Sending Midi messages to Motif rack with ios device

[Dockeys]

Am thinking of picking up a motif rack for some gigs. Most of my boards aren’t really great midi controllers apart from basic connection, so is it possible to use an app on my iPad or iPhone to send patch changes to a motif rack? 

[AnotherScott]

Yes. There are MIDI routing apps that can do it, and there are set list management apps that can do it.

[Dockeys]

4 hours ago, AnotherScott said:

Yes. There are MIDI routing apps that can do it, and there are set list management apps that can do it.

Thanks Scott. I might pm you at some stage to pick your brains about which app may work. Appreciate the reply. 

[Stokely]

I didn't end up gigging with it, but I tested Midiflow to send patches to two different keyboards.  Worked fine.  Midiflow also does a ton more, the main thing I wanted to do was to route either keyboard to each other and also to the ipad.  That also worked.   

E.G.  have my Novation Summit able to play:   1) itself   or   2)Sounds from the ipad   or   3) sounds from the Modx.   And pretty similar for the Modx.   The ipad was only running B-3X organ app so the scenario I'd use would depend on the type of song.

In the end I opted to just keep things simple, I'm not very adventurous when it comes to gigging with a tech-heavy setup   I like to plug in, hit the switch and go!

My biggest beef with the app is that I didn't really like the song list options--it basically listed them in alphabetical order and that was it.

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Different app might also work.  I have used Songbook pro for lyrics and (I think) it will send program changes when you pull up a song.  I believe Onsong (which might be subscription only at this point) will do that and a lot more.

[Dockeys]

Much appreciated. Will look these apps up. 👍

[AnotherScott]

I mentioned two approaches, but left out a third, which is probably best if that's all you need to do... apps that let you create on-screen buttons that send whatever MIDI commands you want. MIDI Designer Pro is probably the main one. I had been using one called MIDI Macros, which is fast and simple for this purpose, but it appears to have broken with iOS 16 or 17. There was also MidiPad2, which I think is also no longer functional.

 

For other approaches, iMidiPatchbay, Camelot Pro, and Keystage (and I think AUM as well) are designed to route MIDI to both software and hardware instruments and can send Program Changes. And set list apps that include, not just the ability to display lyrics/charts but can also send MIDI Program Change include, I believe, Set List Maker, Forscore, OnSong, igigbook, and probably others. (Some may require additional IAP for that functionality.)

[cassdad]

Just to add:  Learning to interpret the “MIDI Implementation” chart (for each specific MIDI hardware) is of great value in this regard.

[ABECK]

Here's a couple: 

 http://www.setlistmaker.com/

https://audiomodeling.com/camelot/features/

 

I've used both.  For simple patch changes and charts, Setlistmaker is pretty easy to setup.  Camelot can do a lot more, and there is a learning curve.