Its a SUNDAY, please allow 1 stupid question!

MetaGrid Talk
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Hi

Just wondering - does a larger iPad, such as a 13” allow for more buttons ie a bigger grid, or are the buttons just bigger compared to the 11” iPad?

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Nope. Everything is just scaled up.

I’ve been considering upgrading to two iPad Air 13” from my 9th generation 10.2” but I figured it would just mean more reaching - I like the compactness of the 10.2” setup.

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Thanks for the info.

I use a 10th generation iPad. I was considering ourchasinga cheap 2nd iPad, 10th gen or there abouts

My only concern is metagrid will stop being supported on older iPads in the future.

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That is NOT a stupid question! I’m on an older 10” iPad and was wondering the same.

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MetaGrid Pro will continue to support older iPads for as long as Apple itself provides iOS/iPadOS updates for them. The 10th-generation iPad was released in October 2022, so it’s not even three years old yet. Apple usually supports iPads with major updates for 5–6 years (often longer), which means the 10th-gen will be supported well into the late 2020s.

We don’t plan to drop support for iPads that are still in Apple’s supported cycle. When Apple eventually stops releasing iPadOS updates for a given generation, that’s usually the point when older devices gradually become more limited—not because of MetaGrid Pro directly, but because the underlying system stops receiving updates.

So if you pick up another 10th-gen iPad (or something similar), you can be confident it will serve you well with MetaGrid Pro for a long time.

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Thanks for the information

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I get you about the reaching in two places thing. And it’s very possible with scenes and the sidebar to have the same functionality of two iPads. But I have two and love that, because: I have my primary iPad to my right next to the trackball for the usual - articulation switching, VI control, Console and MIDI editing - and an iPad in front of me that has a visibility grid and some performance-oriented grids, and also runs GeoShred for when I use that as a controller (with a breath controller and that, modeled instruments are amazing) and a few other odd iPad things like Aparillo. I’ve also used it as a prompter for a script if I need to make a video. I didn’t plan it like this - I inherited the second iPad. But you wind up finding ways to use it.

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For sure. In case you miss read my post, I am running two iPad’s.

I was just stating that I checked out a couple of 13” iPad Air’s in the store and realised that I would have to re-calibrate my muscle memory by three inches for no actual benefit. And they are complete overkill for running MGP.

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