The Meta of Electronic Music Production in 2024 (with iPad Pro/AUM/Digitakt & Digitone)

An educational discussion on my analysis and understanding of the meta of electronic music production in 2024, focusing mainly on the integration between the iPad Pro and the Elektron Digitakt & Digitone music machines using the AUM iPad application on iOS. In this context "meta" refers to an optimal balance between ergonomics, immersion, power and efficiency. TO CONTACT ME: You can click the About button at the bottom of this video description to find my contact information from there. TO SUPPORT ME: You can donate via PayPal here: https://www.paypal.me/DeepGroovesMusi... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:35 My main motivation for making this video 02:43 The goal of this video 03:47 The logic behind the structure of the video 04:55 Early days 06:25 Using a PC to make music 07:11 The DAW based vs DAW-less debate 08:31 Being DAW based 11:46 A DAW based setup is a visually intensive process 13:15 Implications of a DAW-less setup 16:21 Strengths of a DAW based setup 17:22 The iPad alleviates DAW-less setup issues 18:35 Confusion in the DAW based vs DAW-less debate 19:21 iPad Pro's impact on the meta 20:40 Usefulness of DAW vs DAW-less analysis 21:39 My experience with Nanostudio 24:19 My main issue with a DAW based setup 25:50 The need for analog hardware 27:27 The affordability of making quality music today 28:37 Hardware beyond the analog vs digital paradigm 29:23 The elektron machines contribution 30:46 My experience with the Digitakt & Digitone 32:40 The limitations of my original setup 43:05 The inefficiency of dedicated music hardware 48:25 Economy of scale considerations 49:39 The iPad Pro as the solution 50:49 The connectivity jackpot of the iPad Pro 51:42 Discovering the existence of AUM 52:30 The potential of AUM + Elektron machines 53:34 The main idea behind my setup 54:36 Augmenting the iPad Pro with a hardware sequencer 56:34 Limits of a class compliant audio interface's connectivity 57:53 Why including a hardware sequencer matters 59:09 Setup overview 01:04:10 Components of my test project 01:13:49 How I synchronize my setup 01:14:50 Latency considerations 01:15:36 Outro