Interesting to read of the details behind this issue. This has been a serious issue for me - it's actually why I own an iPhone. My first modern touch device wa

Interesting to read of the details behind this issue. This has been a serious issue for me - it's actually why I own an iPhone. My first modern touch device was an iPod touch 4. I downloaded Garage Band and, as a long time milt instrumentalist and composer, loved it. I was amazed by how well the touch instruments worked and how easily I could record riffs and flesh out small snippets of songs. It ran almost flawlessly on the 4th gen Touch. Next, I decided to buy an Android phone - a Motorola Droid 2. I was surprised to find that despite the power advantage over the iPod, none of he music apps I tried were usable. The drum programs, for instance, we're so lacy and unpredictable as to be worse than useless. Hit a drum, and you may hear it seemingly instantly, maybe 1/8 a second later, maybe half a second, possibly never. Meanwhile the tiny iPod could play Garage Band instruments so well one could use it for live performance. I upgraded my phone twice, first to a Droid X, then a Galaxy S3... Each time was disappointed that the improved specs gave no improvement in the terrible audio performance. Currently I have an iPhone 6 so I can use Garage Band. Kudos to apple for doing this right - it's the best app I've ever used.