Only in the last few weeks we saw the publication of 101 Amazing Apps. A few years ago that would have been largely unthinkable, but now, mobile is really gaining ground.
So is it becoming mainstream? Jordan Rudess recently said that the iPhone and iPad were part of the future of electronic music. I've thought that for a long time, but it seems that more and more people are switching on to the same way of thinking.
So what does it mean? I'd like to hope that more of the large manufacturers will start bringing in mobile apps and hardware integration too.
There haven't been too many mainstream artists take a look into the mobile world, but perhaps that will take off soon as well.
Is it a good thing? How will it change applications and hardware? Time will tell, and hopefully it will be a good thing for developers and users.
What do you think?
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And te limitations of the "vst revolution" are?
Lack of multiple simultaneous control, i.e. point and click mouse input over controls without dedicated hardware interface. Multitouch input of iPad etc. fixes that to enlarge degree, making an all in one solution.
Add to this the MIDI keyboard input available now to iOS touch devices and the gap is largely bridged.
New hardware is essentially the same DSP and CPU processors in a tactile box, so it's hard to discern the difference between touch devices and dedicated hardware, in my opinion.
Amazing Thread!
Yes! I think this is PART of the future. And more and more we will see little music devices. Look at Korg, everything they are releasing lately is small and lightweight.
Mobile Music is becoming more mainstream, no doubt, but it will never get completely mainstream.
Mobile music will be mainstream at least in the way that garage band is used by many main stream artists on the road. They don't use it for their final recordings, but they use it for creative development and a quick easy way to get ideas down.
I personally know an up and coming artist http://www.whatisjhyve.com who has a traditional production workflow, but is constantly using his iPhone to quickly record vocals and lyrics as a way to capture the ideas before they get lost.
If you take a look at Kanye West's last couple live performances he uses his MPC live on stage to make the beat. Fast forward a couple of years, and I think it's easy to predict there will be artists doing the same sort of thing with iPad/iPhones.
On a side note, I recorded this freestyle while riding my bicycle and made the beat at the laundromat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSw5aEL2iaM Now THAT is mobile music!
Who appointed Rudess as the mobile music production evangelist? I'd be much more interested in what Trent Reznor has to say about the subject, for example.
Anyway, it's pretty much a given that mobile devices will be considered serious hardware for music production in the near future. Tablets especially will see wide use, and no doubt the iPad will dominate this space. All it takes is for the hardware to get a little more powerful and the software a little more "pro."
I think 2011 will be a pivotal year for mobile music, with better hardware and most especially better software.
I'd be interested in what Robert Fripp's' take on the subject is.
It will become mainstream in the way that mobile cameras and video have become mainstream. Give people easy-to-use tools that they carry with them all the time and they will use them.
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