Native/Windows/Snapdragon 2025?

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Fingers crossed.

Wow-anyone following the MS/Yamaha/Steinberg news? (Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo on Arm64) - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

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…bump to put this thread into 2025…

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I agree. Imo, a Windows native app should have been first before a MAC app. MAC doesn’t support multi-touch, whereas there are hundreds of multi-touch enabled windows pc and touch screen models out there. Even those who use MAC would be able to find a cheap windows touch screen and make use of it in their set up.

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I hope it happens sooner than later, I need this now… But I will not buy into Apple. It is proprietary consumer product, not a professional engineering product.

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+1 for windows App… already have a 27’ Multitouch screen waiting for Metagrid…

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What screen are you using?

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iiYama 27’ Multitouch (I have two)

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Interesting.

Still dreaming of this app detaching from Apple/iPad only and going at least native to be used on Windows tablets/touch screens.

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Having Metagrid on a big Windows touch screen would be an absolute game changer. Still crossing my fingers.

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I know right?

It would open up so many possibilities and be way more economical financially for the user.

You could set up dedicated control centers for different things, for example, a custom headphone mixer screen for each artist in the tracking room.

Allow users to use whatever dimension monitor they want, like some of the ASUS touch screens. It allows users to embed screens of different sizes into walls/surfaces/stands, etc. Or interactive public art experiences.

People could have specific screens for their main VSTi synths and samplers.

Not only would this be great for us direct users, but it would also allow MetaGrid to become a business for some people, making money using MetaGrid as a custom automation/control install platform.

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We dream about this as well. But let’s put things into perspective - MGP has got hundred of thousands of lines of code, and it is platform specific - so most of the code can’t be ported - would also need to migrate the database system from CoreData to some other solutions for MetaGrid Pro for iPad - not a trivial task. From our analysis - it would at least 12 months for 5 people to deliver the production ready product for Windows and the estimate costs are about 600-800k USD. And we don’t have that kind money at the moment. So keep fingers crossed - as mentioned, we dream about delivering this for Windows. We are focusing on the “low” hanging fruits now - the iPhone support and reaching to other verticals (CAD designers). Let’s hope that we will get the money to finance the Windows app.

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Perhaps a crowdfund?

If you did up a really nice media presentation, maybe even a trailer for MetaGrid Pro Native, or some kind of virtual CGI tour of what this new MetaGrid world would look like - how it could be utilized in various markets, what it would look like in a recording studio… I would even go to the extent of going to a studio and doing a mock setup with screens and mockup metagrid native graphics and take a photo.

All the above,

and if you typed out your plan and transparent financial cost analysis

And put this all on a CrowdFund page, and then you “advertised it”/targeted certain markets - Media, Music Composers, Film/TV, Video Game design, etc, etc.

If if you did a good, convincing job of it… and perhaps if you displayed the backing of certain software companies like Steinberg, and had some good testimonials from pro users currently using on iPad……

I don’t know, I think you could raise 1mill.

different price tiers and offerings,

  • beta registration ticket
  • mugs/t-shirts
  • early release
  • early buy in discounts for a copy of native
  • current metagrid pro with free upgrade to native