Apple iPad + Numerology

[kodama]

As far as possibilities for a native approach to TouchOSC/N3 integration, you should check out what these guys have done with Live:

http://vimeo.com/10827539

[bonomius]

Hi!
I just made a short video of numerology running on the iPad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQ-zNO-PcM
i used an app called Air Display that turns the iPad into a second touchscreen monitor for Mac.
It's still version 1 and is a little sluggish but if you can try it!

[kodama]

Interesting - How does it deal with clicking and dragging?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by bonomius

Hi!
I just made a short video of numerology running on the iPad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQ-zNO-PcM
i used an app called Air Display that turns the iPad into a second touchscreen monitor for Mac.
It's still version 1 and is a little sluggish but if you can try it!

That's what I'm talking about..... nice.

[kodama]

Hoping for N3 soon, my new iPad w/TouchOSC is lonely

[jim]

Originally Posted by kodama

Hoping for N3 soon, my new iPad w/TouchOSC is lonely

Just a few days...

Jim

[kodama]

Awesome!

[tomoe97]

Have a look at the following step sequencer in development for the iPad from Synthetic Bits: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2010/...tep-sequencer/

Notice the use of the Line 6 Midi Mobilizer. Imagine the possibilities if Numerology were similarly converted into an app for iPad.

[TwoToneshuzz]

The iPad demo link in the previous post was and eye opener. I like some aspects, but I also notice that the actually interfacing seems pretty fiddley. having to hold the surface up towards your eyes, and being very careful about picking out the right virtual buttons demands highly focused motoric use. When using an interface with actual botttons as on the launch pad, I have experienced a more fluid and relaxed user experience that gets the creative juices flowing and is downright fun. I vote for tactile interfaces for inputting notes, gates and velocity. Also for firing off presets there is something satisfying about pressing a squishy button, as opposed to tapping on a flat surface. The iPad would be great for surround panning XY pad control of synth parameters, visual pattern metronome for practice, mixer control.

But if you don't have access to a Launchpad then the iPad would do the job for inputting note data and so on. Also I feel that the cost of the iPad unit is rather high for using it for a function that it might not be all that well suited for in the long run. I vote for keyboards, pedals switches and knobs combined with touchscreens connected directly to a powerful computer for studio use and perhaps an iPad for doing brainstorming for production away from the studio. Or presenting finished projects to contacts/customers like a portable mini studio where pre set-up tracks could be adjusted and such. Serious creative work demands tools that are comfortable to use, as you work intensivly over many hours. I think a way to think of the iPad is as an IdeaPad. The studio is the production interface and demands more specific tools than the generalist type Touch screen interface.

Thinking out loud

Wade