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never enough for some people here. If u want Logic Pro, use OSX i guess.
iOS should be fun and simple, or not ? That's why iOS have amazing and FUN apps to use, to make music and some jams.
Sorry but .... everybody asking for more to every app dev here, always more with a "free update". We really need too much things in apps ?
Yeah @dendy , for sure 100%
I made money with my music back in the day, mostly doing instrumentals for corporate videos and television commercials. No vocals. There is not a piece of that music I couldn't have made on my iPad.
On the other hand, my main job for some time has been video editing and in spite of how good Lumafusion is, there's no way I could use it for my video work.
Just use the proper tools for your situation and get on with it!
My kids are big Mountain Goats fans. A number of The Mountain Goats albums were recorded on a $50 boom box. A true artist will get it done one way or another and not get hung up on how to do it.
FWIW
Definitely right on this one, the developers put in time and effort for free on the iOS platform, if they ask for an upgrade fee, hell breaks loose in here but we keep asking for new features like this developers aint got bills and needs.in my humble opinion, if they put in time and work, they should ask for upgrade fee and at the same time make an app that is almost bug free.
(Disclaimer: I haven't read the entirety of this thread, so if I accidentally repeat any points previously made, I apologise in advance, lol.)
To help a person appreciate what we have on iOS - 40 years ago, musicians would spend 5-6 figures (in 1970s currency) just to build a decent recording studio. You had your magnetic tape machines and destructive editing. You had your massive analogue hardware synths and gigantic mixing desks and outboard gear. You had to noodle around with all of these cables and wires. The MIDI protocol wasn't even around 40 years ago as it was invented in the early 80s, so you either had to have some sort of analogue sequencer or play your synths live. To recall a preset, you had to jot down the synth's settings on a piece of paper/notebook. The point - there was no such thing as a digital audio workstation back in the 70s, and yet these big-budget studios managed to produce music somehow. Jean-Michel Jarre managed to pump out electronic masterpieces somehow.
These days, all of this studio equipment is in the palm of my hands inside of a current gen iPad Mini. In my opinion, the iPad is a virtual studio you can carry anywhere. Sure this DAW app lacks X feature and that DAW app lacks Y feature, but an individual can use each app in conjunction with one another and string them into one solid workflow that's unique to said individual. We have a much easier workflow now than what producers had in the 70s.
Finally, what if Logic Pro was released on iOS but required a subscription? Would it be worth going subscription, or would an individual become pissed off enough to go back to learn the tools they already have?
I was at my most productive when my sequencer was MIDI only (Still Logic though) and all my synths and samplers were hardware. Vocals and guitars were recorded on an 8 track reel to reel which was synced to and controlled by the Mac. My first sampler had 1MB RAM. It was fantastic. Especially for drums. It seemed to do magic things to drums. Aah, nostalgia...
Actually the reel to reel is the only reason I bought Logic at the time. I used to use Vision (loved Vision!) but Vision couldn't control my tape machine as it had proprietary controls. Logic could.
Believe it or not, Logic can still control a Fostex reel to reel. I'd have bet a ham sandwich that Apple would have removed that code by now. But it's still there.
I don't mind paying for netflix or apple music/spotify type content by subscription. But software? No way.
The trouble with subscriptions is that they mount up very quickly. I only buy stuff when I can afford it. I don't want a huge monthly bill hanging over my head. I can cancel netflix or apple music and still have stuff to watch and stuff to listen to.
I can buy Logic and not upgrade until I have the funds and still use it as much or as little as I like. And often, I go months without being able to make music. I hate the idea of having to micro manage a subscription and either pay for stuff I'm not using or have the hassle of cancelling and re-starting subscriptions.
And say I switch from Logic to Live tomorrow.
I don't need to spend a single penny on Logic ever again but can still access and edit everything I've created with it to date as long as I have a computer to run it on. Or use it again on a whim. With a subscription I wouldn't be able to do any of that.
Bollocks to software subscriptions. They're morally wrong. I'll get off the fence now.
@jwmmakerofmusic, very good POV. OTOH that was then and this is now. The thing that bothers me is that there is no Holy Writ or even a mission statement that iOS should replace desktop. I mean desktop is advancing as well, right? Maybe moreso since there is a paying market of pro users. So, logically, iOS can never catch up to desktop.
And my other disagreement is that so many users “require” this pro stuff on iOS . Any sensible pro user simply uses the best tools available and does not pine for a better iOS platform.
To look for the perfect DAW on iOS seems to miss the point that iOS is a platform for the new more than a simulacrum of the past. I, personally, will always be stuck in the past, so Cubasis is more than enough for me. But younger people will seek the new and innovative. iOS should be that place of opportunity IMO.
In an ideal world this should be the end of thread. I’ve ruined that by posting this!
Thanks for the Atom Piano Roll idea. I love Auria Pro, but yes piano roll is tough.
Will have to try Atom, - anybody else using this combo of Auria and Atom?
In an ideal world Apple wouldn’t lie that iPads work on the level of a computer and even higher, than people wouldn’t expect this.
