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I keep an eye on that thing - though I don't have an iPad. 
I know people love to hate gimmicks and consumer-level stuff, and to make almost apocalyptic claims about the pro-market, but what's consumer stuff now was cutting edge not so long ago.


48 tracks of audio on a friggin' tablet, how awesome is that. Don't have to like the idea of mixing those 48 tracks on such as small screen, but I can see potential integration into a larger set up.

So far..  and not for much longer, as desktop still offers:  A huge hard disk.  Lots of RAM, and more cores than these tablets.  Also; a big huge desktop screen.


The biggest problem I've found, with switching DAWs, is the workflow one.  Now ofcourse, if you can mix in one, you can mix in another..  But they all have their own little quirks, that take about a year to figure out, and obviously some are far more featured than others.


I've got a 21.4 inch screen..  I'm not giving it up so easy.  I disdain the 6 month learning curve, of purchasing new DAWs, and frankly, its a good 3 or 4 years to really become an intermediate user with a new daw.


I haven't bought an iPad yet, but I do have an iPhone and I've got interesting news to report!!!!!!!!!!   I don't use any of the apps I've paid for.  I've stopped my app purchases.  I bought several apps for the iPhone when I first got it!  Everything from Aplitube, to Zen Meditation, and Stock quote this n that.  Beyond the first few dollars, and the first few days, I find that my software use: "on a desktop or laptop" has not transferred to the smart phone.  


I'm not ready to put, "the desktop in the storage bin," so to speak....  I'm sure we will be, "carrying out desktops down to the basement," over the next ten years...  some of us more quickly than others....


Shucks.. Consumers are already there.  LOL..  There is no reason for the average person to go out and buy a desktop computer.  You need to be somebody with:  A. Some sort of big office or business.  B.  Some sort of creative, who is kind stuck between desktops and laptops and tablets.


I'm both btw...  I run my own business.  And I play music.   

If I was a plumber with a stinky t-shirt, and a smelly wife..  I'd probably not bother getting my high-school aged student a big huge desktop PC for his/her school work...  I'd go to the Apple store and grab an iPad...  Cause that is exactly how apple has been marketing lately..  Thus...  Logic = $199 and soon to be < $99 I bet..   and also goodbye Mac towers!  Any day now...  

Exactly why Cakewalk should focus Sonar ---- > Cloud Services.  And totally never bother porting the thing to OS X.  As for Z3ta on Mac???  I hope they sell 10,000 copies!!   It would be great for the company.  Z3ta is fabulous synth.   

My interest in Aura is more curiosity than anything. I'm more than happy w/ Logic and PT. And I think they can benefit from development on that platform.

I think the way we approach mixing music will adapt and hopefully, we'll make the best out of the new technology while retaining the good things in current technology. 
When I transferred to the laptop - out of necessity -  the first thing I bought was a mouse, because I couldn't imagine doing serious work w/o one. Well, it's permanently hooked to my MacBook, but my hand rarely reaches for it. 

Reason being a feature that mimics a touchscreen surface like the iPad or iPhone - namely, the trackpad integration in Logic (I mentioned it in another thread). I can't see myself going back to something that revolves around a mouse and keyboard exclusively. Every time I switch to Pro Tools or Studio One, it's a pain to navigate and zoom the good old way. And that's pretty much the only time I go back to using a mouse.

So I think we can tray to remain open-minded about the way we do things -  the goal isn't to have a mouse to click on an icon of a magnifying glass and then move the cursor on a selection and zoom or to put your cursor over a scroll bar to navigate. A mouse can be handy to do that, but who says we can't cut off a few steps... And I'm sure there's plenty of things we got accustomed to doing a certain way which could be streamlined.  Cutting the middle man.

Sometimes, simplifying sucks, but sometimes, little gems emerge.

backwoods


Hey sorry I went rogue into far-off-topic regions projectM and implied Mac users were stupid too apparently.

But hey Mac started it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5z0Ia5jDt4 

Ha ha, ok. Touché my friend