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MainStage 3 for iphone instal12/30/2023 ![]() Mainly using the IPad as a mixing console via "Universal Control" for the 24R though.(and the Surface Pro too even while it's running Cantabile).I have everything I need and far beyond without adding the IPad as a sound source. It works great with absolutely no detectable latency to my ears using Korg Module. I have an IPad Air with USB C so the connection couldn't be easier. Would be nice if there was a way to disable the USB Audio part of that connection on the YC.Īlso now have a Numa X and have been experimenting adding an IPad to that. Also, I'm routing from the five pin MIDI out of the YC to the Surface Pro with a cord that converts the five pin to USB otherwise you get the "digital hum" from having two USB Audio sources hooked up to the same sound source which is what happened when I tried using the USB Audio/MIDI out. You can't use the YC USB audio for that because it's only two channels. Cantabile allows you to sort out that kind of multi-channel routing. Have to do this because we are playing "Hungry Like the Wolf" and I have the popcorn synth arpeggio loaded into Cantabile as an MP3 together with an attached click track and starting cues routed to the drummer's in-ears. Right now, I'm not using the YC USB Audio, but instead I'm using a digital channel on the Presonus 24R (the band's mixer) for sounds from the Surface Pro. It's totally seamless once it's set up (which takes some work and creativity.). Cantabile can do unbelievable things.but I set it up extremely simply with one "song" containing all the VST's I need for a set list loaded into that one song with different MIDI channels assigned from my YC 61 depending on the Live Set. Using a Surface Pro with Cantabile running mainly Arturia VST's. For those already in the Mac world it might be a tougher sell though. If I already had a Surface Pro and was using it for my day-to-day computing, then decided to add what was needed to make it a music machine, that would probably be a no-brainer as well I would be on that machine for sure. Of course the fact I'm already in the Apple ecosystem is a plus - I've had many a chart airdropped to me on gigs. I've never bought a laptop specifically to make music with – can't afford to! But $260 to have a machine fully capable of handling my most demanding virtual instrument setup along with chart reading? That was pretty much a no-brainer. I have no doubt the SP is a spectacular machine for music production - then again it should be great at most kinds of computing one would do with a laptop, which is beyond the scope of any iPad (at the moment). ![]() I got my iPad 9G on a Best Buy special that looks to be no longer in effect, paying $260 for it this past December. That's actually the cheapest current SP I saw the one with an i7 and 32GB of ram is almost $2400. Welcome to Microsoft Surface Pro.Ī Surface Pro would be a great setup except for one thing: Imagine a full workstation in a tablet format which runs all my audio software. Especially at this price point.An ipad would be a great setup except for one thing - ipadOS. I know of no other app that does what MainStage does- on any platform. In the practice room, I have it set up to run a drone and imitate concert hall acoustics so that intonation and playing to the hall can be practiced the RIGHT way: by LISTENING.įor me, it's a must and a no-brainer. A perfect solution to the emerging needs being generated by modern composers. The last version would have occasional crashes those problems seem to be fixed. I can program backing tracks for pieces that call for them in my high school band, set them up to be controlled via our keyboard controls, easily make patches for my jazz band when funky keyboards are needed. We can get things programmed in a matter of minutes. ![]() It is the centerpiece of my jazz ensemble and high school bands. ![]() For the price, look at what you get: you get ALL of the synths featured in Logic Pro, the effects racks that come with Logic Pro, it works with Logic Pro Remote, and is endlessly customizable to your needs.
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