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I don't think it's that academic, If you do music for a while u know what you need and like, that's something different for everyone I guess, so the trick is to come up with something that works for you, doesn't have to mean it must work for me or anybody else ...
And what has that to do with iOS and desktop DAW´s?
The best music ever written was on paper.... and pencil (not the apple one
I really have nothing comparable to samplr,loopy,patterning or sector on my computer (ease of use/functionality), and don t have much time in my life to mix/arrange, then an app like gadget really is a blessing, I can literally compose little doodles and sometime full track everyday before bed
Before iOS I just played my guitar and never really bothered recording anything, now I can think bigger
I m not a professional musician so take my opinion for what it is ...
If what you're maintaining is that desktop DAWS and tools are more useful to you, than I have no argument. If you're suggesting that such a setup is inherently more flexible / intuitive / elegant, etc., and will necessarily produce better results, I disagree.
That's all.
I think iPad Pro with Auria 2/Beatmaker 3/Loopy masterpiece will be the very bees knees many of us are waiting for. We just don't realise it yet.
Yes, iPad Air 3, Pro 2, mini 5 will get the 3d touch which will propel the experience further but we're not that far from the big reveal so there's no really need to lust after surface pro unless one likes the stylus (yikes!).
See, right off the bat....
https://m.soundcloud.com/mrbillstunes/taombs3
Not only is this predictable, strident and totally conventional to my ears, but I've heard WAY better stuff done exclusively on an OP-1.
Sorry, but if this is exhibit "A", then I rest my case with this:
http://geweihritual.bandcamp.com/album/killa-tape
I guess it's a matter of taste, but to suggest the Mr. Bill track somehow exemplifies the advantage of an Ableton desktop setup, I'm simply not convinced of anything.
I'd rather sweat over a thing, and have the end result be unique.
what's the big reveal man don't keep me in suspense I want it now, does it have sample import
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Speaking of things the iPad can't do, surround mix, logic can, ableton live can't
Just one clarification, then I'm out of this conversation.
The tutorial in the youtube video, not the music on soundcloud was intended as an illustration of workflow efficiency.
Yes, and MPE MIDI!
I never argued that iOS didn't have areas that require a workaround... Just that it can turn out stuff just as impressive.
Alas, I guess it's down to taste.
What? You said that everything which can anyone do on a notebook/desktop can someone do with just an iPad in a car!
What I'm talking about are results.
You're talking about the process. Like a Luddite.
Let's leave it at that.
The goal posts have been moved so many times, I don't even know where they exist anymore.
Yes. It's an incredibly smooth process.
If it fuels and frees your creativity its probably the right platform for you. All else is irrelevant.
Have fun, enjoy making music and find nirvana.
If thats on surface pro, ipad pro or your shiny new banjo then thats just fine and dandy.
In fairness, some of that other Mr. Bill stuff is pretty impressive.
One problem I find with launchpad is that the loops need to be in precise pitch with the rest of the session. It would be nice to have changeable slice pitch a la samplr but I guess that's a completely different workflow.
Don't give up - la la la la la
I keep seeing that about price but there's tons of freeware as well.
I've got some fantastic desktop synths and i can use multiple instances; i can layer four monarks and split the frequency ranges with eq, add some analog modelled saturation and save it as rack to recall in any project. Same with any combination of instruments and fx, as many as my cpu can handle! I know people will say too many options but i set arbitrary limits on what i use per track.
Anyway I always carefully demo what i'm interested so i only add stuff i know i'm gonna use and sell stuff i'm not.
In the past couple of years there's been an upsurge in indie devs producing plugins that rival the bigboys like Klanghelm so you can get quality stuff on a budget, granted still more than iOS apps but top notch quality.
@ the thread my workflow on desktop can not be easily emulated on an iPad so it's my preferred modus operandi. I can't say one is inherently better cause i know some people create great music with just Gadget.
My basic Cubase starting template has 134 tracks, a mix of MIDI tracks controlling 4 hardware synths and the iPad, audio tracks taking in all the hardware inputs and two hardware external fx wired into Cubase as VSTs. I can run an individual MIDI track for every drum sound in my HW drum machine, each of the 16 parts of my multi-timbral synth, record live controllers on their own tracks and map them where I want, individual MIDi tracks controlling multiple iPad synths mixed in the iPad and brought into Cubase. I have 3 HW controllers mapped in to control VSTs, launch clips, trigger pads etc. I have a lite version of Live re-wired in. I have a over 200,000 samples in a 200Gb library that is centrally managed and easily searchable. Unlimited group and fx tracks, infinite routing options and the ability to bounce and re-sample audio effortlessly. MIDI clock works and syncing it all up is effortless.
I can walk into the studio, switch on and be working in 2mins, with out fear of IAA drop-outs, synths not loading or Apple sneaking in while I am asleep and buggering up my operating system rendering half my tools useless until the developer manages to find a work around and release a fix.
I can't yet run that set-up reliably with the iPad (believe me, I've tried!)
Problem is it all took years to build up, cost a bloody fortune, needs its own entry on the house insurance and I can't fit in a rucksack!
The point I'm making is that the debate is akin to digital vs. analogue. There are things I can do in the studio that are far simpler and more reliable than the current state of iOS - but that doesn't mean that devalues what can be achieved with iOS. It is a valuable addition to the arsenal and I am really glad I invested in the iPad and all the apps alongside the studio gear. Being able to fill the iPad with stems from tracks I am developing in the studio and work on them when I am away is a godsend. Being able to access the amazing iOS synths and fx within the studio is equally cool.
At the end of the day, people listening to music don't care if it was mixed in 24/96 or 16/44.1, on an analogue desk or inside an iPad.
I'd love to hear the separation on a 134 track song.
This logic actually works... for me!
However, I'm yearning for ableton from time to time. Trying to stay true to iOS.
@xen
Geez! This from the guy who says "constraints are important"!
I'd hate to think what that setup would look like if you thought otherwise!
The end result isn't a mix of 134 audio sources - a lot of the tracks are used as control channels. The point is that I can open a template with everything mapped and ready to use. The tracks are organised and it is easy to pick and choose which sound sources I'm going to use. A lot of the channels are different MIDI routings, mapping HW controllers to different parameters with logical editor functions filtering or transforming MIDI data that can then be muted or enabled depending on which synth or fx I am using at the time.
I can't do the same in an iOS environment - but I can do other things - like open Gadget, not worry about mapping or gain-staging and just get busy composing and arranging.
LOL
Up until December I was struggling along with an old PC and Cubase LE4. I upgraded to Cubase Pro 8 along with a new machine and things have been getting out of hand ever since!!
iPad + iConnect + desktop = heaven. They really compliment each other well.
Especially using Audiobus to route audio from a desktop DAW through an iPad effect and then back to the desktop. Also you can control an iPad synth from your desktop DAW and record it back to the desktop. Groovy!
Has the colander got forward?
hehe they never did exist.