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Hardware + iPad Setups
Just curious how every one blends their hardware with their iPad jams.
Recently i have been running all my hardware synths into AUM via my TX-6. This lets me send each synth into its own channel and use all of iOS audio effects in AUM as well as have iPad synths playing along side.
Sometimes i will run the audio out of my mixer, set up as above, into the SP404 MK2 as the final destination. This is great for sampling and chopping up anything i made in one place.
And i can have everything in the SP for when i want to or have to move away from the studio.
But koala tends to get more use than the SP just because its super convenient. The effects in the SP and workflow is actually preferred for me but i get lazy!
I use an older iPad just for MIDI apps for hardware. With this set up i can really only send MIDI to one synth with my USB MIDI interface , but it works. I can use Bluetooth stuff as well like this.
Always curious what others are doing tho to blend the two worlds! Upload a photo!
I also did some recent wire management and there are only 2 cords coming out of my set up now!
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That basket in the back is great for all the adapters and extra wires!
And i installed 2 anker strips under the desk with velcro.
Still need to tighten it up a bit, but it’s way better!!
Unfortunately it is not as above so below hah the desktop is still spaghetti
Anyone on the fence about monitor stands… i highly highly highly recommend pulling the trigger.
Not only does it give you more room, the sound is way better as its at ear level.
I’m more interested in your wooden toy.
Haha the skateboard?
Kudos for cable management
Quite recently I purchased Novonotes Siderack. Works fine and not limited to only MIDI or Audio, it even seems to work with a hub in between. Another plus: Right now I’ve got a spare soundcard and some audio/MIDI cables that I can use for other things.
Man it was long over due! I couldn’t even vaccum the floor under my desk cuz of all the spaghetti lol.
It feels a lot better in there now
Oh i havent ever heard of that, just looking at it now and it seems very useful. Gonna watch some vids on what it can do
@reasOne Nice setup! What are the lights you're using pointed at the walls?
@Bietfriek wow, Siderack looks amazing. I think that has come up in the past here, but I didn't really look into it.
I've recently relocated to help with some family that isn't doing well. I've got a makeshift setup on a folding table I found in the dungeon/basement of this apartment building:
...and a mobile setup that I carry around on the train with me:
I either use the iPad as an instrument or sequencer, in the full setup, or as a central hub/host/recorder in the mobile setup.
@tom_ward man that’s a nice set up! Really dig your portable modular rig too! I travel a lot for work and love making music in nature, i bring all my stuff in cases in a backpack but i really dig the idea of having it all easily accessible in a box Like that. I’m going to start designing something for my portable studio.
Probably will contain, op1f, iPad, tx-6 mixer, roland P6 sampler and one of my portable speakers.
That’s a nice app sequencing your modular 👽
The light bars on my desk are , govee gaming light bars. I have all my led lights by govee so i can control them all with the same app.
Thanks! I found this case:
https://www.newark.com/duratool/22-24115/waterproof-case-pp-black/dp/76X0326
...and that's what I'm using for this modular system. It is basically a generic Pelican; has the weather sealing, pressure release valve, etc.. I have a few of them, but this one is the most extensively modified, and the system is permanently mounted in there with its power supply. I did have to...massage the hinge joints a bit with a dremel to make the lid removable for desktop use haha.
Does anybody mix external fx like guitar pedals with ipad mixers and effects ?
Unable to get to a place where I can route audio from guitar to the ipad but on the way take advantage of both hardware pedals and AUV3 fx plugins
I use my iPad for audio effects on my hardware synths / effects pedals all the time. I’m sure there’s other ways to do so but i grabbed the teenage engineering tx-6 mixer to do this since i can use a single USB c cable to the mixer and each input on the mixer can send to its own channel strip in aum, allowing each instrument to be recorded separately and have its own effects chain
Awesome @tom_ward I’m going to look into that case, and I’ll saw a few DJ cases that might work as well. Since i don’t have a modular synth set up I’ll have to make it all removable but snug for traveling, probably with foam
@thepinkelefant
One path is from guitar —> iPad using an iRig device (IK multimedia)
You could also send from your ipad to an interface with multiple outs (like to 2 pairs of speakers and use one set to a mixer and use the mixers aux/send to whatever pedal You want
I’m sure that @wim or @richardyot would have more (or even correct) signal paths for you
Yeh, for sure, I went through a round of looking at DJ and 19" rackmount flight cases as well. They were all pretty expensive, and the thought of a failed mod on an expensive case worried me. This one comes packed with pre-scored foam that you can pick-and-pull to fit your gear, which is a nice touch.
The DJ cases are quite pricey!
I found this 30$ case that rivals the one “made for gear” at 175$
Has the same pluck n pull foam to custom fit but it is smaller
@reasOne what site is that on (the cheaper one lol)?
Haha. Harbor freight!
https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-x-6-in-x-13-in-black-aluminum-case-69318.html
@reasOne i respect the steez - and I love your TE love
Thanks brother! The studio is basically complete now. Might save up for the behringer model 15 but that’s only 300 bones. The studio is the only part of the planet that is all mine lol
Thanks . I get the signal from guitar inside the iPad with irig but then I really want to treat one channel in Aum as an external fx and send to it and bring that audio back into Aum on another channel . I guess I need a mixer with fx send / receive and multiple channel interface ?
Getting too complex to imagine the routing and will have to play around a bit