Hi all, just taken delivery of a Tracker Mini and loving it, had reservations the lack of jog wheel and keys would make the workflow difficult but it doesn’t and the note feature is a brilliant addition. That said I want to connect either my iPhone or iPad up to it and use as a midi keyboard so looking for recommendations for the best IOS app to do this? Both Apple devices are USB-C so assume I don’t need a converter and can go straight USB-C to USB-C? Sorry it’s a bit of a basic question and all but searches don’t seem to give a definitive answer.
Hello and welcome!
Good question, I usually if I want a keyboard I’ll use my Roland S-1 (with a midi TRS crossover cable) but I will try with the iPad with some of the apps I have and see which ones work well.
Without having tried I would say if AUM works that’s a nice versatile app. Maybe Audiobus works too. Some of the sequencers might also be interesting, and I now wonder what an MPE like keyboard would do I’ll report after doing some tests.
I seem to have hit a config issue, I can’t seem to have it show up as connected on the iPad. I’m trying with an iPad mini (a new one with USB-C), if I plugin a synth it shows up but I’ve fiddled with various settings on the Tracker Mini but no luck.
Maybe @Sandroid has a hint? I know he’s posted screenshots in the past with AUM I the past. Is there a trick on the tracker or on iOS?
Sidenote: If I’m not mistaken Audiobus is free currently on the app store, it doesn’t have a keyboard but you should be able to route a keyboard from another app through it, so it’s probably worth grabbing
There’s a video here showing it with AUM in a thread already:
If I get it working I’ll try some of the other apps with keyboard inside of AUM and try to post some screenshots/feedback.