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l.leynse

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USB midi routing
« on: May 22, 2017, 11:58:06 AM »
I would like to control 2 keyboards/synthesizers with Bandhelper, sending midi presets to different devices. My questions is how I can connect my iPad via USB to the 2 devices. Can I use a USB Hub or do I have to buy specific equipment?

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arlo

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Re: USB midi routing
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 12:06:05 PM »
Here are some options:

1) Get a USB MIDI interface with one port, then chain the keyboards together with the In and Thru ports.

2) Get a USB MIDI interface with one port, and a MIDI hub.

3) Get a USB MIDI interface with multiple ports, like this one:

https://amzn.to/2LXlWf2

4) Get a wireless MIDI interface for each keyboard, like these:

https://amzn.to/2vaFMdn
« Last Edit: August 01, 2018, 11:32:18 PM by arlo »

l.leynse

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Re: USB midi routing
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2017, 08:45:17 AM »
Hello Arlo,

Thanks for the information. Does it mean that you can only use devices with MIDI DIN ports?

Leo

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Re: USB midi routing
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2017, 09:55:26 AM »
You can also use MIDI devices with USB ports if the USB port is a class-compliant MIDI interface. I don't know if you could connect to more than one device this way -- I'm not sure if the USB MIDI connections would work through a USB hub.

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Re: USB midi routing
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2017, 08:16:07 AM »

Maybe this will help. Hope at least some of it will . . .
It's distantly related to Arlo's suggestion (1).
(if it sounds familiar, it may be because I posted an edition of "War and Peace" 2-1/2 years ago that mentioned this) ;D
I'm working on coming out of "retirement" and my proposed rig is:
  • iPad mini
  • Roland RD-700NX on bottom (has MIDI IN, OUT 1, OUT 2, and THRU/OUT 3 5-pin jacks).
  • Kurzweil PC3 on top (has MIDI IN, OUT, and THRU 5- pin jacks).
Both boards also have USB type B ports.
Connections:
  • Lightning to camera adapter to USB MIDI (B) on the RD700NX.
(Here I have to confess I took a non-recommended but effective step, extending the lightning cord with a short garden-variety USB printer cable; but hey, it works!)
  • 5-pin MIDI OUT 2 from the RD to 5-pin MIDI IN on the PC3.
(oddly, the "THRU" port didn't work)


Seems to work just fine so far.

- Mike

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Re: USB midi routing
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2017, 04:15:58 AM »
I am using the iConnectivity MIDI interface networked to a wireless router.  This allows me to distribute commands from my foot controller (attached to the iConnectivity) or from a wireless iPad or another device connected to the iConnectivity (keyboard and guitar patches).  Still tweaking but so far I am happy with the setup. 

 

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