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Why are there so few Bluetooth Midi options?
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I use the yamaha BT-MD01. Problem solved
But I hear ya.
There are more and more BT Midi controllers appearing...
LPK and LPD from Akai have been around for 18 months
http://www.akaipro.com/products/keyboard-controllers/lpk25-wireless
http://www.akaipro.com/products/pad-controllers/lpd8-wireless
There is also PUC if you want to add BT MIDI to an existing USB controller
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016PHN7CO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=l0e7c-20&linkId=d247809f77c30859e06704b3a1b7d07a
I think this is one way MIDi only though...it can switch between being MIDI IN or MIDI OUT
But it still sucks if you have a lot midi traffic. If i use MPE i can´t have a stable session.
No cables is still far away. Strange that the fastest and most stable thing is the connection between iOS and mac via Apple´s remote apps. Not sure what they do better.
Or my Seaboard just sucks at midi bluetooth.
Yes, I can confirm that BT MIDI only works well at data rates typical for keyboard playing without too much pitch bend, mod wheel and aftertouch data, not to speak of sysex which doesn't work at all here.
Probably the reason is that available power on the MIDI port is very limited, and high BT data rates require more power.
Can your MPE source be configured to send MPE data at less frequent intervals?
I'm already happy when MIDI works with cables attached, most iOS apps have a rather bare bones MIDI implementation - they often either don't sync properly, don't support relative controllers or don't handle large sysex messages.
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It doesent connect to ipad, but your midi keys. Ipad has a bluetooth receiver, so no ned for usb dongle
I love the idea of a battery operated Bluetooth midi controller. Is there something similar out here to the Akai which has 76 or 88 keys?
Korg Microkey Air 2 has a 61 key version.
The Kawai ES110 stage piano is supporting MIDI over Bluetooth: kawai-global.com/support/bluetooth/ and/or kawai-global.com/product/es110/
Perhaps whats holding the manufacturers back is that if you want to use your controller to control a synth as opposed to connecting it to software, then BT MIDI is not much use.
Also if people are experiencing problems with relatively light traffic from a Mod or pitch wheel then most expressive controllers using CC's and HiRes CC's would probably suffer from the issues.
Yep. Because of that i only use my Seaboard Rise in bluetooth mode if i use it as a "normal" midi keyboard/controller. Then it works fine and the latency is very usable and velocity response is awesome as well.
I also use the 3 sliders and XY pad as controller which works also mostly nice via bluetooth.
My default set-up is left slider as modwheel (CC01), middle is breath (CC2), right is expression (CC11).
X on the pad is sustain (CC64) and Y is foot controller (CC4).
But it really sucks that Roli doesn´t let me save different cc mappings and also let me not change the CC74 from the slide. It´s great build and response and feels awesome but it´s so limited in 2018 that i wouldn´t buy it again or recommend it for the price.
I also tried to sold it but even for the half price people are not interested. So i maybe had better bought an iPad Pro instead
Korg Nanokey Studio works flawlessly even with all its controllers, low latency, works on battery which last very long. Works also on usb, and is compatible with Windows 10 on BTLE too.
I second this, Korg Nanokey Studio works really well. For me, its only competition is the Apple Pencil. Might be cool to see a new Pencil with a few mappable buttons. Bigger issue is that in general Bluetooth tends to be really flakey. Improve Bluetooth, improve controllers etc.
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