Chapter 1
Digging into iOS
In This Chapter
Understanding the iOS operating system
Learning how iOS and apps evolved
Making iOS work as a music production tool
Before you can make music using your iPhone or iPad, you should understand the basics of the software that makes it tick (or, more appropriately, sing). This chapter introduces you to iOS and explores the ways you can interact with the device you’re probably holding in your hand right now. (Consider putting it down somewhere nearby — it might be hard to hold both your phone and this book at the same time.) Here you learn the basic functionality of iOS, how your apps work with iOS, and why iOS can be a practical and inexpensive music production tool.
What Is iOS?
iOS is the operating system that powers all the iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches ever produced. iOS does the same job OS X does for Macs and Windows or Linux does for other computers, but Apple designers specifically programmed iOS to handle mobile devices. The operating system handles the basic functionality of every aspect of your device. It determines everything from the apps you see when you first log in to your device to the notifications you receive when ...
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