I am guessing with a 17" Tablet display  we will actually be able to do "touch mixing" on a tablet on the Mix screen while using the non touch displays for  tracks and other windows functions...

Anyone think this is far fetched? 

A real touchscreen tablet controller?  The pieces are in place with Windows 8...

Yea, you just need someone smart enough to the write code for it.

CJaysMusic


Yea, you just need someone smart enough to the write code for it.

So are you implying that no one at Cakewalk is smart enough to do that?

So are you implying that no one at Cakewalk is smart enough to do that?

I dont imply anything. If i thought that, i would have typed that.

I am more inclined to wonder if they will make it an update for X2 coming out soon. I am pretty sure they see the possibilities given W8 is a touch based ready OS out of the box.  I have decided to wait to upgrade my hardware after learning more about W8. 

I thought I read somewhere that windows 8 in tablet mode has some quite major insufficiencies for audio work ?
Something about only one midi port under tablet? My memory is sketchy on that one though.

Steve

SO it looks like Sonar has to be written to use "Metro" in order to use a touch screen display as a RT controller


"According to here are two classes of applications that can be built and run on Windows 8 PCs and tablets. One is "Metro Style" applications. These are the modern, immersive applications that are going to get front-and-center billing. ("Metro" is the name of the design language that Microsoft pioneered with Windows Phone 7.) Developers writing Metro Style apps can code them in C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, HTML5/JavaScript and/or using XAML. The inclusion of XAML here implies "Jupiter," I'd say, even though Microsoft officials never used that codename during our prebrief yesterday. Jupiter is the XAML/UI layer on top of Windows 8 that enables Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) apps to work on the platform.
The second class of applications that can be built and run on Windows 8 PCs and tablets is called "Desktop" applications. These are applications that users can access by clicking on the Desktop tile in Windows 8. They don't have to be immersive; they can look and feel like classic Windows applications that don't assume that users will want/need to rely on touch as the primary way that they interact with them. Examples of existing Desktop apps that will work on Windows 8 are things like Photoshop or Intuit.
Microsoft's execs are emphasizing that Windows 8 is a no-compromise platform. They are positioning it as an operating system that can be all things to all people. But make no mistake: Microsoft sees Metro Style apps as the future. If you don't believe me, browse through the just-released list of sessions for Build.

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I thought I read somewhere that windows 8 in tablet mode has some quite major insufficiencies for audio work ?
Something about only one midi port under tablet? My memory is sketchy on that one though.

Steve

I seem to remember reading here on these forums that developers tend to stick to iPhone and iPads because of the latency issues on non-Apple tablets. 

The metro apps will run on a "real" PC computer.  Real PC programs (like SONAR) won't run on metro software which is designed for tablet users w/ slower processors.  MS is releasing two "tablets," one is metro powered the other more like a laptop w/ real intel chips.

Cake already stated that SONAR X2 will be Windows 8 compatible but won't run on metro.  So yes, it can be controlled by toucscreen.  Whether this works as well as theory is another question.

I hope that one could have a regular ole big screen to look at while doing channel control, console control or effects/synth on a touchscreen in your lap/desk in an expanded view.  That would be cool - if the touchscreen would show a popup version of the plug.  I'm not sure how good virtual faders would be compared to motorized faders w/ their tactile feedback.  Maybe I'm a dinosaur but I like the feel and feedback of a real fader under my fingers.  Otherwise, just about everything else could be touchscreen enabled.

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Yeah I think I confused Metro with the W8 OS. Metro is apparently the Phone OS.
  
 I just found out Sonar X2 will have such capability. I imagine that all other Windows DAW's will too, as soon as they're updated to work with Win 8. 

- All the Producer Expanded enhancements (e.g. Replace Synth, MusicXML  export, modular Pro Channel, etc.)  - Windows 8 support, including multi-touch support 


Looks like Cakewalk is ahead of the curve, Now have to look for a touch screen display....