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IPad powered Audio + midi interface?
As title suggests I'd be interested what's out there. I know it can be achieved using power hubs but would really love a simpler solution.
Edit. Instead of a powered hub I'd rather have the interface that's battery powered. I know it may still not exist but hey, dreaming is a beautiful thing.
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It may be too limited for your needs, but I have the Irig Pro and love its compactness, low latency and high quality mono input. And midi in (only) works great as well.
IRig Pro sounds pretty amazing. Didn't realise it had midi, and also phantom power in such a small package. As you've said though it is lacking in one respect for me: I really need it to be 2 channel as in my current set up I'm using one channel to audio-trigger impaktor and the other one for guitar/vocals. Thanks for the grand suggestion though.
Apogee one. Oops. Just saw you also want midi, it doesn't have that. But it is 2 channel and can be battery powered.
Behringer IStudio can run on 6 aa batteries.
@NoiseHorse said:
Wow, this sounds amazingly attractive, just watched a video from musicmesse, but wait what? Compatible with ipad 1,2,3 only? Release date 2013? What were they thinking? Do you know if there's solutions to use it with iPad Air. I'm a bit wary of those 'slot in' devices because of size changes in successive gens of iPads. Cheers man, if I can get it to work with air....I'll ask mr google.
I've always shied away from those dock-style devices. Alesis users got burned with the switch from 30 pin connector to Lightning. Apple's also always messing around with the shape of devices. I have always preferred the path of the iRig Pro or Apogee One.
Actually, speaking of this kind of device, I wish someone would make a device that would allow 1/4", XLR, and USB MIDI, and allow the iPad to charge up with an external AC connection.
I guess everyone will have slightly different requirement depending on how they use their device. I have my live looping set up pretty much finalized but midi would give me some extra triggering options. My absolute requirement is for it to be battery powered which eliminates most of the existing options. There is the powered hub option but I already need to think about a battery in the mixer and I'm terrible at remembering stuff so rather forsake that route.
@supadom I use my IStudio on a IPad4 with the little Lightning adapter that Apple sells. It causes the IPad to stick out from the edge of the IStudio about an inch but other than that it works just fine. (I actually didn't like the look of that little white adapter with the black IStudio so I put a piece of black electrical tape on it. Everything works great) It fits what I'm doing pretty nicely. It won't charge your IPad when it's on batteries, not enough juice for that. But it charges great when its plugged in. I got mine for $99 at Sweetwater.
UA25-ex I believe
Cool, I noticed there is a usb midi port. Can that be used for connecting usb midi controllers? I have an akai mpk mini which only has usb rather than the old style connector so would be particularly interested in that. I have iPad Air which will probably need some padding to snug in comfy but it's good to know that the adapter works. Thanks
Bad news I think on the USB MIDI. I've always connected my keyboard via the 5-pin and powered it with a IPhone wall charger (Carbon 49). The diagram in the instruction manual shows the USB hub connecting to a Laptop for MIDI stuff. Never tried it, but It doesn't look like it will do what you're wanting thru the USB. Maybe somebody else here knows better.
It's a lot more than just an interface, but I use a Novation X-Station, which is a synth (which I never use), midi controller, and audio interface, and can be battery powered. The only downsides are that it can't charge the iPad, and there is a conflict with Lemur (the issue is on their part, and they are looking into it), but it works surprisingly well with everything else, and has actually been crucial to really using iOS in my studio. They sell pretty cheap, too.
Hey @noisehorse thanks for uploading that pic! I've been looking a lot around and couldn't find a good example of someone using is202 with lightning bolt adapter.
I want to buy a dock for my 4th gen iPad and it looks that this is the best combo. Does it fit well? Is the adapter solid? All tight? I'm wondering if it may disconnect when touching the screen or if it is pretty snugged.
Does anyone know if there is a is202 lightning version coming up soon? Like in a certain date?
Cheers!
@Gaston My IPad4 fits well in the dock using the adapter plate that comes with the unit. The Apple Lightning adapter in the picture works perfectly all the time, I never take it out. (My wife has stolen it from time to time but I put it back in there and no problems). The adapter plate holds the IPad so that it snaps right into the lightning adapter and just sits there fine. I can scroll around on the touch screen and it doesn't wiggle around or come loose. By the way there is a dry/wet mixer knob on it so you can hear the live input or the IPad signal or a mix of both. Latency can occur on certain apps (Vocalive for instance) but you can adjust the latency in the app itself to get it close to real time. Obviously I can't vouch for all apps in this respect. I am a member now on the Behringer newsletter and there is no mention of a lightning IS202. It would probably cost more than the adapter does anyway, so I'm happy with what I've got.
If I ever decide going in a dock direction it is going to be focusrite itrack. It has a usb midi for adding a usb midi interface.
I have been on this quest forever, and no one makes the perfect device, it would seem. Best matches I've found are the iRig Pro, already mentioned, and the Roland Duo Capture EX. I am really tempted on the latter since it supposed to have superb pre-amps, MIDI in/out via 5-pin DIN, and two channel audio. Doesn't charge the iPad, but can run on battery power. Also seems more future proof than something in a dock form factor.
@miguelmarcos said:
Apogee Duet 2. Not cheap, but it does all that.
What I am looking for is a battery pack that powers the Duet and maintains all functionality including phantom power and iPad connection. I've searched the net and there are a couple of people who want to do the same, but no one actually wrote about a working solution. It appears it must be a quite strong power pack with 5V and 3A.
@Phil999 why do you need it to be battery powered?
The Apogee Duet is nice but not $heap, at all.
Battery power = portability, create music wherever without having to plug in, primarily while traveling, plus one less dongle.