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Just getting an e-mail from Kai Aras and he told that we shortly will see an update to KB-1 MIDI FX app…
As we know for now, KB-1 cashes Logic Pro on iPad…
Good news, thanx on info!
I’ll got an testflight-link from Kai, and, now I can load KB-1 into Logic without crashes…
But, I can’t record the output MIDI from KB-1 into a midi track (I’ve enabled the “Record MIDI to track here”) - I don’t know if it’s KB-1 or something with my Logic installation - have seen this earlier on other MIDI FX apps…
Honestly after cranking through several projects in Logic, I discovered how much I really like Cubasis 3. Just so much easier to get it right without all the fiddling around I have to do in Logic.
Cubasis isn’t Logic Pro, it’s another way doing music on, just that…
And, if you don’t need the benefits of Logic compare to Cubasis, that’s fine…
For me Logic Pro is the best happening on this platform, ever (together with Pianoteq 8 and Synthmaster 2)…
Used only ‘Velocity Keyboard’, Tonality and StepPolyArp so far, they work as intended. Once it happened that ‘Velocity K’ didn’t work at first, after I added another MIDI AU in the chain, everything started to function normally, maybe it was some fluke with AU instrument or something.
Arming for record to track also works fine as it should be.
As a former Cubasis user, I understand where you’re coming from. Cubasis is a kind of a “DAW-Lite” and it does that very well.
I got frustrated with Cubasis very quickly, as it lacks busses, takes, delay compensation, a robust preset system and many other DAW features. But I did get it to work and produced decent sounding music. I had to buy plug-ins and lean heavily on my digital mixer to support my hardware outboard, but the result was worth it.
Again, if your goal is to use software instruments and record a few pieces of hardware, vocals and acoustic instruments, Cubasis makes it relatively easy.
If you want to be build a DAW template to track a band with and mix into busses, its Logic Pro all the way. Also, even though I’ve got the FabFilter suite, and a number of DDMF, Klevgrand and Toneboosters plug-ins, the Logic Pro plug-ins have me more or less covered in a way that the stock or in-app-purchase Cubasis plug-ins don’t remotely approach.
But, LP4i is a major time investment that Cubasis simply isn’t.
How great is it that we’ve got these radically different options in our iPads?!?!
Cubasis is an Skoda, Logic Pro is an Mercedes - both car is getting you forward, but, it’s more fun and comfortable to have en Mercedes…
Don’t get me wrong I really like Logic, but I also like that I can get great things done easier in Cubasis. Feels like it was made for the iOS universe and Logic was adapted to inhabit said universe.
Logic is in its first iteration and has only been out a few weeks.
Cubasis has been out for years and is on its third major version.
It should feel easier after you’ve used it for a long time.
It’ll take time to be as fluent in a different app. Especially coming from Cubase. As a Logic user Cubase has always felt ‘wrong’, fiddly and annoying to me. The opposite is clearly true.
I gave Cubasis a good go but then remembered when I bought Logic in its Emagic days I’m pretty sure there was a clause in the EULA forbidding Emagic users from ever using Steinberg products. In perpetuity.
I couldn’t get on with Cubasis at all. It just didn’t gel with me.
In all seriousness, hopefully Logic being on iPad will encourage Steinberg to continue improving Cubasis and perhaps bring out the big dog.
I don’t think it will happen soon, but the fact Logic is a subscription should be encouraging to the likes of Steinberg. Being able to charge an annual fee might make them more interested in bringing more Cubase features to the iPad.
Especially those where Logic is weakest.
Logic is great and has moved the bar significantly. But there’s obviously still tremendous room for improvement. I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops.
Competition is good. :-)
At first I was skeptical but now having used it for a day mind is blown this is on iPad. I mean just the mixing capabilities alone with all the logic fx - then all of the instruments plus nice integration with 3rd party.
You can actually drag and drop audio files from Files app to the arrange or DMD (don’t know other iOS DAWs that can). Cubasis can’t - always found that to be a pain. Capture record / bounce in place / routing options etc… By version 3 or 4 this will be a real beast.
Yeah, it’s really deep!
I’ve been digging deep in Logic Pro for iPad since release, 23rd of may - every day, many hours per day, still discover things that is awesome!
One of them was Scripter MIDI FX, really powerful and programmable plugin environment.
