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Do folks gig with just an iPad and midi keyboards?

cyberheatercyberheater
in General App Discussion

If so, what is your set up?
I'm starting to think about forming a band again and was wondering if I could just us my iPad and some midi keyboards rather then hardware or using my MacBook.

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  • catherdercatherder

    @cyberheater said:
    If so, what is your set up?
    I'm starting to think about forming a band again and was wondering if I could just us my iPad and some midi keyboards rather then hardware or using my MacBook.

    My absolute minimum setup is iPad and Launchpad Mini MK3 for the sequencing. I recently added a Launchcontrol XL3 to have knobs and faders and having proper hardware and the haptics to adjust mixer, synths and effects make a big difference.

  • unlinkunlink
    edited May 23

    I do, but when I play live I’m only playing pianos (Pianoteq) or strings (Xinematix) with a simple digital piano and an external expression pedal. All this in Camelot, perfect setup for my needs.
    I’m also subbed to Logic Pro because I’m composing and that is extremely useful for the stem separation while learning new tracks with the band.

  • DMfanDMfan

    @cyberheater said:
    If so, what is your set up?
    I'm starting to think about forming a band again and was wondering if I could just us my iPad and some midi keyboards rather then hardware or using my MacBook.

    Also curious about a possible setup for playing smaller gigs live using my iPad and controllers. Maybe using backing tracks, playing one or two stems live… there seems to be a myriad of possibilities from just using a workstation only to more advanced setups…

    /DMfan🇸🇪

  • DavDav

    I do solo piano gigs with iPad. I hook up a midi cable and add an iPad ep or strings patch to my builtin piano output. I also play pre recording backing tracks through my iPad. I just run the headphone out from my iPad into the aux input in my PA. I sometimes use my iPod touch instead of iPad when I’m just using backup tracks to play piano with.

  • MichaelRocketshipMichaelRocketship
    edited May 23

    I used to use a midi keyboard with an iconnectivity iconnect audio4 for gigs using an iPad. That plus AUM replaced a load of other gear for live synth playing and playback of some backing track stuff.
    This set up was used on tours and was much more reliable than synths and a sampler and also my previous attempt at using a (windows) laptop.

    I replaced the audio interface and midi keyboard with a Novation X station at some point to simplify things. Things have been made simpler even further by the change to USB C and doing away with the CCK. I don’t gig very often now, but when I have this plus a wee PD capable hub for charging and any additional USB midi stuff has been great.

    I only need/needed two mono outs so this was fine. If/when the X station dies, I’d have to think about the replacement.

    Again, still using AUM and its midi controlled loading of projects. I realise there are other options now (Camelot, Keystage etc?) but AUM still does what I need.

  • cyberheatercyberheater

    Thanks everyone. You’ve given me a lot to think about.

  • ecouecou

    Is Bluetooth reliable in a gig context to use a midi controller ? I saw a video a while back of a church guy that had an Apple dongle on his iphone and his midi keyboard was connected. Every sounds came from the iPhone.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @ecou said:
    Is Bluetooth reliable in a gig context to use a midi controller ? I saw a video a while back of a church guy that had an Apple dongle on his iphone and his midi keyboard was connected. Every sounds came from the iPhone.

    Bluetooth midi seems very reliable to me. The only real risk might be batteries dying. And with mpe controllers, some people say there's less chance of stuck notes when using a cabled connection than when using Bluetooth.

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