Editor mobile app: will it ever come?

[DLC86]

Several years ago, right after the Axe FX III was announced, Cliff stated that a mobile app was on the roadmap, but no news about it since then. Was this idea discarded or is there a chance we'll see it sooner or later in this generation of hardwares?

(Yes, I know FracPad exists, but for some reason I've never bonded with its interface and would love to have Axe-Edit on my Android tablet)

 

[Gasperina]

+1

 

[Feflicker]

Im guessing the problem would be a lot of people would complain its android only instead of moving away from crapple... That company makes life impossible for 3rd party developers. It would also be a cost center as almost nobody would buy a fractal simply because of a mobile app, so the ROI to build the app and maintain it is probably a stretch.

 

[strabes]

How many thousands of hours diverted from firmware updates and bug fixes would it be worth to create a duplicate axe-edit interface for android and iOS (phone and tablet versions, i.e. 4 separate UIs) that you would still have to connect a usb cable to anyway? Cost benefit ratio of this is almost infinite.

 

[ruso]

I highly doubt it’ll ever happen with the current hardware. Hopefully FAS will prove me wrong.

 

[utkanos]

For a fully native app, I imagine the UI/UX would really be unbearable to actually use in practice, even on a tablet. It would have to be a minor subset of all the stuff you can do with Axe-Edit to even make much sense on a touchscreen enabled device in my opinion.

A realistic option could be a remote control type app that still relies on the software running on another machine on the same network. Logic Pro has this and it's somewhat usable for quick tasks. I've done something similar with remote connecting to a PC running Axe-Edit so I can remotely control things and it's usable but honestly not super great.

edit: while I'm here, a huge shoutout to the folks who make Axe-Edit a thing, it's such a wonderful piece of software that's really elegant to use despite being so powerful and feature-packed.

 

[mr_fender]

The UI would need a complete redo for sure. Axe Edit is not really optimized for touchscreen use. Without Bluetooth hardware onboard, I don't see anything happening for the current generation of hardware in terms of mobile development.

Would be a great option to have for the next generation of Fractal gear though.