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Hello,

I saw a diagram that shows the touch sensor being substantially thinner than in iPad 4. Is this for the better? I am concerned about the touch sensitivity on the iPad Air but could not find anything on this matter on Google.

I will be using the iPad Air as a midi keyboard controller so touch sensitivity is important.
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OOOOOoooooPPPPs :oops:

A little premature to be asking this question.
What was I thinking??? :roll:

So when you get your iPad Air please comment on how good the touch response is especially if you will be comparing it to an earlier model. :)
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Touch sensitivity is as it always was, but since iPad Air is so much thiner, they had to "shave off" some glass and therefore it feels little bit different to previous iPads. Also when you press hard anywhere on the screen, it produces visible "ripples" synonymous to all LCD screens on laptops and monitors.
CPU performance is up (maybe 70%) on iPad 4 which is nice, but you can't see it in real life.
What is really disappointing though for all of us music tech guys, that there is still only 1GB of RAM - not great for running multiple Synth and DSP Apps together with your DAW of choice.
WTF; Memory is really cheap today and in real terms it would cost Apple additional $10 to include 2GB of RAM.
So, there is NO real advantage of Air against iPad 4, 1GB of RAM will create the same bottlenecks as on iPad 4 regardless of CPU slightly faster performance and 64 Bit architecture.
As for me, I feel that I have just wasted $1000 buying into iPad Air hype :(
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It's ok Leslie, you have the tablet in the world! Until the next one of course... ;)
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Leslie wrote:What is really disappointing though for all of us music tech guys, that there is still only 1GB of RAM - not great for running multiple Synth and DSP Apps together with your DAW of choice.
WTF; Memory is really cheap today and in real terms it would cost Apple additional $10 to include 2GB of RAM.(
According to Anandtech raising the memory to 2GB would also consume more power.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7460/appl ... r-review/9

On another note 64bit raises the memory footprint of apps.
While i don't have cpu issues with the ipad4 i'm holding off with upgrading until 2GB models appear.
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Leslie wrote:Touch sensitivity is as it always was, but since iPad Air is so much thiner, they had to "shave off" some glass and therefore it feels little bit different to previous iPads. Also when you press hard anywhere on the screen, it produces visible "ripples" synonymous to all LCD screens on laptops and monitors.
That's a bit disconcerting - with LCD screens you tend to get that if the screen is plastic - if the iPad screen is thin glass does that mean the Air has a more breakable screen?
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The memory is a letdown. But overall, coming from an iPad2, it's a big step up.

I haven't noticed any rippling of the screen.
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For the musician touch sensitively, response time and accuracy are very important. See this interesting article:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iP ... te_id48718

I am still trying to ascertain that the iPad Air touch screen is as good or better that iPad 4
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I have the new Air and have had iDevices for 4 1/2 years. Just traded up from the iPad 4. No difference in response using the Air. The only difference I've noticed in the week I've had it is that the sound the screen makes when I touch type on it is a little more hollow. It is a sound, not a response difference. If anything, the new home button feels a bit different. It might be that I'm used to the new TouchID on my iPhone 5s. I have tried to "unlock" my Air with my thumb. :o

As much as I use it, I'm certain if there was a difference in the way it responds via touch, I'd be nit picking it.
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superscan wrote:I have the new Air and have had iDevices for 4 1/2 years. Just traded up from the iPad 4. No difference in response using the Air. The only difference I've noticed in the week I've had it is that the sound the screen makes when I touch type on it is a little more hollow. It is a sound, not a response difference. If anything, the new home button feels a bit different. It might be that I'm used to the new TouchID on my iPhone 5s. I have tried to "unlock" my Air with my thumb. :o

As much as I use it, I'm certain if there was a difference in the way it responds via touch, I'd be nit picking it.
Superscan, Thanks for the info.

I am concerned a little by what Leslie said in an above post about the rippling. Was this also the case for earlier iPad models?

I am almost ready to pull the trigger on an iPad but I will wait till black Friday/cyber Monday to see in there will be any discounts. Perhaps there will be additional comments during the next 15 days which will help me decide whether Air, iPad 4/5. Likely Air unless I see huge discount on the other models.
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Leslie wrote:Touch sensitivity is as it always was, but since iPad Air is so much thiner, they had to "shave off" some glass and therefore it feels little bit different to previous iPads. Also when you press hard anywhere on the screen, it produces visible "ripples" synonymous to all LCD screens on laptops and monitors.
CPU performance is up (maybe 70%) on iPad 4 which is nice, but you can't see it in real life.
What is really disappointing though for all of us music tech guys, that there is still only 1GB of RAM - not great for running multiple Synth and DSP Apps together with your DAW of choice.
WTF; Memory is really cheap today and in real terms it would cost Apple additional $10 to include 2GB of RAM.
So, there is NO real advantage of Air against iPad 4, 1GB of RAM will create the same bottlenecks as on iPad 4 regardless of CPU slightly faster performance and 64 Bit architecture.
As for me, I feel that I have just wasted $1000 buying into iPad Air hype :(
That's interesting. My Air does not "ripple", and performance difference between it and the 4 is definitely noticeable, especially when working with Audiobus.

Additionally, more RAM eats more battery. to keep 10+ hours, they chose to keep it at 1GB. You must have gotten one heckuva iPad for a grand. Mine only cost $600.
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Kalamata Kid wrote:
superscan wrote:I have the new Air and have had iDevices for 4 1/2 years. Just traded up from the iPad 4. No difference in response using the Air. The only difference I've noticed in the week I've had it is that the sound the screen makes when I touch type on it is a little more hollow. It is a sound, not a response difference. If anything, the new home button feels a bit different. It might be that I'm used to the new TouchID on my iPhone 5s. I have tried to "unlock" my Air with my thumb. :o

As much as I use it, I'm certain if there was a difference in the way it responds via touch, I'd be nit picking it.
Superscan, Thanks for the info.

I am concerned a little by what Leslie said in an above post about the rippling. Was this also the case for earlier iPad models?

I am almost ready to pull the trigger on an iPad but I will wait till black Friday/cyber Monday to see in there will be any discounts. Perhaps there will be additional comments during the next 15 days which will help me decide whether Air, iPad 4/5. Likely Air unless I see huge discount on the other models.
I've never seen the rippling issue. I just tried pushing very hard on my screen. It's not like an LCD monitor, no rippling. The only thing it did was highlight what I pushed on. If you have an apple store nearby it's worth checking out for yourself.
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Because of all the comments here, today I bought the Ipad Air 64 GB.
The www.apple.com store gave me a $75 gift card. Any advice what to do
With the card for midi or audio?
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Kalamata Kid wrote:Because of all the comments here, today I bought the Ipad Air 64 GB.
The www.apple.com store gave me a $75 gift card. Any advice what to do
With the card for midi or audio?
If you're a Cubase user, you'll probably want to consider Cubasis, which I believe is compatible.
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polaris20 wrote:
Kalamata Kid wrote:Because of all the comments here, today I bought the Ipad Air 64 GB.
The www.apple.com store gave me a $75 gift card. Any advice what to do
With the card for midi or audio?
If you're a Cubase user, you'll probably want to consider Cubasis, which I believe is compatible.
The Apple Store Gift card I believe does not work in the iTunes section. If I am wrong I then have many more choices.
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