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Plus there's no reason with the functionality it will have, people can't produce pro quality results, many people release stuff they have recorded themselves nowadays and this opens things up a little more. You don't have to go and buy a £1500 Macbook, or a PC with loads of software. You may be able to use the ipad you already have, but without the limitations and frustrations of Garageband.
One issue I can see is storage, if the basic install and virtual instruments takes up too much space, it's a moot point anyway. Not many people will rush out to but 1tb ipad pro's when you could just buy a Mac.
I've cleared space on my ipad Air in anticipation. I have 30gb free. I'm currently finishing an album on PC/Cubase, when it's done I'd quite like to try something more ambitions on the ipad just to change the workflow for a bit and see how that changes what I record.
Anyhoo, here's an interesting comparison of how it performs on 4 levels of iPad. Up to 80 tracks on every model that can run it:
From the differences between the two benchmarks, it would seem that Apple has done well on optimising Logic's own plugins.
Anyway, some things looked good, others looked a bit clunky to be honest. I’ve lost a bit of faith in Apples ability to make things as simple as they once did, has anyone tried to set an alarm on an iPhone recently, Jesus, wouldn’t like to be in the mind of whoever designed that car crash.
Anyway, people seem to ignore Cubasis, been round for years and is a fantastic iPad DAW, for me it gets a great balance between ease of use and features that don’t feel at all limiting.
I'll try the same with logic next time I'm in the studio. But first impression was Logic adds the functionality GB misses, which is good, but it does feel a bit like an unlocked GB rather than something completely new. That said, I've only scratched the surface.
Not my setup - someone posted this on reddit. I am not bothering with an external monitor for the moment, as I'm pretty sure I'll be trying to press on the screen to move dials and zoom in/out.
That's it.
The Good:
It looks stunning, the way the track meters fade when you stop a track is almost worth £5 a month alone!
It's not short on features that's for sure.
The sound library is very comprehensive and pro sounding, as are the fx.
The way it handles plugs ins is pretty elegant.
The ability and the freedom to create busses is nice.
The Frustrations;
Many more windows that need to be opened and closed (I'm comparing this mainly to Cubasis) which makes it feels very cramped at times.
Also much more scrolling up and down as less that just fits onto the iPad screen real estate.
The learning curve - you can be up and running pretty quickly but I find myself scratcjing my head on some fairly basic stuff which requires either experimentation or a tutorial, in which case 30 mins have disappeared - the investment required to get the best out of it may be the downfall for me.
My biggest issue is not really with the app but with DAWs in general and the reason I went to ipad from Mac. The way it's set out just lends itself to sound library menu driving rather than sound creation. The sounds are very produced and very pro, so you find yourself putting together something pretty quickly that sounds really good on the face of it, but it's not necessarily good creative music. The sounds just remind me of every song on Radio 1, which sound like they're entirely done "in the box" aside from a few heavily processed vocal tracks layered on top. So for all the million options, it aids the homogonisation of music. Has me itching to add guitar and analog synths just to break it up.
But then I'm strange, I love Korg Gadget on ipad, when I discovered this I was more prolific and creative than at any point in the last 6 years, as it forces you to sound design from the off with virtual instruments. Problem is the fx are only good enough for sketching ideas.
So in short, I'll probably invest a little more time as I really like the mixing environment. Probably still do a lot of sequencing and track building in Gadget and the move to Logic for audio tracks, fx, mixing, and some layering.
Apologies for the long rant on DAWs but I judge these things ultimately on how much good music I create as a result of the technology.
Funny enough, I got around to a IOS system update today that has been queuing up for weeks (months?) and the alarm is back in the Clock app and not just in Health, so I couldn’t have been the only one.
The way the workflow is, you pick a sound from the library and work with it, but I don’t find the customisation of the sound very inspiring or intuitive. I prefer to pull up a soft instrument and start from there, rather than finding a sound and working out where it came from, and when you do they don’t feel like instruments with a sound signature.
The drum editor is way over complicated.
The mixer section I thought I would love, but constant scrolling up and down to get the right view is a pain and as a result the faders don’t have enough throw.