Connecting iPhone to iPad

Question

Looking to purchase MIDI Designer Pro, but need to know a couple things. Have an iPhone 5, looking to use MCP as the midi controller for Animoog on my iPad in a live setting. No wifi would likely be present at most gigs. Question is, if I were go use something like iRig MIDI and connect the iPhone running MCP to the iPad running whatever synth via a MIDI cable, would this scenario work? Thanks for any help.

 

Realized the set up may not be clear

iPhone5 with usb adaptor running MCP -> usb to midi cable -> iRig midi connected to iPad running synth

I'm just assuming the second device needs to be physically connected in some way for MCP to communicate to the synth/app it's controlling.

Answer 1

Hi and thanks for your question.

First thing is that you can try out everything you want with MIDI Designer Lite (or MIDI Designer 12). Which doesn't answer the question, but it's good to know before buying MDP.

You can definitely connect from the iPhone 5 to the iPad with an iRig on both sides. You can ALSO connect via Wi-Fi, if they can see each other (thoug you've said no WiFi is likely at your gigs). Another option is the iConnect.

Your iPhone can definitely control Animoog. However, you might find that another, dedicated keyboard app might be more fitting. Since MDP doesn't have transpose (yet), it might not be the right choice.

Please comment back and let us know how you decided to proceed.

Answer 2

Hi and thanks for your question.

First thing is that you can try out everything you want with MIDI Designer Lite (or MIDI Designer 12). Which doesn't answer the question, but it's good to know before buying MDP.

You can definitely connect from the iPhone 5 to the iPad with an iRig on both sides. You can ALSO connect via Wi-Fi, if they can see each other (thoug you've said no WiFi is likely at your gigs). Another option is the iConnect.

Your iPhone can definitely control Animoog. However, you might find that another, dedicated keyboard app might be more fitting. Since MDP doesn't have transpose (yet), it might not be the right choice.

Please comment back and let us know how you decided to proceed.