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From: Ian Piper on 11 Jun 2010 15:57
On 2010-06-11 13:42:52 +0100, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> said:

> I know the iPad isn't supposed to be a creation tool

Well I'm not sure I agree with that. Mine is a great content creation
tool, and the developer support in making apps like Pages, PaperDesk,
Ideas, Drawing Pad and others seems to bear that out. Isn't the value
of the tool in its utility to the user? If I want to use it as a
content creation tool, and there are products to support that use, who
cares what a bunch of marketeers *think* it should be used for?



Ian.
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From: Flavio Matani on 11 Jun 2010 16:18
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> I know the iPad isn't supposed to be a creation tool, but apple do sell
> iWork for it, so even they are not sure what it is!

There already are some interesting music making applications for it, as
well as a few drawing and painting ones; I agree that perhaps Apple
themselves are not sure about what it is in that respect.


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From: Peter Ceresole on 11 Jun 2010 16:30
Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote:

> There already are some interesting music making applications for it, as
> well as a few drawing and painting ones; I agree that perhaps Apple
> themselves are not sure about what it is in that respect.

Of course they aren't. They build it and sell it; initially they have to
believe that they know how people will use it, but they can't have any
idea of all the ways it'll finish up. William Gibson said it; 'the
street finds its own use for things'.
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From: Ian McCall on 11 Jun 2010 16:44
On 2010-06-11 21:18:09 +0100, flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com
(Flavio Matani) said:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I know the iPad isn't supposed to be a creation tool, but apple do sell
>> iWork for it, so even they are not sure what it is!
>
> There already are some interesting music making applications for it, as
> well as a few drawing and painting ones; I agree that perhaps Apple
> themselves are not sure about what it is in that respect.

Do you remember me posting this:
<http://tenori-on.yamaha-europe.com/uk/> a while ago? Bet something
similar could be done with an iPad. Using it as a DAW controller too -
I have some dedicated hardware this could potentially replace (though
not all - I do like some tactile feedback must be said).


Cheers,
Ian

From: Flavio Matani on 11 Jun 2010 18:04
Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:

> On 2010-06-11 21:18:09 +0100, flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com
> (Flavio Matani) said:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I know the iPad isn't supposed to be a creation tool, but apple do sell
> >> iWork for it, so even they are not sure what it is!
> >
> > There already are some interesting music making applications for it, as
> > well as a few drawing and painting ones; I agree that perhaps Apple
> > themselves are not sure about what it is in that respect.
>
> Do you remember me posting this:
> <http://tenori-on.yamaha-europe.com/uk/> a while ago? Bet something
> similar could be done with an iPad. Using it as a DAW controller too -
> I have some dedicated hardware this could potentially replace (though
> not all - I do like some tactile feedback must be said).

From what I sw in the link, Beatwave could be a (rather crude, ok)
approximation to that idea. In that sense yes, people are beginning to
come up with things.

Korg have an iPad version of their Electrotribe sequencer. which does
seem geared towards genres a bit different to what I would be interested
in doing but, nonetheless, interesting toy. Have been playing with
iSequence (which also exists for the iPhone but is much nicer to use on
the larger screen), MiniSynth pro and a few other things.

I can see this could be dangerous... a couple of pounds at a time, you
think 'it's less than the cost of a pint..' but they do pile up...

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