Connect Interfaces & MIDI Controllers To An iPad Pro 2021

In this video I cover all the main options for connecting midi controllers and interfaces to an iPad Pro. These are going to be some of your best options to build your home studio around an iPad whether you want to be portable or not.

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Interface & Bluetooth Controller
1:32 USB-C Dongle
1:59 Powered USB Hub
2:52 Outro

[daughteroffeyre]

Thank you for the divinely timed upload! I thought about exploring this idea yesterday, and I woke up to find this gem. Thank you for sharing!!

[CalvinCanedy]

Could you possibly do a short video on connecting a bop pad to the iPad Pro?

[mpfmax]

I have always been confused about this topic, thanks for making it clear. Question, is there a powered USB hub which also powers the ipad? and/or that has headphone jack? I just want to keep my usb-c ipad pro powered, while connecting my headphones through a jack adaptor (cuz apple removed it and bluetooth has too much latency) and connect an akai max 49 midi controller.

[jamesbastani]

I want to use my iPad Pro to access the patches in the internal sequencer of my Korg Pa 3X. I want to integrate the patches of the synth into my workflow. (This wasn't possible before. I'm hoping the M1 chip allows for this)

[joel.rundle]

Greetings fellow Joel, good vid, very useful as I’m looking for a similar rig.

[DielectricFailure]

*Great helpful video! 🎵🏅 I’m planning to do this but a lot of the demos will say the knobs won’t work but I’m wanting the midi controller so I can more quickly mod my synth sounds and percussive instruments. 🥁 🎹 But I’m feeling hopeful to get something that works.*

[rbertlopez]

Question, I can plug headphones directly to keyboard, but how do I get the sound from the keyboard and from the iPad through my headphones SIMULTANEOUSLY.

[johnviera]

no key commands. no me
and how do you edit audio without a mouse or a trackpad?

[coversongsonkeyboards]

Wow so much information in just few minutes this is cool , i like it

[lightingbryan]

Noob here. Since the iPad Pro /Air4 don't have a 1/8in out. How do you hear the sound? Trying to make a setup and don't understand. Looking for a weighted 88 key to IPadAir4. And have no idea what I need to make it work. Even Apple has no idea as I spent 3 hours with Tech support management and they couldn't even tell me how to get audio out of the iPad due to it having only one port. Even Guitar Center had no idea.

[flipteezy]

I use that Yamaha usb to host midi adapter with small power bank for any wireless Bluetooth to iPad. Latency is pretty good and not noticeable.

[sigaretto]

What do you mean by 'Dongle'? Isn't a dongle just a standard usb plugin thing but portable?

What kind of dongle?

[BelfastBiker]

how on earth does the powerd hub not power an ipad?

[sebucb]

I need to take the out put to an external stage amplifier. Still using the MIDI controller and iPad alone, How to do it?

[mikemartin]

How do u get sound out from the iPad as it has no headphone jack?

[miguelb]

MUCH APPRECIATED VIDEO BROTHER!! — I use the powered USB Hub method will I get constant error messages about not enough power. That’s my current situation with old iPad

[sam_b_music]

In cubasis 3 is it possible to play drums on pads and synths on keys on midi keyboard but at the same time?

[TheGreatPanicker]

I bought the 2020 ipad pro 12.9 inch usb-c charging device. In order to connect my new arturia minilab mk 2 to that ipad what adapter would I need for that?

[anonymous_friend]

What problems/limitations did you have with the motu? It looks like you are using different interfaces in newer videos.

[carl]

How can I get it to work if I'm using Logic? As I'd typically have to use the cable to go into my MacBook?