized (See "Database Updates" below)
It is worth mentioning that...
Unknown AUv3
- AUBE provides info about a lot of AUv3 available on the market, any unknown audio units will be moved to the default group section
- You can submit those unknown audio units via the page General, iCloud is required
- Submitting is a single export operation, any audio unit not referenced on the App Store will be ignored
- You cannot fill up the group, categories or features
- The submitted audio units will be classified by us and added to the AUBE database
Database (AUv3s classification info)
- The database available in AUBE already contains more than 1200 AUv3s!
- There are more and more AUv3 released frequently, the classification is not trivial and takes time
Database Updates
- The latest version of the database is included for FREE in each new AUBE app update provided via the App Store
- There is no schedule defined, a new AUBE app update is released when new features are added or bugs fixed
- You can purchase a 90 days access to the latest database versions on the AUBE store (In-app consumable purchase)
- Getting the latest version of the database via the AUBE store is quicker, and it's a great way to support AUBE :)
Restore Purchase
- In-app consumable purchase cannot be restored by StoreKit (Only available for non-consumables and other types)
- Despite this, AUBE ensures your in-app consumable purchase are available to all your devices as long as iCloud Keychain is activated on each device! This must be set before you tap the ‘Buy’ button in the AUBE store!
- If you already bought a database version on another device, don't tap the ‘Buy’ button. Dismiss the popover and wait for the iCloud Keychain syncing to finish. This is only valid if and only if iCloud Keychain was activated on each device!
General
- AUBE cannot access your App Store purchase history. It's restricted by Apple for obvious privacy and security reasons
- Your AUBE data are privately shared across your different devices via iCloud
- AUBE is not an AUv3, it does not make sounds! It's a standalone organizer app
- You cannot launch/run audio units in AUBE
- You cannot use the AUBE keyboard within an AUv3 host app which does not provide a search text field to locate audio units in a list
- Although AUBE is running on iOS 15.0, iOS 16.0 is required to create badges
- AUBE makes no warranties of any kind to the accuracy of the classification information provided
- Contact us if you find anything that's not correct
AUBE addition to the general privacy policy
- User content: We collect the unknown audio units you voluntarily submit via AUBE (See Unknown AUv3 section above)
- The AUBE Keyboard is running on restricted access mode and does not track your keystrokes (no text input involved)
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