[Using iPads in Music-Making]

The lightning cable you have connects the iPad to the Mac via USB

 

And... if you open the Audio MIDI Setup app in your Mac's utilities folder, you can enable your iPad as an Input/Output device for both audio and MIDI. Just tested with Logic and a single cable to my iPad. I can play the iPad iOS app from logic via MIDI and record the audio from the iPad iOS app to another track in Logic.

 

It sounds like you already have what you need other than programming the iPad iOS app from the Mac user interface.

 

Can't emphasize this enough - Inter-Device Audio and MIDI is one of the great things about having an iPad and a Mac:

 

https://discchord.com/appnews/2017/11/16/inter-device-audio-midi-solves-everything

[Keyboard stand recommendations]

I can't seem to find the On-Stage KS-7365EN anywhere - has it been superseded by the On-Stage KS-7365EJ?

 

 

[88-key Midi Controllers]

Something some soundless controllers in this price range have tha boards-with-sounds do not is aftertouch.

 

It still surprises me that studiologic managed to get aftertouch on the Numa Compact 2/2x, which is cheap, has internal sounds in addition to MIDI control and quite lightweight.

[Studiologic Numa Compact 2x]

I would guess yes, they use the same OS and share most components.

 

Yeah, that's sort of my assumption too (I was pleased when I was able to update my Numa Compact 2 with the USB Audio functionality, rather then them making that a feature you had to upgrade to the 2x for).

[Studiologic Numa Compact 2x]

Would the Numa Compact 2 also get this functionality for updating the samples ?