Apple silicon

[replicant6]

The iPad Pro was going head to head with MBP 13” in benchmarks two years ago. The issue with pro audio apps on iPad isn’t power. It’s getting developers behind it. If you dig into all the WWDC info, you’ll see that Apple is making it easy to develop and deploy apps across all their platforms (MacOS intel/silicon, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS). This will incur minimal costs to developers, while expanding their platforms. in fact, Apple is implementing some sort of universal purchase. You will be able to buy one app license and run the app across platforms. Personally think that this is a huge boon for everybody. And I think we will see developers deploy for multiple platforms a lot sooner than we expect. I personally would love to see Reason and Ableton on my iPad. Reason in particular seems perfectly suited for a touch interface. Just my personal preference, but I hate being ball-and-chained to a desktop, getting a cramp in my neck and my mouse arm. And now that iPadOS will have full mouse, keyboard, and trackpad support… Why not?

[Pasha]

Personally, I like Live as a computer program rather than tablet app. However some simplified Live version for tablet might arrive but I don't see how this would fit in. Even Apple did not push for Logic on the iPad. Garageband is good enough to play with but IMHO far from professional use especially because DAW is a component of complex setups and you need standard connections to make it work. Today's iPad offering looks limited in the way it handles those setups.

[replicant6]

I’ve been an iPad user since day one, and I love them. For the past year or more, iPad chips have been benchmarking on par with MacBook Pros, and even beating them in some graphics intensive tests. Now how that translates to audio performance is a different thing, but I think the potential is there. So saying that they would need to release a ‘dumbed down’ version of Live is just not necessary. Now with keyboard and mouse support fully implemented, I see no real reason why we couldn’t have an iPadOS port of Ableton Live.

Probably one of the biggest roadblocks is the incessantly complaining users... BUT I can’t use Serum on the iPad... BUT my audio interface isn’t compatible... Instead of looking at it as iPad OR Mac, why not look at it as an AND? Whip out your iPad on your lunch break, run Ableton with stock plugins and sketch out a drop.

IMO, Ableton should do a direct port to iPadOS and just say, “Use a mouse and keyboard if you want to use it.” Better yet, buy out TouchABLE and integrate that as a touch layer in the app that can run over top of the standard interface. BAM. Best of both worlds. Build your tracks with the keyboard and mouse... Switch to the custom touch layer to perform.

I’d be more than happy with that. And for any things it couldn’t do out of the gate? Well that’s what your home studio is for and you’d be no worse off.

Cheers

R6