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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
I especially liked the Piano keyboard simulation and other instruments in the Apple promotional video on their site.
That looked cool... I haven't played Chop Sticks in a while. 
"nostatic"
Have you seen it? What did you think? |
I haven't seen the new one other than the video. I have the first one and it has made a huge difference in how I do music. HUGE.
As a controller (ie virtual piano, guitar, drums, etc) it leaves something to be desired if you're used to analog instruments. The teaching capabilities though are pretty spectacular. And consider that you'll have a lot of kids who *aren't* coming from analog instruments, so in that case tablet as controller/instrument will make total sense.
GarageBand for iPad is a really big deal and is a revolution, not evolution for music creation. There will be traditionalists and narrow-minded people who will dismiss it as "not real music" or not a "real instrument." But I consider that nonsense. It is just that the human/instrument interface is changing. Futureman of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones has been messing with that paradigm for a couple decades. But now the tools fall into the hands of the masses. We'll see what comes of it.