Does anyone know how large the app will be: how much space it will take up on an iPad?
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Also, if youâre doing music and plan to use midi controllers, audio interfaces, etc. that draws power from the iPad, lightning cannot always provide enough juice, so some of them donât work.
For music production, a USB-C port would be second on my checklist (right after enough processing power).
Guess no idea until release.
Logic Pro desktop is 6GB of available storage space for minimum installation or 72GB of storage space for full Sound Library installation*
No reason to suspect iPad version will be very different- most of the storage is taken with optional sandbanks/loops etc.
Thatâs what the the camera adaptor is there for.
Not for the ânewest generationâ apps such as Pianoteq 8, which make use of the multiple cores on the iPad Pro. It can be expected that Logic will do the same.
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Edit: I was thinking of the lightning to USB adapter. See @g3o2 comment about camera adapter below. It has a input for wall power.
Lightning connector has a limit on how much power it can provide.
The camera adapter will let you connect USB devices, but some devices will require too much power and wonât work. If the device has its own power source it will definitely be fine, but if it draws power from USB (i.e. iPad) it will work if it doesnât require too much power, but there are plenty devices that donât work (Torso T-1 is one such example).
The iPad with USB-C connector built in can provide much more power, so you are pretty much guaranteed that it will provide enough for any USB powered device.
I guess weâll see. I was wondering if the iPad version might be a little lighter due to possible plugin change accommodations for multitouch platform 
Do you need M1 or higher to use that plugin? And if so why even use it?
What do you gain by buying a new iPad Pro vs getting an older model secondhand if they run the same apps just fine?
While in theory yes but we all know by experience that Apple never gives users the full potential in anything so weâll have to see by trail and error to know what will and not work.
I know for a fact the T-1 does not work on iPads with lightning connector but works fine on iPads with USB-C, because USB-C provides enough power.
My 2018 iPad pro has worked with everything Iâve thrown at it, including the larger stuff like Keystep PRO, absolutely any and all bus powered audio interfaces up to 6 i/o.
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But what if you add a hub, display, interface, controllers, harddrives etc. In theory the port should be able to do that easily but itâs not a 100% guaranty that it will. Even on a desktop it can be a problem sometimes. I do heard the EU is looking at Apple to do the right thing and not cripple the port so weâll have to see.
The camera adapter has an input for wall power. This way I have already successfully connected a Continuumini (requires 5V and 300-500mA) to my iPhone.
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No, you donât AFAIR, however, less computing power means less polyphony. If you use your iPad for music, you are limited by the computing power at a given moment, not whether an app runs fine on its own. Many apps do not necessarily use multi-threading, among which AUv3 hosts, thatâs why Pro usually did not have any significant advantage over the others.
Thanks, I stand corrected. I was thinking of the adapter that is only lightning to USB.
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I havenât had any problems thus far. One of my set-ups is to have the iPad on a USB-C hub with hdmi out going to a 4k TV and connected to another usb-3 hub where I have: OP-1f, Roland FP-10 Piano for MIDI, Syntakt and a Scarlett Audio interface. All works flawlessly every time, although the battery runs down very quick if itâs not connected to power as well.
The port crippling of the USB-C port is not present in the iPad pro, but each generation has gradually gotten the faster USB-C gen standard. It is however present on the new regular iPad with the USB-C port and will be in the new iPhones apparently when they get USB-C. Rumours suggest that the port will provide only USB 2.0 speeds if you will not be using apple certified equipment. Which is still enough for most music gear.
Yup, itâs important to buy the one which is more expensive, indeed. I think it is called Camera Kit or something like that.
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Is only the speed impacted by this crippling or does it also reduce the power provided to USB 2.0 standard?
If Logic Pro is great on the iPad, I can feel myself facing that awful dilemma of which iPad Pro to buy to replace my 10.5 inch from 2017.