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I’ll paraphrase my question, have anyone actually used anything besides iConnectivity or Studiomux to send MIDI in and multi channel digital audio out of iPads into a computer DAW?
which computer do you use? a PC or Mac?
I will consider both options for now.
I don't understand? do you have a computer? are you saying you are looking into buying a computer to work with your ipad?
I’ll paraphrase my question, have anyone actually used anything besides iConnectivity or Studiomux to send MIDI in and multi channel digital audio out of iPads into a computer DAW (it doesn’t matter Win or Mac) ?
I'll paraphrase my answer.
TEST IT
You have Google and lot of answers in this topic.
Maybe Studiomux works even on a higher level...perhaps this is a problem
Smh. Many have answered in this thread and he's still asking.
Nothing broken w/ Studiomux on iOS 13 or iPadOS so far as I have seen. IDAM is single stereo channel 48khz. IDAM also disables photos transfer, content caching and Internet Sharing, and ability to do QuickTime screen capture and audio recording of iOS devices. IDAM creates 2 separate MIDI I/O’s, one is an I/O for the iOS device itself as a proper MIDI control surface, the second a 16 channel.
For me, Smux + Audiobus have been great for several years running - seems most issues are challenges of getting familiar with how it all works - documentation not great on Smux, and there are quite a few routing options between using Smux as an Audio Device, and/or the VST/AU plug-ins.
Spot on.
I haven't tested it in a while, but my 2018 iPad Pros had performance issues with Studiomux, and only worked with one or two apps at a time before audio was garbled. My 2015 OG 12.9 works great though, so I suspect it's something with the asymmetrical cores on the new models. Studiomux hasn't updated in a long time though, but hopefully the iOS patch that fixed issues with thread prioritization (or whatever it was that resolved the performance of other audio apps) applied to that issue as well. I'll try to test it again shortly.
Thank you. That sounds interesting. Maybe all of my problems with music apps stem from 2018 iPad Pro new processors. So I would be greatful for a demo made on this model.
And maybe a link to a definitive read on this issue.
IDAM is not multi channel, and its only from ipad --> mac.
However this works really well once setup.
iPad is hooked up with a USB<-->lightning cable to your mac.
if you are using another interface use "Audio MIDI Setup" to create a aggregate device (you will see 2 channels in from ipad, then add your normal interface). on the iPad use "IDAM" as the midi source. latency is extremely low with this setup, but there is no audio from mac --> ipad unfort (hopefully apple will add this in the future, as well as multichannel audio).
i used AUM on the ipad to select the synth and plugins to use, output goes to IDAM as well.
@vov on Sunday, when you asked, I created a test case (with video) for you. However, as you weren't willing to get back to me with information on what computer you were using I decided not to spend time editing and uploading the video. I recorded the video on two separate cameras so that screen capturing didn't take away from the performance of the iPad or video. Syncing the sound, video tracks from both computer and iPad, as well as recording explanation audio would have taken me at least 3- 4 hours, if not more. At the end of the day, I decided not to bother as you weren't willing to simply state what computer you were using.
That said, using an iPad connected to my Mac (OSX13.6) via the lightning cable I was able to send Midi from Ableton live to AUM synced with Ableton Link. I was able to record AUM audio on 8 different channels with 8 synths. I then transferred the recordings to my Mac and put them into Ableton Live.
I did it this way because the iPad, using IDAM, can only record a single stereo signal at a time, so I find it faster to record multiple channels in AUM and transfer them to Ableton.
I think that your request to create videos showing specific usage examples on specific gear, using specific apps doesn't take into account the time and energy that this takes people... especially when you don't seem to be willing to take a moment to do the same for others by answering the questions they ask while attempting to help you.
https://youtu.be/cdEQmpVIE4A
As I answered in the thread it doesn’t matter to me right now what system would be used for the DAW and I would be pretty happy with unedited screengrabs with audio from both the pad and laptop/computer. But for some reason you preferred to ignore all this.
Or, take a 10 dollar risk to determine if it's worthwhile to use your 1k device as part of your music workflow
- too many X factors like network conditions, O/S, Hubs, clocking and others to be definitive.
My only issue with studiomux is it requires extra CPU juice (on 128 buffer). But it works .
Windows 1904 , iOS 12.3
Studiomux is still unusable on my 2018 iPad Pros, even up to 1024 buffer, so iOS updates haven't helped since the last time I was testing this.
My 2015 12.9 runs it fine as far as performance goes but it's fragile. Even in just the few minutes I spent dabbling with it I had a few crashes while loading or switching instruments.
All iPads on the latest 12.4 iOS.
It is not even a risk, as he can get a refund if it doesn't work.
I wonder what is it exactly wrong about newer iPads Pro?
If there is a problem with your iPad you should take it up with the Russian Fair Trade Commission.
I’m sure they will take care of you. LOL.
Anyone else on an iPad Pro 2018 could share their current experience with Studiomux?
I use 1 iPad as my looper/recorder, one as an instrument with hardware.
So you use only one instrument on an iPad?
I was more interested in a multi channel setup, when a DAW on computer could control several instruments on an iPad. Unfortunately iPads Pro are very buggy and unstable when working with soft synths.
I have nothing to contribute but this thread has been fascinating. I use the studiomux built in to modstep and it was working fine the other day.
@vov Be kind my friend. I suspect English may not be your first language (and if so, congrats on your relative fluency!), but I must say in plain text you come across a little brusque to some of us here who are just a group of friendly souls, not customer support personnel to do anyone's bidding
I'm sorry? I haven't scratched out this feature yet. This app is endlessly deep. (but it doesn't seem to like IAA).
TLDR
How I achieve recording multiple channels out of the iPad into my computer (recorded in Ableton Live) is with two audio interfaces that have ADAT ports. This way you get 8 mono channels (or 4 stereo)
With my iPad Pro 9.7 connected to an Arturia Audiofuse (USB interface) and my Macbook Pro connected via firewire to a Focusrite Safire Pro 40.
Then I have the optical ADAT out from the Audiofuse going into the Safire Pro 40’s ADAT in.
I had to configure it in the software for both interfaces but it worked. Now I can record 4 stereo outs from AUM into Ableton!
Yes this is long winded and potentially expensive endeavour but perhaps with two cheaper interfaces with ADAT ins and outs you could achieve this.
So far I’m interested in Studiomux, so if someone was able to make it work consistently on an iPad Pro 2018, please let me know.
Are you using a PC or MAC?
I’m considering both options, PC is preferable.