I have been reinvigorated recently with the idea of creating music on my iPad. I have attempted this process before, but it fell by the wayside, in part because I think I failed to take the time to really learn some of the applications and work with in their limitations. I have been looking at wanting to do some music creation in software again recently, and was looking at purchasing a DAW again for my computer.
Propellerhead's Reason was the top candidate due to its all inclusive nature, but I couldn't really justify the price of the software ($400), plus the price of a new midi controller (another $300) to then sit down and work in the same environment that I work with my hardware studio in. I have instead taken a hard look again at Retronym's Tabletop and also Korg's Gadget. Some new developments with a feature called Audiocopy have matured since I last looked at these apps and look appears that sharing audio and samples between these apps on iOS has improved dramatically and I feel with more midi hardware out in the wild now, I can get a more fully functional music creation environment that takes up a lot less space.
Retronyms is developing a base for the iPad called Wej, which looks like a nice way to integrate multiple controllers and iRig looks to have a nice portable keys and pads bundle that is affordable as well. I like the idea of something small that I can sketch ideas on in the living room or something I can hook up to the PC and stream to Twitch while working on some music.