At the last Apple WWDC, held at the Moscone Center last June 8, among the many innovations presented, it went a little unnoticed, due to a textual graphics placed in the background, an important feature for us musicians that will be implemented by the next iOS9.
For those who live outside the atmosphere and still don't know what it is iOS from a musical point of view, let's simply say that the Apple operating system, for some years already, has opened up the possibility of developing Music apps for screen which in many situations wink at other more noble ones existing on the platform Win e OSX.
Some synthesizers e effect modules, as well as Drum Machines e DJ style arranger, have interactivity with the user that is difficult to obtain from the use of a mouse and a keyboard, in particular if we consider the possibilities of modulating complex sounds in real time with simple tactile gestures.
At a time when even the Android platform is making up for part of the technological gap with iOS, thanks to the resolution of some latency problems due to a code not perfectly designed for audio, here is that Apple pulls out another magic rabbit from its cylinder of ideas to take the interoperability between its two leading operating systems a step forward: OSX and iOS (the last WWDC has also seen full blown WATCH which will manage the future of the Apple Watch).
The new track on which, I believe, audio companies will throw themselves headlong in the coming months is called “Audio Unit Extension”.
Although a multitude of users claims that the technology Steinberg VST is more performing than its counterpart, and on this I could also agree, it is undeniable that a simplification of the porting of all plug.ins AU technology, from a functional point of view, and let's add a commercial one, will appeal to many, if not all, software houses that already work in this area.
I won't go any further: the future of audio on Apple machines is and will always be brighter, and also that of musicians, whom I hope will benefit from equivalent apps at lower costs, will not be outdone.
Good music to all.
Alfred Capozzi
