oldgearguy wrote:iPad (running lemur+app) -> Apple Camera Connector Kit -> Emu XMIDI 1x1 USB to MIDI cable -> Digital Music MX-8 patchbay (MIDI 6 in, 8 out). Main keyboard -> MX-8, all other gear to MX-8. Set iPad input + keyboard input on the MX-8 to processor A for merging, set A to output to all other devices.
Total cost (minus the iPad/Lemur, other MIDI cables) : $30 (Apple CCK), + $32 (Emu XMIDI cable) + $120 (MX-8) = $182.
This is a subset of what I have set up in my home studio (there's also a separate 16x32 MIDI patchbay plus lots of other audio patchbays, processors, synths, etc).
Dude that's exactly what I needed to know! iConnect looks cool but maybe I don't even need all of its functions and a simple USB/MIDI cable might work as well.
If you're currently using this setup and it works I'm going to copy it
note that it's been a while since I set up my config... You'd have to assign the iPad input to A and the master keyboard to B (on the far right of the screen) then choose M (for merged) as your input to the other devices. the MX-8 manual has this exactly described on page 4 of the manual.
