GADGET GURU

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Pick me some music-making gear Should I get a Nintendo Switch? Can I film in 8K? There’s something wrong with my car How do I keep my photos safe? What’s the most flattering workout gear?

Richard Jones, Shirehampton

Pick me some musicmaking gear, Guru.

Before Guru goes suggesting any bespoke kit, let him say this: an iPad (the £339 5th-gen is awesome) could be the only tool you need. Long a favourite of bedroom noodlers and coffee shop composers, there are so many awesome apps that have been transposed from big-boy computers that your iPad can do just about anything. Even GarageBand (Free), on the simpler end, offers up cool instruments and enough tools to take you end-to-end on a track. If you’re planning to playperfect, and the Akai Professional iMPC Pro app (£12.99) apes Akai’s beautiful Music Production Controller hardware brilliantly.