Should I invest in an Ipad for production?

I have everything software and hardware that I need for now. I thought about getting an ipad. I just picked up the iphone 5. If I get the ipad, I figure I could use that cash on more vst's lol. Anyway, got the laptop also. Don't know here...

dmvmang wrote: If I get the ipad, I figure I could use that cash on more vst's lol.

can you use vsts on the ipad? that might be cool if so..

I guess you need to figure out if the ipad has apps that you want.. maybe check if there are any "top beat making apps" type videos on youtube?

Here on the forums people talk a lot about a few of the apps saying they are great. It does look interesting I must say.

by the way, isn't it possible to try out some of the apps the ipad can take on the iphone as well?

Nope no vsts, there's a daw app for multi tracking that's ported some vst plugs that's it.

I had an iPad for a few years, it's fun to make samples on. Like if I was on my mpc and wanted to build and sample a quick synth patch. But I could never produce on it, it always ended up feeling like a toy to me personally. I would never seriously sit down and make tracks with it. I know others enjoy using nano studio and whatnot but for me it was just a crappy surrogate to working on real pads or a full daw.

The one area I did enjoy using it for was to supplement computer based production. Like using the lemur app to control max/msp instruments.

To each his own, just my experience.

Ipad is fun for sampling into the mpc
I never use it to create whole tracks. For example the iMPC app is great but it still doesn't feel like a real one.

Your ipad can be good for quite a few things, IF you can figure out a connectivity option that works for you. I have an ipad 3 and use an Alesis IO dock. I never found the camera connection kit or wireless connectivity options very useful. I'm not sure what new wired connectivity options are available for an ipad 4.

Some things you can do;

1. Sample.There are more noise makers on iOS than on any other mobile platform. Everything from drones, to special effects and practically every synth sound you can imagine can be found. My favorites right now are from Moog, Camel Audio and Korg.

2. Sequence. There are many options here. I'm currently using Phaedra and Arpeggionome Pro to sequence basslines on my Arturia minibrute. There are also a lot of very nice chord generators that when connected through midi to VSTs in your DAW can generate the structural outline for your song. This is especially useful if you're not familiar with musical theory need a tool to help you stay within key. Some of the best here are Polychord and Soundprism.

3. Control.Controllers have had a long legacy on the ipad. In fact, some of the earliest apps that I can recall installing on my ipad 1 were controllers. I've experimented with wireless and wired options as well as sending midi and OSC data. If there is a device that can accept these messages and you can connect your ipad to it, you can control it. Given this, my personal preference is to use a real hardware device with knobs and switches so I don't do a lot of controlling from my ipad. An option you can't go wrong with here is Lemur.

Back in the early days, iOS used to be filled with many many novel, toy-like apps. Since there was no real way for the average user to tie these apps together, the iOS got a reputation for being a music-making novelty toy as well. These days, there are midi standards, audio copy and past standards, and a standard has even recently been developed (called audiobus) that allows supported apps to connect to each other on the ipad itself. So when you buy the audiobus application you can now play a synth on iOS into an effects app and output it to an on-board DAW such as Auria or Cubasis.

In my opinion there has never been a better time to get an ipad for music making. Just keep in mind that you will burn a lot of time and dollars exploring. And there are so many options it can be a hindrance to actually making music if you're not careful.

MSH

here's cubase for ipad, so i kinda assume you can use vst/vsti's as well, though that may be entirely wrong of course.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2012/12/c ... s-gallery/

even if you end up disliking using the ipad for production, it can still be used as a touchscreen midi controller for many other things

This app is great, have a look ....




http://samplr.net/

I mean I was about to cop an Ipad (although I HATE Apple products)