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Portable soundcard to sample from iPhone to iPad (BM3)
I know that probably this question has been already done but I didn't find a clear answer. Loving the BM3 workflow in my iPad pro. I’m interested in sampling sounds from an iPhone and I'm looking for a small soundcard portable (powered by the iPad). I jus need one stereo audio entry, no need for additional audio entries, midi etc.
I found out the Alesis Core 1 that I think could nearly fix (one mono entry but it is ok) but I'm not sure about the audio quality. I know IKmultimedia has some similar devices but I guess they are much guided to record guitars, not sure if the sound from the iPhone audio line will be ok.
If finally it is impossible to find a mobile and reliable solution then I guess that Novation Audiohub is a great option (but unfortunately with external power).
Thanks in advance!
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https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UCA202-BEHRINGER-U-CONTROL/dp/B000KW2YEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511976044&sr=8-1&keywords=uca202
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-to-USB-Camera-Adapter/dp/B014VGHG0U/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1511975536&sr=1-3&keywords=lighting+usb+camera+ipad
For me I try to record stuff 'on the device' and Airdrop it from iPhone to iPad...
the quality of the headphone out on an iphone are not likely to make you happy, particularly if you buy a decent audio interface just to sample it. dont forget almost all audio interfaces require the additional apple camera connection kit.
many people like the iconnectaudio4, i think some people use it with two ios devices like you desire...
if you are not sampling live then there are better/cheaper ways to get samples into bm.
Just be sure that you know that portability comes with quite much higher price tag(for what you get) and at least some lower quality sound.
I run two of the 202s for sampling ipad to ipad while commuting. Sounds good enough for my brand of sample mash. (For better results at home I use two Roland Duo Captures but that is expensive and doesn't run off iPad power).
As far as DAC go I am amazed at the difference between my Air1 and the Ipad5. It really is night and day. The iPad5 sounds sooo much better. The Air1 headphone jack is unusable to me even for listening.
Me too. More often than not I’ll just record into AudioShare then trim, rename, airdrop/iCloud/Dropbox. It’s very quick to do and there’s no hardware needed, although I do see the appeal of a portable line in. ReSlice (which is universal) can be useful too, exporting zipped slice packs into AudioShare, which you can unpack into folders and copy wherever.
Of course, many people want to sample apps that you can’t record internally. I’m always hearing dialog in old black and white movies that’d sample real nice.
I like sampling off Youtube using Snippz which lets you dynamically create loops and do time-stretching in realtime. (warning: wants a login, yaddah yaddah, use a dummy account)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snippz-for-youtube/id953725731?mt=8
Thanks to all for all the responses! Yes at home I have more “professional” solutions but I was looking for a simple solution for mobility. @AudioGus the Behringer UCA202 looks nice and it is pretty cheap, I already ordered one. I will post how is it going when I test it.
Yes I need it specially for sampling Youtube and I know there are already working solutions “in the box” (I am using Beat Time in the iPad). But simplifying the workflow is really important to me... I guess we have too much options nowadays which is not a good thing for productivity.. Thanks again for all the great responses!
If you are on iOS 11, screen record. Go to the file in Photos, save to Files/AudioShare. Trim and label in AudioShare and convert to whatever recording format you prefer. (A very portable solution.
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True, I just use either 'screen capture'(mono aac audio) or rip/download the stream using Documents 5 and some web-pages that strip the audio from the youtube link
Welcome to the 202 users club, I think it will fit your needs just fine.
I use mine for much the same purpose and can’t fault it especially for the $.
@AudioGus - thanks for the tip
I wonder if anybody actually has the account [email protected] (and if so apologies)
@AudioGus - thanks for the tip
I wonder if anybody actually has the account [email protected] (and if so apologies)
I finally received the UCA202 and I can confirm that it is a great simple solution to sample the sounds from the iPhone into the iPad. Direct sound from the iPhone headphone jack and the audio quality is acceptable. Great improvement as well by connecting my headphones to the output of the UCA202.
So far so good! Now my next goal is to integrate a midi controller to my workflow so probably I will keep the UCA202 for mobility and go for a Novation Audiohub for the studio and Live.
Thanks for the support!!