Then I realized I was waiting for effects automation and hoping for relative MIDI in Koala, I was waiting for Patterning to go AU, I was hoping for MIDI feedback and linear audio tracks in Drambo, and the list goes on.
#ABLETON LIVE IPAD PRO M1 UPDATE#
Every time a new update comes out, people start clamouring for more features I was writing a comment along the lines of, “I can’t wait for MIDI looping and tighter Launchpad integration,” and I realized that if I just went back to Live as my main working environment, I would have both of those things and more. The Loopy Pro Facebook group finally convinced me to suck it up and go back to Live.
#ABLETON LIVE IPAD PRO M1 UPGRADE#
Intel MacBooks had also gotten unpleasantly expensive IMO, but with Apple Silicon I was able to get a massive performance upgrade for a more palatable price. Ableton Live has always been a really easy environment for me to work in, but my job switched to full-time wfh in 2019 and the iPad’s form factor was much easier for me to actually enjoy after a long day at my desk. Really interesting - I went through the exact same thought process earlier this month and bought an M2 MacBook Air. Even then there’s problems - about 25% of my AUM jams fail to record, so most of that now is recorded straight into the Mac, rather than the unreliable built-in option. I still create short bits and pieces in Gadget, Koala, jams in AUM etc., but they’re captured as audio and exported into Live for proper editing and arrangements. Used to be via IDAM, but that’s stopped working (Big Sur update FTW) so I use an audio line out/in. I’ve been doing this for a few years now - the iPad acts as an instrument that I record into Ableton on my Mac. From now on, I suspect I will be using an iPad only for reading, writing (which it's great at), and for one-at-a-time music apps. Maybe this will change in future, but it doesn't look like it. From now on, I suspect I will be using an iPad only for reading, writing (which it's great at), and for one-at-a-time music said: It's about the same price, and would be a way better music machine for me. I've been looking at the M1 and M2 iPads, and this made me realize that I might buy an M2 MacBook Air instead. But for me, it's such a pain to do anything that I always give up. I also understand that many of you live in Drambo, or AUM. I also love the iPad for music, both its immediacy, its amazing audio apps, its portability and its touch screen. I'm not trying to say that this is the best way for everyone. If I want Koala, I can sync it via Link, and capture the audio via iDAM. The upshot was an afternoon spent enjoying music making, experimentation, and all that good stuff. The new Moogerfooger FX are nice, but tbh Ableton has sp many great built-in FX I don't need the Moog ones yet. Playing the 0-Coast into Live is a dream, and I can quickly chop the recordings into a Simpler and keep working. I hooked up my guitar to my Mac, also hooked up an 0-Coast and Novation Launchpad, and I was off. Yesterday I decided to stop messing with iOS as a system, and just use the individual apps as sound sources for Live. I know I can freeze midi tracks there, but still. On GarageBand, nothing records, or MIDI records, but not Koala's sequenced MIDI. This week, I put Koala and Drambo inside iOS DAWs, hoping to record their audio into tracks, but this seems to be impossible. And while it does Ableton export, there's still a lot of management work to do on the desktop end. The individual apps are great, but to gather material to complete a song, iPadOS is a monstrous pain.įor example, Koala is amazing, but used an an AU, it often crashes. Whenever I use the iPad for music, I feel like I'm fighting to get things done. I've finally given up on the iPad, on iConnectAudio, on everything except Live on the Mac.
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