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Keyboard Mag's FB page had this posted on it earlier. Found it interesting:

 

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2012/09/17/what-is-audiobus-how-will-it-change-mobile-music-making/

 

 

 

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Could be cool. Maybe even better if Apple bought it and integrated it. (I didn't read the whole thing so I don't know if that's likely or possible.)

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Not sure either. Someone posted about Apple phasing Logic out so I'm not real sure what the dedication level towards music is at Apple anymore. It'll be interesting to watch. Would be very cool to be able to take an iPad out as a full functioning ROMpler though, wouldn't it? MIDI it up to your favorite controller and viola!

 

Okay, one can dream ...

 

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Not sure either. Someone posted about Apple phasing Logic out so I'm not real sure what the dedication level towards music is at Apple anymore.

I haven't seen anything about that that wasn't idle speculation. It seems unlikely that they are moving away from music having purchased Redmatica and not yet done anything with any of their technology. Unless they just wanted them off the market for some other unknown reason.

 

Would be very cool to be able to take an iPad out as a full functioning ROMpler though, wouldn't it? MIDI it up to your favorite controller and viola!

Not just violas, but all kinds of strings. Brass too! ;-)

 

Actually, I've been starting to experiment with bringing in the iPad as a sound source. The app described in this thread is for sending audio from one app to another, but there is also already MIDIBridge for sending MIDI from one app to another, and there are already music apps that can run in the background and be assigned their own MIDI channel, so you can run multiple MIDI apps at once... memory and processor power permitting.

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I just found this today, there's a whole series of videos about it.

 

Sampletank IRig Midi

 

 

Also the new Casio WK7500 is an interesting keyboard for $500. I saw a vid with it doing basically the same thing, it was playing Garageband sounds on an IPad through USB.

 

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It maybe useable in a pinch, but I also wonder about the battery life of the iPad itself and playing for extended periods, ie. several sets of music. does the iRig MIDI also deliver voltage to keep the iPad battery charged? I'm thinking not.
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It maybe useable in a pinch, but I also wonder about the battery life of the iPad itself and playing for extended periods, ie. several sets of music. does the iRig MIDI also deliver voltage to keep the iPad battery charged? I'm thinking not.

There is a micro USB port for charging on the side of the iRig.

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I think the iPad needs a lot more power and memory to compete with a MacBookPro or even a MacBookAir as a ROMpler. I've got most of the iPad istruments and in my opinion they are not up to the sound quality of decent ROMplers.
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