The iPad maxes out at 64gb, not 32. Plenty of music for a night at the club or a wedding.
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Promising iPad Apps: Mixr and iMockups
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The iPad maxes out at 64gb, not 32. Plenty of music for a night at the club or a wedding.
The iPad 3.2 OS allows you to copy files to from apps. So, it's not necessarily accessing from your iTunes library.
Similarly, iWork Pages, for example, allows you to copy word documents to/from.
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Ok, thats better (i forgot about its capacity, havent cared much about the iPad), but I can tell you now a DJ is going to have a lot more than 64gb of music, and noone in their right mind would completely fill an iPad with 64gb of music just to DJ (for all the reasons I mentioned earlier and for the reasons of not limiting further use of storage for all other things on the iPad).
Why don't you wait for reviews/videos/tests of it before making judgement? It might not be as bad as you think it is.
Being that iPhone's Capacitive Touchscreen Reigns Supreme in regard to accuracy and tracking, it seems reasonable to believe that the iPad's screen accuracy will be equally "decent," if not more so.
Features which will likely be added with subsequent updates.
32GB²
As stated before, 64GB can store a lot of music.
I would like to see a solution for accessing external USB drives/libraries though.
Yeah, having a decent sound system at the gig wouldn't hurt either.
Yeah, DJs love limited storage and no tactile feedback on their turntables.
Oh wait, thats the opposite of what they like. Silly me.
Without a way to preview audio separately from the live track, this DJ app won't be in any way professional, as a friend with a proper DJ rig pointed out to me.
Perhaps they can play the preview via the headphone socket while outputting the live track through the dock connector?
Perhaps they can play the preview via the headphone socket while outputting the live track through the dock connector?
the mixr app look really awesome...can't wait to try it
ipad would be fun to use...i am seriously thinking of buying the second gen ipad ... hopefully it will be out by next year and have camera and more storage ( cheaper too)
larger screen does help...
ipad would be fun to use...i am seriously thinking of buying the second gen ipad ... hopefully it will be out by next year and have camera and more storage ( cheaper too)
larger screen does help...
Solution: Two 16gb iPads.
That's 32GB of music....PLENTY for any gig.
Cheaper than any MacBook Pro.
Route the audio of both into your mixer. Use one to preview or Segue.
Touch controls for scratch.
Quote from Spock's Brain: "It's so easy, a child could do it!"
Personally I think Mixr is promising for maybe showing people with the iPad about mixing music; however, I think that Pacemaker is a better handheld tool for the job. Unfortunately I don't own one (yet 
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I see how Mixr has an advantage because, thanks to multitouch, one can interface with both tracks instead of having to switch which interface is being used as with Pacemaker - on the other hand, Pacemaker has a headphone-out, which is essential IMO.
)I see how Mixr has an advantage because, thanks to multitouch, one can interface with both tracks instead of having to switch which interface is being used as with Pacemaker - on the other hand, Pacemaker has a headphone-out, which is essential IMO.
I am currently in the middle of a few projects where that Wireframe program would REALLY come in handy. I am SUPER excited about that one. It will make playing with possible designs THAT much easier when I am on the go or in bed. It's also much more natural to move elements around with my finger than using a mouse.
I wonder if they have yet announced pricing information...
I am starting to think the iPad may be enough to replace a laptop for my business needs and that makes me happy.
I wonder if they have yet announced pricing information...
I am starting to think the iPad may be enough to replace a laptop for my business needs and that makes me happy.
I think the problem is, most people trying to defend the product are not DJs. I am, and so are the others being critical of the app. I'm not saying it won't serve a purpose, like my macbook dies and I have to whip out the ipad in a pinch, but this is NOT professional. Not even close + the whole point of DJing has gone back to vinyl. Why would I want to go to virtual? There is more to DJing than people are giving credit.
Where is the simultaneous output for both the sound card and the headphone monitor?
Sound processing for things like key control, effects aren't going to run all that well on a 1ghz processor.
No option to mix video, which is very popular right now.
Again, this would make a perfect backup, or DJing for your middle school friends, but you won't see Clubs with iPad hookups. It took them forever to finally put 57sl in.
Now, if ableton live or garabe band comes out - I'm down. That is the perfect app for this device
Where is the simultaneous output for both the sound card and the headphone monitor?
Sound processing for things like key control, effects aren't going to run all that well on a 1ghz processor.
No option to mix video, which is very popular right now.
