4 Feb
2012
4 Feb
'12
4 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Nick Copeland <nickycopeland(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
i actually don't consider having a work korg ms-20 on an ipad to be a
toy, at least no more than a toy than an actual ms-20. ditto for some
of the other synths that have started appearing on iOS. there is some
very useful work in the re-creation realm, and some really cool stuff
in the "wierd-ass synthesis model" realm. none of these can be played
live sensibly on android.
there are some
very cool synths starting to appear for the iPad too,
but this is precisely the market that *cannot* (for technical reasons)
be catered to on Android. its very sad. would i consider an Ardour
port to an Android that had a reasonable audio subsystem? i would
definitely look into it. but on android as is: why would anyone bother
to build synths, whether historical replicas or things like
supercollider, or DAWs or FX units etc. on this platform? there just
isn't any reason.
I agree with Fons that it is largely for toys, I think that subject came up
before but hey, we are all big kids really. > I did some research. Android on an iPad seems to
be something that soon
> or later will be available for everybody.
seems more likely and more useful if someone managed to port "actual
linux" to the iPad.