CHAPTER 10

The iRevolution

One of the most awe-inspiring developments in the modern age is the concept of mobile computing – specifically when it relates to the hundreds of millions of tablets, iPads and phones (cells, handys, mobiles or whatever your culture calls them). It has changed the way we communicate (or not communicate, if we don’t occasionally look up to see what’s around us) and the way that information is dealt with in an on-the-go, on-demand kinda way.

Of these mobile devices, the class of systems that has most affected the audio production community in a very direct way is the iOS range of devices from Apple. Those of us in recording, live sound and music production have been directly touched by these devices in ways that offer: ...

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