My iPad mini 5 has bigger single core performance than my 2015 macbook pro
i can run 100 tracks each one running 8 voices polyphony, 3x supersaw oscillator, delay,chorus and long reverb. On every single on from those 100 tracks.. with 80% cpu load, without any crackles at 10 ms buffer.
Like wow. I feel totally without any limits now. Never felt this way on desktop.For me iPad works as creative tool better than any computer i ever had...
I think you might have to visit infinite loop and speak to someone about that.
Good luck 🍀
Great buy! Congrats! Unfortunately not true for newer iPads Pro. Apple messed them up completely!
Remixed on an iPad Pro
Lordy @dendy, what is your secret!!
It's just about state of mind
There is no hidden secret. I decided to enjoy musicmaking on iPad 
Maybe it's just that i'm lucky there are available apps covering my needs.
But there is more. I noticed that many people aren't willing to adjust own workflow. They aren't willing to go out of own comfort zone, to adjust workflow to app's posibilities. They rather wait until app adjust itself to their expectations, until app gets all features that allows them do things old good way like they did it all the time before...
Which then, inevitably, leads to dissapointments, and i see this all the time here on ABF, and this thread is another proof...
My approach is different. I look at app, i think about what is possible there, not what is not there, and i'm using it to the max. Of course if apo is going at least a little bit in "my direction"
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I'm trying to do so called "workarounds" - which is actually in my opinion not "workaround" but simply changing workflow. Adjusting own workflow to new conditions instead of waiting until conditions will be changed.
This approach (constantly trying learn new thing and changing workflows) has also big benefit for my creativity - i realised that i'm most creative when i go out of my comfort zone and try do things different new way.
It doesn’t make Apple lies any better.
+1
Bravo @dendy. Beautiful approach. I have spent the entire morning freezing tracks on a 15 minute track. Good I have two iPads! Patience is necessary.
once again i don't see lie there.. 2018 pro and 2019 models ARE more powerfull than 2015 macbook pro, at least in terms of CPU power. That is fact. Creative people can do same things on iPads like on desktop, and in many cases in more effective and intuitive way...
Which doesn't mean this way of doing things fits to everybody. Of course not.
Computers will coexist with tablets (and hardware workstations) at least for few years. Because of people are different.
But if somebody is expecting using same workflows with same tools on iPad like on desktop/notebook, then it is obviously not understanding of tablet / iOS platform... And as i said, inevitbly it ends with dissapointment..
Don't think Apple os lying in any way. iPads are super powerful tools. Just they are designed (and always will be) for different way of working with them than classic computers.
There we are back in what i wrote above. Don't blame Apple or devs that they do not delivered somethinh which works based on your expectstions. Learn new paradim, forget old one.
Every time I put the Apple Pencil on the canvas in Procreate I can't help but marvel at how amazing this thing is. Zooming in and out of the artwork without hickups, every brush-stroke feels natural and immediate. Apple never said anything about music applications specifically in their marketing copy.
Yes, the iPad Pro can absolutely deliver exceedingly professional experiences that can not be had with a laptop.
If Apple lied to you perhaps you should take it up with the Russian Fair Trade Commission.
I’m sure they will take care of you. LOL.
Yes this can be frustrating, i see. You need to ask yourself if there is other way to do what you want to achieve (i mean with different apps, different workflows) on iPad.
Often for price just tiny little bit of "less sound quality" you get huge significant improvement in workflow and this is in my opinion LOT more important than sound perfection.
If there is no way, then you should even reconsider if iPad is really ideal tool for you. It's important to not try push things too hard - if something is more source of frustration than fun, especially if it is suposed to be hobby
, it's time to reconsider changing tools ...
@dendy, thanks. I use a lot of acoustics, which I guess is part of the issue. I am more than ok with the iPad. It has enabled me to create almost 130 tracks in 15 months. Upgrading to a Pro from an iPad4 helped amazingly. I love holding it in one hand and tapping away with the other. No complaints, really. I accept the process and grateful I entered at such a fruitful time.
I love the iPad for everything, but recently I've reanimated a ten-year old iMac, and put Logic on it. I'm much happier.
A lot of my music involves recording audio from other devices, mostly the guitar, but also an OP-Z. The unreliability of the iPad for this task was driving me nuts. In the end, I found I'd avoid recording, because it was too much bother.
The iMac+Logic is rock solid.
The catch is that I still use the iPad for everything else. The Mac is just a DAW workstation. I play iPad apps into it via iDAM.
This is proving to be the Goldilocks setup for me. The only problem is that my samples/recordings are all in AudioShare, and my Mac is too old for AirDrop. But that's workable, and I've done way more recording and mixing since I switched.
I know I'm lucky enough to have a Mac as well as an iPad. On the other hand, it's ten years old, and was almost retired.
My point is, the iPad might not suit the way you do everything. And that doesn't matter. It's just another option.
EDIT: just wanted to mention -- Logic Remote for iPad is amazing.