Again, this would make a perfect backup, or DJing for your middle school friends, but you won't see Clubs with iPad hookups. It took them forever to finally put 57sl in.
Now, if ableton live or garabe band comes out - I'm down. That is the perfect app for this device
The "DJ" app is useless since you can't cue a track while the main track is playing. Not to mention the capacitive screen would not be reliable at all to nudge/pitch shift your music.
I'm a little disturbed by this anouncement. Does ANYONE know of an equivalent program to iMockups on the Mac OS (or any comparable software even on Windows). The closest I've seen in researching is "MockupScreens" which costs $99, and looks to be somewhat more complicated and geared at software development than web design.
I imagine iMockups will likely cost no more than $9.99.
Any ideas?
~ CB
Quite the reverse, the iPod is consistently winning comparison tests in the UK HiFi press due in part to its audio performance. There's nothing wrong with the audio hardware and sound quality in the iPad and iPod. Of course, you can undermine that if you choose by feeding it poor quality source material, but that's true of any device. The listening tests (and the ability to take a straight digital feed from the dock if you prefer) don't support your assessment...
Vinyl rules and I know that because I said it before you did. It is analog and CD's are digital. There is a quality to analog that is real, hard to characterize and is best delivered at the point of presentation, not the point of distribution. Point of capture would be handy and is practical unless it goes through any digital stage whatsoever. Oops.
So what is needed is a SDK that remotely plays real analog instruments, or somehow transfers analog vs. digital files, or has digital features that approximates analog to the 6th harmonic so at least the 4th harmonic "sounds real".
I am pretty sure an image of a record on an iPad application screen does not do it.
Just Rocketman
Would someone please put "direct to disc" recordings in some format I can actually enjoy?
So what is needed is a SDK that remotely plays real analog instruments, or somehow transfers analog vs. digital files, or has digital features that approximates analog to the 6th harmonic so at least the 4th harmonic "sounds real".
I am pretty sure an image of a record on an iPad application screen does not do it.
Just Rocketman
Would someone please put "direct to disc" recordings in some format I can actually enjoy?
I do some DJing here and there with my MacBook, and have sat in with other DJs while they're performing with MacBooks, and I can't see how doing it on the iPad will offer anywhere near the same experience. I could be wrong, but I can't see DJs bringing the iPad to their gigs over their laptops.
Not Professional!
Agreed... not "professional at all." DJ's can't use a DJ app that doesn't have a separate audio monitoring channel for cueing up the next track, and as far as I know, the iPad has only one stereo output. So no cue. Basically, this is just a toy, much like the other "DJ apps" already on the App Store.
Of course, if one were to have a breakout box, it might work. But the iPad's processor can't possibly be powerful enough for good pitch shifting or key lock.
Not to mention that the iPhone SDK (as of 3.1) still can't access music on the user's own iPod library, requiring the user to re-upload all their tracks and use even more space on the iPad.
If this program were to interface with some REAL dj software operating on the user's laptop (such as Traktor), then we might have a good controller in the iPad (But we already have that - touchOSC).
At the very best, they'll sell a bunch of these toys to people who don't know better. At the worst, they'll lose credibility because they pushed this as a professional app.
Agreed... not "professional at all." DJ's can't use a DJ app that doesn't have a separate audio monitoring channel for cueing up the next track, and as far as I know, the iPad has only one stereo output. So no cue. Basically, this is just a toy, much like the other "DJ apps" already on the App Store.
Of course, if one were to have a breakout box, it might work. But the iPad's processor can't possibly be powerful enough for good pitch shifting or key lock.
Not to mention that the iPhone SDK (as of 3.1) still can't access music on the user's own iPod library, requiring the user to re-upload all their tracks and use even more space on the iPad.
If this program were to interface with some REAL dj software operating on the user's laptop (such as Traktor), then we might have a good controller in the iPad (But we already have that - touchOSC).
At the very best, they'll sell a bunch of these toys to people who don't know better. At the worst, they'll lose credibility because they pushed this as a professional app.
Seriously? At the end of the day it's the results that matter, not how you got there.
I'm a photographer, and know plenty of people who have "pro gear", but just aren't good photographers. I also know some photographers who have passable gear, but get great results using it. When someone sees a great image, they don't ask "well, what camera did you use?". Same goes with a lot of things in life.
I've seen fine art done with crayons.
Hand a virtuoso a cheap violin, and what do you think it'll sound like?
The best masters, master the range of tools available to them. Perhaps there is something you can't do with an iPad, but likewise there is probably something you could better with it, or only with it.