What is your hardware ->> iOS setup?

[CS80]

Please share your hardware to iOS setup so others can learn from your experience; ie which instruments, audio interface, intua vs Sonoma, email, whatever, and how it's working for you.

[jimhanks]

MIDI Interface - Line 6 Midi Mobilizer I - I play the Akai EWI4000s wind controller through this interface. I did not have good luck with a USB MIDI interface through the CCK, I'm guessing due to high volume of MIDI data and inadequacy of Core Midi to deal with it.

Audio interface - I now have 3. The iRig was OK but suffered from crosstalk. The instrument input in the Blue Mikey Digital is very good but the connector is not as secure as the Apogee Jam. The Jam is also very clean so I can recommend either of the latter two.

Microphone - I now have a Blue Mikey Digital which is a good, versatile, stereo mic. I have also used a cheap headset mic and he internal iPad mic for various purposes.

Headphones - I use Sony MDR7502s which are lightweight for tracking and rough mix duties. I use AKG240s for final mixing.

[iPlogger]

Instruments
Korg 01/wfd - An older MIDI keyboard (with sounds). No knobs/sliders for live sound editing.

M-Audio Oxygen 49 - A USB keyboard controller (no sounds). Has knobs/sliders so I can edit sounds. I've had this for just about a year. Great with the Camera Connection Kit (CCK) and the iPad. I often bring it in to work and practice.

Yamaha Motif-Rack XS - Rack mount synth based on Motif series. I got it at the beginning of the year and have been having a great time with it.

Roland JV-1080 - Another rack mount.

MIDI Interfaces
iRig MIDI - I ended up not using this very much. But I have it just in case. It is definitely a good little device, just haven't needed it.

Camera Connection Kit (CCK) - This is what I've used just about this whole year. I hook it up to the M-Audio USB keyboard and I have a complete, 100% portable take anywhere, play anywhere device.

iConnectMIDI - I just bought this three weeks ago and it is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Brings together all of my equipment (USB, iPad, MIDI, computer), allowing them to talk to one another. I can now use the Korg to play sounds on the Yamaha Rack and use an iPad app with knobs/sliders (something the Korg lacks) to control various aspects of the sound in real-time. How cool is that? With the iConnectMIDI I can now easily connect all of these devices together. I've already used it twice in live situations. I no longer need to bring my laptop, which I am very happy about. Now that I have this equipment talking to one another, I am learning how to use Genome Sequencer (for iPad).

I have no audio interface at the moment. One of the things I still need to get. I'd like to use the iPad for recording and MIDI at the same time. I'm keeping my eye on the Roland Duo-Capture EX as a possibility. So I'm still trying to figure out what to do for audio. But MIDI/Keyboard-wise I think I have covered.

[tadet]

I use an ipad2 & an iPhone4 all my connection go through apples CCK.

I use a Roland A500pro (with basic midi drivers as setup when using my idevices, plus I have to power the keyboard separately as it draws to much power from the iPad).

My pc is an amd quad core, 8gigs ram, various hard drives 3tb in total running windows7 x64 and I use Ableton lite & SonarX1 as my DAW's

I have a lot of music apps, but my fav's by far are Animoog, PPGWavegenerator and now audulus, the next big app I'm waiting for is audiobus.

New hardware in the planning iconnectmidi, a new midi controller keyboard that can be powered by iPad, and possibly a new Mac mini or an iMac.

My skills are low but boy do I have hours of fun

[Celestine Audio]

My setup is pretty simple and most of it I had before moving from PC to iOS.

I'm using an iPad 2 32GB, Midi via CCK, inputs via Apogee's MiC and Jam, outputs via M-Audio AV20 speakers. Instruments are M-Audio Oxygen 61 controller, Ibanez EGuitar, a Puertorrican Cuatro, a Bundy Clarinet and Alto Sax.

I have an assortment of cables and adapters to assist me in particular situations. For example, I use a 3.5mm to 1/4in cable and Jam to do a loop on the iPad. That way I can record some output from apps that do not provide for audio copy/paste (Vogel CMI, iYM2151, etc) to recording apps (Auria, GB). Think of it as my version of Audiobus

If I want to use my Groove Tubes GT60 tube mic with my iPad, I use my Whirlwind Little IMP and connect it via Jam. Simple, yet very effective as the Jam has a clean signal with enough gain for my mic.

I'll see if I can take a picture of everything set up.

[iosmusician]

I'll see if I can take a picture of everything set up.

cool! please do!

[sammyjams]

I have a mess of other gear/a computer, but my go to setup right now is a Teenage Engineering OP-1, iconnectmidi, black 16gb iPad mini and a yourock MIDI guitar. It all fits in a backpack! I love it!

[Carbonish]

As i'm home and writing less than a week in every 5, most writing is done when travelling and away, so i went for the compact and bijou option...

Ultimate small scale 'on the road' studio...
iPad2 64MB (50% full of audio apps, 25% actual music) wifi only.
Behringer UCA-202 via CCK for audio in and monitoring for mixing.
Akai LPK25 via CCK for midi keyboard when needed.
Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 headphones.

When i'm home i hook up to a 5.1 Sony Surround Amp in the studio... One day i may get actual monitors, but the 5.1 option adds a lot of fun to listening!

[CS80]

Wow thanks for putting the thread on the main page there are some great responses here. Mine is still in process: in the mail is a Korg Kp3 which I will run the Emx1, Monotron, and iOS apps either through the Emx or Monotron on the way to the kp3, or directly into the kp3, rendering loops into WAVs with the Kp3 software, and using iTunes to import them backc onto the iPad or iPhone to put together as tracks.

I have some other old gear, Reason and VSTs that I'll surely still use from time to time, but I love the portability of the iOS platform, the quality and price of the apps, and ultimately would like to make my iPad the central piece of the setup, with the iPhone as auxilliary. To that extent, Beatmaker and a Line 6 Mobile are probably next.

[iosmusician]

here's mine, it's kind of old though, will take a newer one soon

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You should be able to upload pictures now, I had it turned off in the forum settings. when your writting a response click on the "upload attachment" tab at the bottom of the screen