On the offhand chance that you want a MIDI controller and you happen to have an Apple Watch, you’re in luck. What once took up a lot of space now takes up almost no space. Here’s more from CDM:
This isn’t just a novelty or “hey look at all my Apple devices” – there’s stuff that makes more sense on a wristwatch than anywhere else. Let’s say you’re an instrumentalist or vocalist working on sessions. Now you can quickly trigger the transport during takes, and scrub through playhead positions on the Digital Crown….This isn’t just a novelty or “hey look at all my Apple devices” – there’s stuff that makes more sense on a wristwatch than anywhere else. Let’s say you’re an instrumentalist or vocalist working on sessions. Now you can quickly trigger the transport during takes, and scrub through playhead positions on the Digital Crown. Even an iPhone can be a lot to juggle in those cases (plus it’s more distracting).
And then there are the motion controls. The Apple gadgets are now the motion-sensing sources you’re most likely to own already. The watch here can send roll, pitch, yaw, and acceleration as separate control streams – using gestures instead of knobs. That’s again useful in cases when you don’t have space or a free hand for another device, and I can quickly imagine plugging this into something like Unreal Engine. (I’m going to try that… tonight, in fact.)