Late last week a bunch of apps were getting updates referring to, "support for the new secret upcoming app made by the Audiobus team." Today's DM-1 update gives us even further details, specifically mentioning that they've: "Added the (forthcoming) AudioBus Remote protocol."

This is an amusing opportunity for me. I've known about this "secret" app for a very long time, and have had access to beta builds for months... but I'm not allowed to talk about it. Being a blogger is weird. Everything I know can be classified into 3 categories:

Stuff I can talk about.

Stuff I can't talk about.

Stuff I can't talk about, but people have found out about it anyhow.

Thanks to DM-1's slip, and after a lengthy Skype call with Sebastian this morning, I can finally talk about a bit more!

Unfortunately that does not include what the app actually does. I'm also not allowed to show you any pictures, no matter how blurry I make them. Believe me, I tried.

What I can say

This is only the second app to be released by the Audiobus team, and that fact makes this momentous. The "Audiobus remote protocol" is doing something we've been able to do before, but in a much simpler and prettier package. Once again the Audiobus team will change the way many of us make music on our iOS devices. That change will happen this Thursday!

I can also reveal it will be fully supported by the following apps at release:

Holderness Media's Effects.

Positive Grid's JamUp and BIAS FX

A Tasty Pixel's Loopy HD

Kymatica's SECTOR

Fingerlab's DM1

Sometime in the very near future updates to Moog's Filtatron and Animoog should be available. Audanika's SoundPrism Electro already has an update submitted to Apple awaiting approval. Olympia Noise Co. Patterning will include support once that is ready for release.

All developers will gain access to the new app's SDK on Thursday as well. In the meantime all apps that support Audiobus will have limited, but still useful, support in the upcoming secret app at launch.