Kontakt for iPad or alternatives

How much would you be willing to pay for iKontakt? 400 USD/EUR like for PC?

I think there is a HUGE opportunity for NI with a new product/service that builds on iPadOS. Sort of a port of the Play series content that you can subscribe to.

Easily carry around a bunch of Play series libraries that you can curate and tweak your favs using touchscreen and... and play by wireless connecting some relatively "dumb" hardware controllers that NI could make for this new product/service.

Those that already own Komplete for "computer" could enjoy a discount on the new iPad OS subscription service of the Play series.

I produce on regular basis on my iPad with apps like BlocsWave and only switch on the mac to finish things on Ableton.

If I go “only mac”, what’s less and less since first steps and sometimes near full steps are done on the iPad, I go for Logic route.

I also have a Launchpad Pro mk3 among other controllers but never bought nothing from NI due these aren’t full midi class compliant (afaik) and I don’t plan to buy anything until that issue gets adressed “somehow”. I can use my Launchpad with iPad (dedicated apps or third party) and Ableton/Logic in the mac.

I’m not the regular NI user but iPad regular user neither. Said that I buy samplepacks and iAPs (even some kind of subscription like zenbeats, DjPlayer or Loopy pro. You paid for a year updates and then if you don’t renew the subs, keep the app with the latest update of your year so no losses)

Lately the iPad app market seems a bit stagnated (aside covid) due how hard is for stablished brands to monetize the revenue flow (I think mixed model like novation/ampify or roland/zenbeats are the most profitable) maybe pointing something changing aka desktop apps going into iPads (in what I call freeze mode like the player someone pointed before me) and prices getting better suited but alongside these subscription models of “subsandgeteverything or payforwhatyouneed” to get lower user tiers onboard.

Example of missed oportunity. (never is too late btw)

Sad news… it requires a mac in between.

http://reactable.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Using_SNAP_with_Maschine_JAM.pdf

It’s maschine jam full class compliant? There’s documentation available for it? Like launchpad pro…

There are lots of options from one side to the other but NI seems neglect(ed) them over years…

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Additionally... I can imagine this being so much more "immediate" in being ready to play.

Case in point: I own a KK88 as part of my main setup.

But when I want to casually play some music, it is too much of a hassle to sit down and play for a few minutes.

So recently I bought a Roland RD-88 just for more "immediate" playability... and better to take out on gig vs the KK88 plus laptop.

I would have much rather spent that $1200 on a new NI "dumb" controller + iPadOS version of the "Play Series".

I see it as much more than just a sketchpad... it can deliver its portion of "finished goods" to a project.

With the processing power of an Apple M1, with increased internal storage, with more RAM allocation per app... the current iPads are ready to handle more.

Apps needs to catch up to what is possible with this robust device.

Since I’m on 2015 model instead a pro and Apple still not delivered Logic Pro for iPad.

Time expend it’s 80/20 iPad/mac and only because I don’t want to use Cubasis or similar DAW available. More than sketchpad I see mac as “final stage” and I paid in the past to professional studio for mix/master my instrumentals just to avoid that boring workflow stage.

For live gigs I prefer stable standalone haedware and simplify my needs instead expecting run my studio environment and again iPad apps are the nearest and cheapest option against Force/Toraiz/M+ proposals…