Nord and the Touch screen (iPad inside).

[Frantz]

Hello,

The recent release of the Nord Beat has changed the game IMO. Nice shot from Nord. Btw, is it the first iOS App from Nord ? This requires some investments, so ... what's next ?

A question has been asked by Jor92 here about the existence of the Nord Sound Manager for iOS, is it a choice Nord can make ?

Other brands are moving to touch screen interfaces, and for instance, Roland, offers the complete Jupiter 80 synth interface on iPad.

No need to say ... iPad synths are successful, iPad's interface is successful, so I'd like to be able to connect my Nord keyboard to an iPad and have on the screen :
- some knobs, buttons, some in depth editing parameters, and controllers (that could not fit on the hardware panel)
- the Sound Manager
- .... any idea ?


Frantz.

[shark]

Seems like a logical development, I for one would like to be able to quickly select samples/patches from a touch screen rather than having to scroll through numbered settings. It would be much more user friendly. The sound manager is not a priority to me, I rarely connect it and it's fine as a PC based tool.

[anotherscott]

I for one would like to be able to quickly select samples/patches from a touch screen rather than having to scroll through numbered settings.

There are some iPad apps that allow you to send Program Change commands to any attached MIDI device, you might want to look into those.

[Frantz]

I'm in front of my laptop selecting/ordering/managing programs with Nord Sound Manager.
If it was on iOS I think would spare money and buy an iPad ...

For next Xmas I ask Nord Sound Manager on iPad

[Frantz]

Roland has done something for the RD 300 / 700 NX : http://www.roland.com/apps/rdnxeditor/

[Gustavo]

Personally, I do not see the iPad managing samples. Some of the libraries would take a whole lot of space!

That said, I agree that a Sound Manager (to rearrange patches) plus some kind of customized controller screen would be cool.

Yet personally I think its more of a gimmick, mainly because I own a ultrabook (Samsung Series 9) and I always carry it

[mon8169]

With the actual Apps out there, you can already make a customized controller screen, no need for Clavia. But, what would you controll then? All the parameters are already there in form of knobs and buttons, ready to be tweaked. There is nothing I can think of that is hidden in the menus!!

Ramon

[Frantz]

Agreed.
We have all the controllers we need on the board itself.
Nord Sample Editor can stay on a computer because it's not used during gigs (at least this is one reason among others).
Nord Sound Manager ... I don't see me saving not up/down and store my sounds on a tablet (into the '~cloud~" ...).
One thing remains : I'd like to be able to reorganize the banks and programs in an easier way, without the need of a computer.

[soratach]

Has anyone tried the Lemur Liine app on an iPad?

[JiminWales]

ok if iOS app's are in addition to pc applications. Roland have started producing stuff where the "helper" app' is ONLY iOS and I think that sucks. Having been forced to use an i-phone 4s in my day-job ( and I thought the Blackberry was clunky enough), I can't imagine ever wanting an i-anything i-ever!