Looks like the MPC Fly will be iPad 3 compatible!

The form factor of the new iPad is the same as the iPad 2. Only issue I see is Akai coming up with a higher res version of the app to support the retina display! Not bad!



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Here's the difference in thickness. Actually looks fairly significant:

The iPad 3 is very slightly thicker but hopefully that won't make too much difference.

**** that I wanna know if I can use it on my original ipad. I'm not gunna pay $400+ just to make beats on the go.

BassToTheFace wrote:**** that I wanna know if I can use it on my original ipad. I'm not gunna pay $400+ just to make beats on the go.

I'm sure the app will work, although I don't know how efficiently. The pad assembly may work too but the iPad itself won't fit into the case!

Hopefully this means the Fly casing will support the new pad

IMNICE wrote:

Hopefully this means the Fly casing will support the new pad

The case looks like flexible rubber, so I think it should!

DJ Hellfire wrote:Only issue I see is Akai coming up with a higher res version of the app to support the retina display!

My Bro develops a lot of smartphone and tablet apps and according to him the bane of any app developer is Android, because there is no standard resolution. With Apple they just double the resolution which makes the transition easy.

DJ Hellfire wrote:

BassToTheFace wrote:**** that I wanna know if I can use it on my original ipad. I'm not gunna pay $400+ just to make beats on the go.

I'm sure the app will work, although I don't know how efficiently. The pad assembly may work too but the iPad itself won't fit into the case!

I'm only worried about the app anyway. I'll save however much the fly costs and just get the app, then use the money I saved for a ren

That's the trouble when apple change the form factor, even slightly, and you've bought these expensive add ons tied to a particular model?

Maybe it'll just be safer to hook up a generic MPD (or MPC Studio?) via the camera kit? Not as neat, but at least it's more future proof.

Hopefully the Alesis IO Dock will be okay as that works with iPad 1 and 2 and has some give. I think it's only the thickness that's changed slightly on iPad 3.

groovemonger wrote:That's the trouble when apple change the form factor, even slightly, and you've bought these expensive add ons tied to a particular model?

It's a pretty solid rumour that Apple are trying to miniaturise the 30 pin dock connector to allow even thinner form factors. There's a chance we'll see that from the iPhone 5 onwards.

I could give 2 **** about the ugly ass pads and case. All I want to know is when the 2K app is dropping?

@Coz - Hi ! Please ask your brother if he or someone he knows can develop a virtual emu sp1200 for the ipad/android device. I think this app is long overdue.

Thanks.

Here's the difference in thickness. Actually looks fairly significant:

Does anybody know if the Fly has/will have midi connectors or USB connectors to hook up other devices?

I think that this is a must. I will get the app for sure, but if the controller doesn't come with connectors i will use something like the Behringer istudio or Alesis dock ( Behringer istudio appears to be much better imo ) in conjunction with a korg padcontrol.

The ipad isn't a toy anymore, i hope that Akai will go this direction away from a traditional computer, something as big as the Ren, a MPC Superfly would be killer. Just transfer the new MPC software to the ipad, if others can do full blown DAW's for ipad like Auria, Akai could do it as well!

MPC Superfly, killer name for a device or not?

knowing apple, the ipad 4 will probably be released before the mpc fly is even out...