Does iOS Recording spell the end of Indies needing to use a studio?

Indra Lesmana recording a track on his iPad

Meteor MultiTrack DAW for iPad[/caption]Mobile recording has come a long way in the last few years, not least with the uptake of the Apple iPad by Musicians. The range of music making apps available for the iPad give musicians an incredible music creation platform.

But with the range of multitrack recording Apps now available do Indies still need to fork out for Studio time or do they simply record their tracks on an iPad?

I know in countries like Brazil studio time is financially out of reach for most musicians and they have embraced mobile solutions to help get the music made but is this true in other countries.

What do you think?

Apps4iDevices Meteor Multitrack DAW for iPad Tutorial

The guys at Apps4iDevices have a great Meteor Multitrack DAW Tutorial on their website.

Meteor DAW for iPad Video Import Function

Meteor Multitrack DAW for iPad Brings 24 Tracks Via IAP

Meteor iPad DAW now offers users 16 – 24 Tracks[/caption]Meteor Multitrack DAW (Digital Audio Workshop) for iPad lastest update has increased the number of tracks available from 12 to 16 and upto 24 through and In-App Purchase.

The additional tracks and the functionality such as MIDI Inport/Export, MIDI Clock Sync and SSP, Virtual Instruments and Free Sound Library put it on a par with what users would expect from vastly more expensive software.

Increased default number of tracks from 12 to 16 and added the ability to extend it to 24 via an In-App purchase.

Added Replicate function to popup menu for duplicating large sections of a song.

Added ability to override MIDI port in prefs so a track can specify it’s own MIDI port or applications virtual MIDI port.

Added Auto Quantise feature to MIDI editor. You can now quantise MIDI notes as they are recorded.

Redesigned the mixer screen to handle more tracks and better landscape viewing.

Added support for Channel Pressure for MIDI instruments.

Major optimisation of audio mixing engine for better low latency support.

Increased the render speed of audio clips in view mode and the mixer display.

Added a note stealing algorithm to the Sampler instrument for better handling of large polyphony.

Virtual ports created by other iOS applications now show up correctly.

Fixed a bug which caused clicking on clips that use the Cross Fade function with EQ enabled.

Added the ability to change the volume level of an imported video clip.

Fixed a possible crash when mixing down to a stereo track with ‘Remove existing parts on ALL tracks’ checked.

Fixed the broken MIDI loop recording.

Fixed a bug with MIDI step recording using the virtual keyboard.

Creating a new project now clears previous track EQ settings from mixer.

Meteor Daw v1.42 with AudioBus Input Support

Meteor DAW for the iPad features Input Support for AudioBus so you can now set is as InPut or Output Device.