Apple Lightning to USB adaptor for MIDI ?

[amundsen]

Hello,

I am quite disappointed by the latency when transmitting OSC messages trough wi-fi from an iPad 4 to a MacBook Pro 2011, using an ad hoc network.

Therefore I am thinking about switching to MIDI with some additional hardware.

Could I use one of those Apple adapters without additional gear ?

Lightning to USB cable: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD818 ... -usb-cable
Lightning to USB camera adapter: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD821 ... ra-adapter

If not, is there another solution ?

[KlaatuNinja]

You need the Lightning to USB camera adapter:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD821 ... ra-adapter

The other one won't work. I use a USB to midi cable to plugin to a keyboard etc, I use one like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MIDI-Keyboard-U ... _cp_w_h__3

I don't know how you would connect to a laptop...would a USB to USB cable work??

[amundsen]

Thanks but what I want is a wired MIDI connection from the iPad to the computer, not a connection from the iPad to a MIDI peripheral. Do I need an additional MIDI interface on each side of will the camera connection kit be enough ?

[matias_thinKing]

I think there might be something else going on with your wireless issue - we have osc running through a router between the lemur on an ipad 4 and a mac book pro or pc and the latency is under 100ms...

[amundsen]

Under... ...100 ms ?

For musical purposes I'd actually expect figures under... ...10 ms at least! With usual wired MIDI gear I think it's even closer to 1 ms. You can't play music with 100 ms latency !

[matias_thinKing]

tbh, I think it's somewhere under 25ms ... I just have no way of quantifying it, so I didn't want to make a blanket statement. with that said, you're right, anything above 20ms starts to make music-playing a less than enjoyable experience to say the least as far as non-note triggering events are concerned though, imho, whatever lag we may have here is more than adequate. good luck with the interface issue and apologies for veering off topic!

[Sanderxpander]

It works with my Korg Kronos with the USB camera kit directly, but then I connect to its square USB port. I don't think you could hook up two straight usb ends, even if you had the right cable - they have a different purpose and it might even mean shorting.

It would definitely work with a midi interface on both ends but I can see why that would be cumbersome.