A few weeks ago I filmed a live show. Not trusting the mono audio feed given to me, I used an AD/DA (Fireface UCX) connected to my SP3 which i had attached to one of my tripods via mount and was able to easily record 8 tracks in Adobe Audition. I know I can do the same on iOS as there are a few apps that will do that. They aren't as easy to use as Audition, require me to put the device into a class compliant mode to talk to the iPad, and then I have to re-import everything into audition on the Mac Pro when I go to edit. When done I just transferred the session directory over to the Mac Pro (easily via CIFS), opened it up, all my meta data/track names I setup before the show were there and was ready to go.
Also being able to run other full fledged apps has been nice and I've been using my rMBP less.
I know not everyone needs this, but if the iPad Pro ran OSX I'd order one in a heart beat. For now I guess I'll ebay the SP3 and get the SP4. Hopefully Apple will release something similar in the next few years as I much prefer OSX to Windows.
Also being able to run other full fledged apps has been nice and I've been using my rMBP less.
I know not everyone needs this, but if the iPad Pro ran OSX I'd order one in a heart beat. For now I guess I'll ebay the SP3 and get the SP4. Hopefully Apple will release something similar in the next few years as I much prefer OSX to Windows.