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iPad will always remain stuck between being a consumption and a creation device (a "creasumption" device?). Anyone who seriously attempts creation on the iPad w

iPad will always remain stuck between being a consumption and a creation device (a "creasumption" device?). Anyone who seriously attempts creation on the iPad will eventually want to move to more specialized hardware. Garageband on iPad is nice, but if you're serious about music, you will want Logic Pro. Doodling on the iPad is great too, but if you're a serious designer, you'll buy a Wacom tablet and Illustrator. Which is perfect. Creators need their gateway drug, and the iPad fills that role perfectly

chadlavi 7y ago
It would be nice if the serious players in professional creative software would start making apps on iPad, though. In the example you give, the user moves on from the iPad mainly because the tools they need to use aren't available there. If I could do my work on an iPad (with, when at my desk, an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard), I would do it in a heartbeat.
musicale 7y ago
> Garageband on iPad is nice, but if you're serious about music, you will want Logic Pro Nothing against Logic (or Garageband, which is great) but there are so many incredible instruments/synths/AUs available for iOS, as well as a number of highly capable DAWs, including Auria Pro, Cubasis, FL Studio Mobile, Korg Gadget, Beatmaker, etc.. Several of them also work well with respective desktop versions. Ideally I'd say you want an iPad and a Mac running Logic (or your favorite desktop DAW) but a high quality all-iOS workflow has been doable since early versions of NanoStudio, BeatMaker, Multitrack DAW, and AudioBus. Multitouch is also nice for mixing (and you can use an iPad to control Logic.) > Doodling on the iPad is great too, but if you're a serious designer, you'll buy a Wacom tablet and Illustrator. For vector graphics, Affinity Designer goes a long way. For digital painting and drawing the combination of iPad Pro + Apple Pencil + Procreate is hard to beat.
- puranjay 7y ago
  At present, the iPad is simply not powerful enough for pro quality music production. Serious, ready-to-release songs usually have 40-50+ tracks. That really stretches powerful processors on desktops. I produce some music as a hobby and while I've seen some iPads being used during live gigs as a second screen, the studio is strictly Macbook Pro/desktop territory.

chadlavi 7y ago

It would be nice if the serious players in professional creative software would start making apps on iPad, though. In the example you give, the user moves on from the iPad mainly because the tools they need to use aren't available there. If I could do my work on an iPad (with, when at my desk, an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard), I would do it in a heartbeat.

musicale 7y ago

> Garageband on iPad is nice, but if you're serious about music, you will want Logic Pro Nothing against Logic (or Garageband, which is great) but there are so many incredible instruments/synths/AUs available for iOS, as well as a number of highly capable DAWs, including Auria Pro, Cubasis, FL Studio Mobile, Korg Gadget, Beatmaker, etc.. Several of them also work well with respective desktop versions. Ideally I'd say you want an iPad and a Mac running Logic (or your favorite desktop DAW) but a high quality all-iOS workflow has been doable since early versions of NanoStudio, BeatMaker, Multitrack DAW, and AudioBus. Multitouch is also nice for mixing (and you can use an iPad to control Logic.) > Doodling on the iPad is great too, but if you're a serious designer, you'll buy a Wacom tablet and Illustrator. For vector graphics, Affinity Designer goes a long way. For digital painting and drawing the combination of iPad Pro + Apple Pencil + Procreate is hard to beat.

puranjay 7y ago
At present, the iPad is simply not powerful enough for pro quality music production. Serious, ready-to-release songs usually have 40-50+ tracks. That really stretches powerful processors on desktops. I produce some music as a hobby and while I've seen some iPads being used during live gigs as a second screen, the studio is strictly Macbook Pro/desktop territory.