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Can't see network midi on iPad
Hey there! What could be the reason that network midi is not avaiable on the iPad? I can see it on my iPhone and another iPad connected to the same wifi. Already did a restart but no luck. Earlier posts in the forum indicate that it should be available by default. Any hints on this?
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Maybe check the app settings, in the iOS system settings.
It may be that the app asked for network permission the first time you used it, but you accidentally pressed no on this particular iPad that cannot see the network midi.
You need to connect to a network session 1st with an app like NetMIDI or Midi Network. The iPad cannot create this session, so it needs to be created from a computer or some other device that can host an RTP midi session. Don't expect it to be that great unless you've built the network around it.
Fwiw, MIDIFire in iOS can create a network midi session. Perhaps, there are other iOS apps, too.
@espiegel123 i forgot about midifire. I keep my network midi hosted outside the iPad so the streams are always readily available. just saves me the step of setting up the session and connecting multiple devices to it all the time.
thanks guys! got it working with the Midi Network app. But it's not very stable. The ideas is to send midi from one device to multiple other devices. being able to controll them all with TouchOSC from just one source.
Will look into MidiFire...
If those devices have Bluetooth, midi over Bluetooth has less latency than over WiFi.
with a properly engineered network, its far less. 10ms is your starting latency for bluetooth (ios built in bluetooth). i run sequencers off an ipad over network wifi and its under 2ms latency (one way) (jitter is less than 2ms). but i also took the steps to reserve bandwidth, QoS tagging, do the math for the MIMO streams, iperf tested everything...
you cant expect to jump on your home wifi and expect it to be better than bluetooth.
On my home network Bluetooth midi has far less latency and jitter than WiFi. It sounds like you are fortunate in your setup.
it does take some time and some proper setup. the biggest thing you can do is reduce devices on the WLAN. particularly smart devices. alexa stuff make stupid amounts of chatter. a standard 2x2 access point can only talk with 2 devices at a time. and your smart fridge and lightbulbs are always saying "me! me! me!"
would i use it live? no. there are still too many outside factors that come into WLANs even if you are on a 100% locked down network. gig near an airport? lol. the venue's own wifi is set up like garbage and spewing radio chatter all over? good luck.
the wifi spectrum is a shared resource even between networks/neighbors/garage door openers. network setup for that is more escaping the garbage around you that you have no control over.