2012
06/06
Wired Midi Controller Apps
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LiveRig Midi Controller For iPad

Are you looking for an affordable (one of the most expensive ones being Lemur) app that supports connecting your iPad directly into your DAW via midi (not JUST over wifi) and send midi messages?

We are stoked to put LiveRig to the test. Here’s what they have to say:

“Musicians, now you can turn your iPad into a clean, small, sophisticated midi controller that remotely manipulates your DAW, your plug-ins, any sounds or effects on your computer while you play, without having your computer in front of you, AND without the pesky and troublesome wires. It is quickly customizable, so you can change your controller’s functions to meet the needs of the moment, and to adapt to whatever hardware rig you’re using. Plus, it’s able to be used wirelessly, or wired, or both, depending on what you need — live performance, studio recording, audio engineering, composing — the list goes on.

LiveRig Midi Controller For iPad

LiveRig Midi Controller For iPad

Benefits:
• A way to control the sounds in your computer, as you play, without having your computer in front of you, without wires, without a router, and without having to purchase a hardware module.

Which means:
• A cleaner live performance setup without a computer in front of you taking center stage.
• Ability to command computer sounds, effects, and parameters from afar, without the cables.
• No more struggling with a laptop trying to press a key or work the trackpad while you play.
• Switch sounds while playing live, add reverb, do a quick EQ, start a backing track playing from the front of the stage, with your big clunky laptop tucked away back stage.
• Start and stop the DAW from wherever you’re recording, switch recording tracks, solo/mute tracks, etc., without running back to the board.

Now the iPad can function the same way a hardware controller would, except it IS the hardware controller, and it IS wireless, so you can “cut the cord” from using ordinary controllers that require cables to connect to your computer, AND you can completely customize your controller’s function for the needs of the moment.

For all the MIDI details visit www.PullRibbon.com

Observes the MIDI Specification using conventional messages.
• Built for Core MIDI and Multi-Core devices.
• Knobs, Encoders, Faders & Buttons send and receive MIDI Control Change messages.
• MIDI Machine Code and Control Change messages can be configured for transport controls.
• Incoming MIDI Time Code is displayed on the main LCD in realtime.
• Send Track Record Enable messages for managing up to 24 tracks.

Transform that USB MIDI Device into a Wireless MIDI Device.
• Works perfect with the Camera Connection Kit.
• With iRig MIDI, control any MIDI Device while making it wireless enabled.
• Connect your MIDI device and send MIDI to any device that supports Core MIDI.
• Using the Camera Connection Kit, send your MIDI Keyboard to your iPhone!
• No router on stage? Use your Mac to create a wireless network without one.”

LiveRig gives you the power to configure Core MIDI the way you need it.

• Use the built in controls to send messages to other devices on the wireless network.
Send messages to a wired MIDI device using the Camera Connection Kit, iRig MIDI from IK Multimedia, or other Core MIDI capable interface.
• Manipulate the cables within LiveRig to route messages to other Core MIDI enabled apps.
• Control Mac apps like Logic, MainStage, and even GarageBand by installing MainStage GarageBand Controller that utilizes AppleScript.

LiveRig is NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2012
04/24
Midi Studio Control Surface App For iOS
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Midi Studio Control Surface App For iOS

Midi Studio is a modular MIDI control surface for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad.

It supports sending CoreMidi messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol for sending and receiving MIDI messages.

The application allows to remote control and receive feedback from software and hardware that implement the MIDI protocols such as Apple Logic Pro/Express, Ableton Live, Max for Live, Cubase, Pro Tools, FL Loops and many others.

The interface provides a number of different touch controls to send and receive messages:

Faders / Rotary controls / Encoder controls / Push buttons / Toggle buttons / XY pads / LEDs / Labels, etc. Warning: This app is a Midi controller and does not include a sound engine or synth.

!!!WARNING, by default app not include “Ability to create custom layouts”. This feature available only through built-purchase or you can buy a “Midi Studio Pro” version.

Midi Studio Features:
-[Ability to create custom layouts]
-[CoreMidi]
-[WI-FI]
-[USB adapters, like “Apple camera connection kit”, etc], with original Apple’s pc to iPhone/iPod cable it will not work!
-[True Velocity Sensitive ] (with the force of impact)
-[Modulation]
-[Drums]
-[Faders]
-[Knobs]
-[Buttons]
-[Touch pads]
-[Two Keyboards]
-[Different Keys Size]
-[Custom Key Scale] – (Like: Major, Minor, Klezmer, etc…)

iPAD VERSION INCLUDES:
-Keyboard Layout – free
-Drums Layouts – free
-Drums 4×4 – free
-All XY Pads – free
-Live Pad – free
-Mixer – free
-Ability to create custom layouts – Built-in purchase only
-CD PLAYER layout – Built-in purchase only
-VINYL PLAYER layout – Built-in purchase only
-DJ MIXER layout – Built-in purchase only
-Surface and Transport Layouts (DAW CONTROL) – Built-in purchase only
-Live Drums Layout – Built-in purchase only

Transport and Surface Layouts works with:
-Generic mode
-Logic Pro
-Live
-Cubase/Nuendo
-HUI / PRO TOOLS
-Reason
-Reaper
-FL Studio

iPHONE/iPOD VERSION INCLUDE:
-Keyboard Layout – free
-Drums Layouts – free
-XY Pads – free
-Mixer – free
-Ability to create custom layouts – Built-in purchase only
-Live Drums Layout – Built-in purchase only

Midi Studio is available for $6.99

2012
01/13
Line 6 Mobile Keyboard Controller For iPad
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Line 6 Mobile Keys For iPad

Premium Keyboard Controllers for iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC

Mobile Keys™ premium keyboard controllers provide an exceptional playing experience on your iPad®, iPhone®, Mac® and PC. Equally powerful hooked up to a CoreMIDI music app, GarageBand® or your workhorse DAW, Mobile Keys controllers give you full-sized, velocity-sensitive keys, a solid feel and a refined look that’s perfect for any desk, stage and studio. Whether you’re a beginning musician or a seasoned studio professional, you can now perform, record and capture inspiration with MIDI keyboard controller solutions that work with all your music-making devices.

