Imaschine is a shame and they do not reply to ANY of the questions. It would require less power (cpu limits on the Ipad), less storage and manageable input/output.Īs for a new Ipad product, well i'd like NI to respond to questions that their current customers have ! No, i think they should limit themselves to extended data/information presentation (tracks, samples, drumsynth, chopping, etc) and some extra software shortcuts (sliders, buttons, jog shuttle) that would improve workflow with the controller. Getting data to or from the ipad has always been a pain.Ī simple microSD slot on the Ipad could have easily solved the last 2 problems.
There is no such thing as simply inserting a MicroSd card with new samples or projects. Everything has to go through Itunes or using Dropbox and therefore always requires wifi and another computer. Lastly, importing and exporting on the Ipad is always a pain. Most Ipads don't have the extended 32 or 64 or even 128Gb option so that would limit the userbase. Storage is another issue, mind you that you would have a sound database of 6Gb easily, not counting own prooductions and expansions.
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As a result the regular Maschine controller simply is IMPOSSIBLE to control just by the ipad since it uses too much juice, so an interface with a powersource would be needed which takes away from the mobility and would cost extra.Īlso the ipad doesn't always have the cpu power needed, probably the only one that would be able to properly power full fletched maschine software would be the ipad air, so this would result in a less powerfull application than you are used to with the laptop as they would like to make software that would run on at least the 3rd,4th and latest gen Ipads.
Indeed, the Ipad sucks when it comes to supplying voltage to external devices, the USB connectivity can not be compared to a regular USB port that usually supplies 500mA of juice, it's very limited.