Cool!

I've been using my 32Gb iPad for a lot of serious music work - scetches, some of the synths, loop creation etc - since I bought it in June last year. It's great because I can go anywhere to get some inspiration to take back to the studio.

I plug whatever I can into the Camera connection kit and I have the iRig Keys which is pretty cool. It mainly sits on my DAW as a tiny controller at hand but works wonders with the iPad.

An associate of mine whom I do a lot of shows and writing with just ordered this to take out with the iPad and his mics, as well as using it for his simple Ableton Live setup. It's cheap, has two ins, MIDI I/O and works without drivers. We'll see if it's any good soon

Now we're looking to utilize these gadgets Live as well.

The mobile "revolution" certainly has it's perks and definitely is a lot of fun! I will never use an iPad as a serious DAW but as a tool in producing music, and as a cheap synthesiser for live playing, it really is excellent

BTW I do own and have used the I-Rig Midi the Line6 Mobilizer, and the IRig Audio.
All work well and are compact.
 
ALthough the Alesis unit is larger, Midi , audio, and usb are intergrated, plus it charges your IOS device while in use.

musicman100


BTW I do own and have used the I-Rig Midi the Line6 Mobilizer, and the IRig Audio.
All work well and are compact.
 
ALthough the Alesis unit is larger, Midi , audio, and usb are intergrated, plus it charges your IOS device while in use.

The Alesis unit looks slick and it attaches to the ipad directly which looks pretty cool, but the "no lightening compatibility" ruins that for me! 

Beagle

musicman100


BTW I do own and have used the I-Rig Midi the Line6 Mobilizer, and the IRig Audio.
All work well and are compact.
 
ALthough the Alesis unit is larger, Midi , audio, and usb are intergrated, plus it charges your IOS device while in use.

The Alesis unit looks slick and it attaches to the ipad directly which looks pretty cool, but the "no lightening compatibility" ruins that for me! 

So the NEW Istuff doesnt have the 30 pin connector anymore??

Ohh and props for the IKLIP, it was one of the few devices that will hold an IDOCK, although I cheated a bit and secured the fingers with some silicon.
 
I mean it holds ok, BUT some band mate /drunk chick comes by and bumps the unit and the IDOCK would snap out and fall.

I just purchased the Peavey version of Ithingy mounting. It seems to have more options for angles an dmounting. Il lreport when I get it in and deploy it.

musicman100


Ohh and props for the IKLIP, it was one of the few devices that will hold an IDOCK, although I cheated a bit and secured the fingers with some silicon.
 
I mean it holds ok, BUT some band mate /drunk chick comes by and bumps the unit and the IDOCK would snap out and fall.

I just purchased the Peavey version of Ithingy mounting. It seems to have more options for angles an dmounting. Il lreport when I get it in and deploy it.

yeah, I'm looking into those as well.  I think all of those expect you to have either a very thin case or only a cover, tho, don't they?  if you have one of the swivel leather or faux leather cases are those too big for the imount things?

 Beagle just a FYI...if you buy a lightning to 30 pin connector buy only one from Apple. Don't be tempted to buy 3rd party hardware. I thought I was getting a bargain buying two connectors from ebay. They are wonderful to use with the older chargers but don't work for iRig midi. I am waiting for an order from Apple as I type this.

 This is where Apple shot themselves in the foot. The connector change has caused a lot of problems for a lot of people. After some poking around on the Apple website and posting a service ticket to IK, I found out that everything should be fine but only with a genuine Apple connector. I'll keep you posted on that.

 I have the Alesis synthstation 25 which can play Sampletank using the midibridge app. The Alesis software app isn't much use to me though. I'm sure there will be more hardware coming. I am impressed by those interfaces you guys posted.  Like some of you I am getting my feet wet with this stuff. No question the sounds you can get are good using iPhone or iPad as a sound module. 

 I was imagining the near future with me sitting in my recliner manipulating audio data and I started to feel guilty, but the feeling went away real fast.

 


  

yeah, the connector change is a pain, now that I see what's available for the 30 pin.

luckily, we have an Apple store here in Ft. Worth, I don't have to order anything if I want official apple products - I just stop by on the way home.

 Glad you didn't order yet. Yeah we have an Apple store here too about 15 miles away but I thought 4.00 shipping .vs 4.00 gas and my time to go get it...lazy I guess.

I just googled the lightning connector protocol and mechanism.. that sure suxor...


I am sure Alesis or others will eventually produce products that host this  convention...