Apple didn’t include all presets from Mac to iPad, but if you have Logic on a Mac it’s pretty easy to move them all (30 presets totally)…
It’s really exciting to see when the first update to Logic arrives, because there are a few omissions/bugs that must be fixed…
But, all in all, Logic is very stable on my M1 iPad Pro 12.9”…
I just started learning music production a few weeks ago. I started in bitwig but kept hitting a wall. I decided to jump into logic on iPad when it was announced and I’ve been loving it so far. I don’t have an invested in vst plugins due to being new at this so I’ve just been focusing on the iPad side. I kind of want to trade in my 11 inch M1 Pro for the bigger size but I might try to hold out. Maybe I can just try using the hdmi on my hub to my external monitor if I need more screen real estate. Space might be the other issue in the near future.
@galaxea
Since you have an 11" iPad Pro, you might be able to delay any move to a 12.9" model by showing more on your 11" screen. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Display Zoom and set it to "More Space". This makes text and controls smaller, but you get more stuff on the screen -- up to three rows of keyboard in Logic Pro for iPad, for example. The results depend on the app.
It's like going partway from 11" to 12.9", but without the added weight. I started using this after installing Logic Pro for iPad, and I haven't looked back. And I have 64-year-old eyes (but good contact lenses).
@BeatsMe Thanks for this tip. My eyes were born three years before yours so I may have to revert to the default setting but worth a try.
Thanks for the advice! I will try that tonight when I get home. The smaller screen hasn’t bugged me yet. I need to focus a tiny bit of money into a decent audio interface first anyhow.
I’ve experimented with that as it also shows more on my 12.9”.
Worth a try if you need the extra info. My aging eyes do prefer standard.
Would be nice to be able to set per app. Also would like to hide date and battery at top of screen in Logic (as I can with Gadget). Gives the app a bit of extra space.
Can you use an external touch screen monitor with an iPad?
Thanks..
As I understand it, display zoom only works on 12.9” iPads
Yes, on the 12.9" there's an option to make things 'bigger' (less space) or 'smaller' (more space).
On the 11" there's only an option for 'more space' which makes things smaller...
...personally I would not mind having to option to make things a bit bigger to mimic the resolution of the 9.7" iPad on the 11".
Curious to see if they bring more of the Flex Time algorithms over - like Rhythmic / Slicing etc.. Flex Pitch editing too. Also more keyboard shortcuts when use a keyboard and mouse setup - rewind / paste at playhead etc. If they bring the Marquee tool over that would be wild!
Really digging this - been using Logic since Emagic days and this is profound. They’ve done a good job managing the relatively complex nature of Logic but making it accessible. Curious what the next updates will be. Subscription model hopefully will keep regular updates moving - I’m sure a lot of desktop users version of Logic is perhaps “less than legal” lol
Don’t know much about FlexTime… but there are some options here… on imported sample..
Is the option for ‘more space’ only available on 11” iPad Pros? I can’t find it on a Gen 4 Air…
As far as I know that is the case, most be one of those ‘Pro’ features or something!?
It was in the track setting! Thanks for pointing this out, it’s already there - crazy stuff. Another game changer for iOS. Appreciate it!
I particularly like the tempo analysis of recorded audio and the easy way to adjust the down-beat making tempo matching audio recordings a blast. Audio quantize is quite freaky too.
Proper editng on the slice markers for warping and mangling would be a blast together with Flex-Putch.
I wrote this in the thread about a new Beatles track being released with the help of AI technologies. I thought the features on Drummer fit here in this thread:
I've been experimenting with Logics Drummer and there's absolutely AI technologies within the Drummer utility. I'm usually OCD about drums and want to program every note and only use samples that I've selected. With Drummer you can't go in and make every note just so or just change the snare (or at least I don't know how to, lol). What it does do is allow you to choose which track you want the Drummer to follow (a feature I stumbled onto).
On the Snare/Kick control there's a menu button on the right that brings up the choices. If you lay down just a click or scratch drums you can then lay down Bass and then go back and use Drummer to follow the Bass track (!). It locked the kick right with the Bass part, and it was so cool. AI technologies for things like that to me are cool, but it's such a slippery slope between a drummer that follows a groove you right to a complete song & arrangement being created by AI and then presented as "the song I just wrote." That's my issue with the auto melody generation apps; it just seems so paint by numbers and devoid of any real creativity going down. Just my opinion of course.
You can convert any Drummer track to MIDI track, and there move your notes, changed pieces of the drumkit etc etc…
Go look at Lumbeat’s stuff.. centered around iBassist, and now with GrooveLock tech..
I think Logic for IPad is the greatest music production ‘environment’ ever created.. hands down.. can only imagine Lumbeat Auv3.. in it..
BTW.. That HiP HoP Drummers is… well..😊
I do this all the time. Use the drummer to get some ideas then drop it to midi and make it my own after that. For me it’s an idea buster for when I’m stuck. Drop a couple different drummers in and the beat takes life.