Cakewalk needs to get with the program

That tablet is likely going to have the Apple brand on it. - In the name of Jesus, I rebuke the demon that put this presumption in your mind!

I don't think desktops are going to be eclipsed as such, either. I think we're just starting to see a fairly fundamental design branching between computers for entertainment and everyday use, and computers for more substantial tasks. One of the very smart things about the iPad is that they'd recognised that the average customer has been being offered computers that are wildly over-specced for their needs for several years now.

Starise
You have obviously not seen this - this will dominate the market http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA
It will
Daryl

 Hey Daryl,

 A cool idea man! But I sit and look at two large screen monitors right now. It's gonna be a hard sell for me. I still like tactile.....

Actually, I'm looking at getting an iPad to use as a sketch pad for song ideas. Would be great to have a Sonar app that would allow me to come up with basic ideas on my iPad, then transfer them in to my home set up to flesh out and finish.

NI's Maschine has this, why not Cakewalk?

munmun, you should try nano studio. I've heard great things about it. I understand it's a very usable creation tool. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIl8tG_dmt8

munmun

samson7842


Actually, I'm looking at getting an iPad to use as a sketch pad for song ideas. Would be great to have a Sonar app that would allow me to come up with basic ideas on my iPad, then transfer them in to my home set up to flesh out and finish.

NI's Maschine has this, why not Cakewalk?

munmun, you should try nano studio. I've heard great things about it. I understand it's a very usable creation tool. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIl8tG_dmt8

Exactly.  Will check it out.

Cool ap.

lol that troll wheel on that apple will not dominate the market hahaha

Creepy avatar, Mike.

Windows 8?

As tablets get more powerful, it is likely that we will eventually have our DAW's loaded into them and use our hands to control knobs, etc on the screen. It is also quite like that much like today, Apple will retain a huge dominance of the tablet market. Windows will become a secondary player as desktops and laptops get eclipsed by tablets. So I want to use Sonar on a tablet of the future. That tablet is likely going to have the Apple brand on it.

 
Folks felt the same way about laptops...  
Laptops have not eclipsed desktops.
ie: A laptop that's a fast as a 3930k desktop will cost you the better part of $4000.
 
It's going to be a good while yet before tablets (like the iPad) have enough horse-power to do anything close to what a typical Sandybridge desktop DAW can achieve.  IOW, It's not going to happen in the next 12-24 months.  You're talking in terms of years...
In hardware terms, a period of several years can bring major change.  Prior to iPhone and iPod, Apple was on the brink of going out of business.  Microsoft is a *major* player in the PC market.  It would be short-sighted to assume they'll not want a piece of the tablet market (if it grows as expected).

Funny because I don't feel like I could do serious work on an iPad.

But then again, 12-15 years ago, many were saying the same thing about desktop computers, either using them just for demos, or for midi sequencing while everything was recorded using ADAT or tape or whatever. 

I think tablets will be powerful "enough" - though obviously not as a dedicated tower or such. That gap will remain. When I see an iPad running 48 tracks of audio, I can't help but remember my humble beginnings on the PC w/ an almighty 8 tracks of audio. 

Of course, applications being what they are now, it's hard to imagine using a tablet to do everything. The software itself in't optimized for that. It's designed to work w/ a mouse and a keyboard.

I used to say that I could never work w/ only a trackpad and needed a mouse - I hardly ever use one anymore. Worst when I plug it in, I find my hand drifting back to the trackpad all the time to do all those things which can only be done with the trackpad - pinch to zoom out and such... Navigating is just so much easier. I consider my DAW to be as close to working w/ a touch screen as I'd dare going now - because of the way functionalities are implemented in it - it already takes advantage of gestures.

More than horsepower, it's the size of the screen that's likely to remain problematic. For the rest, well, you could always dock the iPad, use a keyboard w/ it, external HD and whatever... I don't think those things will disappear, they'll simply be less indispensable. 

munmun


As tablets get more powerful, it is likely that we will eventually have our DAW's loaded into them and use our hands to control knobs, etc on the screen.  So I want to use Sonar on a tablet of the future. That tablet is likely going to have the Apple brand on it.

So what are we doing about this Cakewalk?

I sincerely doubt that the future holds powerful tablets that we load comples programs onto like we do with our desktops and laptops today.  If anything, in my humble opinion, what we are heading for with tablets is a model where data storage and software are no longer something you purchase, but something you subscribe to.  Microsoft has been talking for years about selling subscriptions to their software.  I think we are right on the brink of our data storage and softare residing in the cloud with tablets having just enough storage to accomodate the operating system.  Our monthly subscription fees will be the next cashcow for the software companies. 
 
I think we are still going to have a need for some powerful desktop computers though.

lmao!!!

the vocals are not going to sound like that hahahaha

Lanceindastudio


lmao!!!

the vocals are not going to sound like that hahahaha

LMCAO!!!!!!

I would expect to redo the vocals. Can you imagine all the nice from the iPad mic? ...lol 

Here are two old problems with computing power that haven't been solved yet, and are a major challenge to tablet devices:
 
1) Music production via DAW will still require lots of inputs for external equipment: keyboard controllers, drum controllers, interfaces, etc..  That sweet iPad form factor won't be so sweet with about a dozen USB jacks along the edges.  If all you are doing is swiping loops around a la Garage Band you're okay.  Wanna hook up a control surface, keyboard, interface, external storage, multiple monitors, etc and you're either SOL or looking at some sort of docking setup that negates the tablet's physical form advantage.
 
2) Also, don't forget why desktops are in fat boxes: heat.  Processing power creates heat.  Put it in a tablet and you're going to roast your thighs.  Then the iPad melts and fails.
 
That said, whenever I see someone fiddling around with an iPad I can't help but stare and envy....