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I get your point, but iPad alone is more than studios had 60 years ago.
But it's much less than what studios have in 2022
And it's not prepared to do professional tasks that the music industry requires in the present, like preparing your mixes for spatial audio for platforms like Apple Music. Or creating surround mixes for cinema.
And sure, you can work in Cubasis. If you like to spend 100X more time doing common tasks that in real professional DAWS are a breeze.
I have a lot of reverbs, and all have their own characters, but none seem ideal on a guitar, for some reason. I do not have FabF Pro-R and was just wondering if that might work, but what you’ve described here sounds good to me.
Ya know i can use a shovel to dig a ditch. But if i really want to dig a lot, I’ll rent a back ho and get it done faster.
The iPad is a tool in the music and arts creation process. It’s as powerful and as limited as you make it.
I’ve finished quite a few things on the iPad and for tracks and art which need that extra special something I’ve ported it over to the desktop.
I don’t see the iPad as a limited device. I see it as an enabling device which helps me to create the work i want. It gives me more freedom to express myself than i ever had in the past when i was bound to the desktop and for me this is the specialness of the platform…i can be creative anywhere and take those creations to where they need to go.
There are no limits when it comes to creativity…just limiting thoughts.
There is a demo of Crystalline on desktop if that helps, you can take it for a test run.
For guitar, especially lead guitar, I find having a long tail (big space) but with the mix set relatively low gives a really nice texture that sits behind the notes. Crystalline has a ducking slider that is super helpful here, since you can tweak it just right so that the reverb tail doesn't muddy the main guitar signal.
Touché
Would you be able to compare this Verb to a pedal verb? I’ve always wanted a Strymon Big Sky…would this Verb get us in this territory?
I’ll download the demo once i get set up this morning. Still futzing about with the kids.
Agreed. It really extends rather than replaces what we have at our disposal.
I also agree with Pynchon that a real, viable iOS DAW is what’s needed more the anything else. One that doesnt get 60% of the way there and then the Dev gets blackpilled and goes away.
I wouldn't say it's like the Big Sky, because the Big Sky has got special algorithms such as Chorale and Shimmer that this plugin doesn't emulate. To be honest I think the Big Sky is getting a bit long in the tooth and there are more modern pedals out there that sound better (Walrus Audio R1 for example).
If it's any interest I have a thread where I replicate some of the more exotic reverb and delay pedals using iOS apps, the first post is a Big Sky type Chorale:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/48873/ambient-and-post-rock-guitar-effects-chains/
Why don't have both?
The discussions between what's better, software, hardware, iPads, eurorack, desktop, it's absurd. In the same moment that you can do any combination of them, based on what workflow fits better your state of mind.
I'm an iPad advocate: it's an incredible tool. But a tool that I prefer to use as a complement to my desktop setup, working in a similar way to a hardware synth. Indeed, it's an infinite range of creative hardware synths, reimagining the possible interactions to make music.
But there is also the reality of some tasks in the mastering and mixing process that can't be done with an iPad, like surround mix.
And I think that there is some confusion when we talk of music production. Music production has a lot different branches. It's not the same composition or live performing, which excels on the iPad, than mixing or mastering. Where a lot of the tools aren't still there.
Also, I get the fun part of working with limitations. I love to work with limitations, it's great for creativity, incredibly inspiring. But it stops being fun when these limitations slowing down your workflow aren't a consequence of the creative tools that you are using, but are a consequence of things like the terrible management using the Files app. Or confronting things like how to connect various devices that are considered audio interfaces by the device.
I dunno. I live in 4 worlds. iPad, Desktop, My Mind and Meat Space. I'm quite content in one or all of them
Just realized it requires iOS 15. I’m not sure I want to move on to 15 with my 2017 iPad Pro…
I'm running iOS 15 on a 2017 iPad Pro with no issues. Unless you are going to lose any critical apps I don't think there is any risk in upgrading the OS, iOS 15 is really good.
From my experience, there were some minor problems when I updated to iOS 15, like ghost MIDI ports randomly appearing from other apps. But all of those were fixed, and now it's incredibly solid.
So I was just taking out the trash and I accidentally tripped and fell, with my finger landing right on the purchase button.
Oh well! I’ve got it now!
Ha!
Oh, no, are you OK? I'm always worried this is going to happen to me, especially since I just updated to iOS 15 and it's possib — Oh dear....
I actually really love MagicVerb and use it a lot. Those are probably my top 3 as well though. I also end up using the free AudioKit reverb more often than I thought I would.
😂 don’t ya just hate when that happens?
Btw, what are your thoughts on it so far? I’m afraid to walk for fear of falling myself
I agree with you both. I’m actually teetering right on the edge of buying a desktop with Maschine/+ and using that and my iPad only. With maybe one big hardware synth for fun. (Looking at you Polybrute).
I'd save some money, get a Maschine mk3 instead and use with a computer for hands on, as well as pair with iPad. Mk3 is also an interface.
Yes. They are exposed in AUM.
Someone PayPal me 30 bucks…
Do you accept DOGE?
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I got news for you... it's the same story in the stock market. And I thought there would be a clear division between cryptos and stocks in general. That didn't happen. They all rise and fall together, which I find baffling.
I like it but not blown away. Has the best freeze function on iOS though, I think, since it can be easily modulated. And nice taste with the shimmer thats actually a shimmer and not a played-out octave up screeching nuisance.
In the end, Pro-R is just too smooth and unobtrusive to go away from based on my admittedly light-on-the-reverb tastes.
So Crystalline DOES have shimmer? Does it work well for Ambient? If you say "yes", I'm purchasing as soon as I can.
Like I said, not in the way you think. I misspoke, and I should’ve called it what it is labeled as—“Sparkle” (not Shimmer). It emphasizes higher frequency spectrum of the reverb. It does NOT do the octave-up feedback added “shimmer” effect.
The markets have spoken! Crypto is more like a stock than a fiat currency.