Mobile Keys Product Specifications:

Class-compliant USB MIDI keyboard controllers for making music on iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC
Ideal for GarageBand and other CoreMIDI music apps as well as workhorse DAWs
Powered by connected device — no batteries or power adaptor needed
Full-sized, velocity-sensitive keys for expressive playability (Mobile Keys 49 features 49 keys; Mobile Keys 25 features 25 keys)
Pro keybed for a consistently solid feel
Mod and Pitch wheels for expression effects
Volume and Pan knobs
Octave Up and Octave Down buttons
Shift button for accessing advanced functions including Transpose, MIDI Channel, Program Change, Velocity Curve and Controller Assign (knobs, pedals, and Mod wheel)
1/4″ TRS Sustain pedal jack
1/4″ TRS Expression pedal jack
USB jack and special jack for connection to the 30-pin jack on your iPad or iPhone (special 3-foot/1-meter cable included)
Extremely portable
Sturdy construction, sleek design
Compatible with Mac and PC computers
Compatible with iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2 and iPad

BUY Line 6 Mobile Keys 99-072-0505 25-Key Midi Controller

2011
12/15
Musix Controller App
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Musix iPad App

A unique instrument/control surface where you can learn every Major/Minor chord in 2 minutes. The hexagon note layout allows songwriters to discover new melodies and musical relations, as well, novices can learn how to play music. If you want more sounds than the built in instrument Musix offers Midi (DSMI) and OSC out to control anything you want.

“Anyone who loves music, regardless of skill level, owes it to themselves to experience Musix. Simply exploring the app will open musical doors you never knew existed.” – 148apps.com

NOTE: Musix is NOT meant to teach you how to play a piano! It is it’s own instrument that has many benefits over a piano. By playing you will learn real relations between notes and patterns within music.

The definitive isomorphic keyboard.
Musix is a fully-customizable multiple-layout isomorphic musical keyboard.

Each hexagon on the screen is a note, and surrounding hexagons are harmonically related.

WHY MUSIX:

– Learn how to play every major and minor chord in minutes
– Play along with your favorite song without practicing for years
– Learn one shape, play in any key
– Explore music by the relationship between notes
not by placement on an instrument
– Play along with your friends without being an expert
– Release the song in your head

FEATURES:

✔ Different Key Sizes
✔ Slide the keys to show the notes you need
✔ Multiple Instrument Sounds
✔ OSC/Midi Support
– Inter-note expressivity
✔ Preset Layouts
✔ Create Your Own Layout (iPad only)
✔ Play along with your favourite songs

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

What this means is that once you have learned a pattern, say a chord
or a scale, that pattern is the same for all keys, even the dreaded
A-Flat! What’s more, you can learn to play melodies on a traditional
keyboard by playing them on the Musix keyboard and watching where the
sharps and flats go.

Songwriters benefit by discovering new melodies and musical
relationships. Novices find it easy to learn to play. Experienced
musicians are rewarded with an intuitive interface.

There are many isomorphic keyboards out there, from concertinas,
accordions, and “jammers” (which use the wicki-hayden layout) to
harmonic-table keyboards and more. You can have them all in one
application, and more besides.

Hexagonal isomorphic keyboards are defined by the harmonic
relationship between the keys. You can define the relationship in two
directions, say a major third and a minor third, and the third
direction is the difference of these two intervals (in this case, a
semitone).

Musix comes with a set of built-in layouts which use different
harmonic relationships between the notes. Each layout has its own
advantages and disadvantages. For example, the harmonic table layout
allows you to play a major or minor chord with one finger, by
touching at the intersection of any three hexagons. The Wicki-Hayden
layout puts all the white keys together. Try them all and find one
that works for you.

Musix has six real-time FM-synthesized instrument sounds. No wavetables
here. Each note sound is synthesized on-the-fly, meaning that you get
the full richness of bass and brightness of treble that the ipad
speaker or your headphones can generate.

You can change the size of the keys to fit your fingers and your
dexterity – start practicing with epic-sized keys and as you get
better you can make the keys smaller to give you more notes on the
screen. Keyboard layouts are fully customizable – create your own
isomorphic keyboard centred on any note. Remove the note labels for a
clean look.

Musix is available for $0.99

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2011
12/01
Touchless Midi Controller For iPad2
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MidAir Touchless Midi Interface For iPad

This app is similar to the D Beam controller by Roland (found on their MC-909 groovebox) and the Alesis Air FX in the way that it allows you to control midi devices by moving your hand in the air.

MidAir is a unique midi controller that uses the iPhone or iPad camera and the SkyTouch system to track your coordinates. A virtual 3D trackpad!

MidAir incorporates CoreMidi technology to seamlessly interface with your Mac or PC to control your favorite audio programs.

GarageBand, Logic, Live or any program designed for Midi input works perfectly with MidAir.

Just Wave Your Hand!

Front-Facing Camera required

MidAir is optimized for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Improved detection for the iPhone 4 coming soon.

MidAir is available for $.99

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