Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.
Download on the App StoreAudiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
Bluetooth MIDI Keyboard Alternatives?
I've increasingly become convinced that a Bluetooth keyboard is something that would come in handy with the way I use iOS music. I really hate the Lightning jack, and after seeing the jack start to fail rapidly on my 2-year-old iPhone, I really don't want to see that happen on my $1,000 iPad Pro. Also, it's just a hassle to constantly find a dongle and have a micro/mini USB cable handy. I initially worried about latency, but I've heard it's not bad at all on products like the Korg MicroKey Air.
My budget is probably $150 or less (I was hoping for less than $100), and I would consider either 25 or 37 keys. I really thought there would be more options besides the Korg and the CME XKey Air at this point, and both are still a little expensive. Is there anything else? Thanks!
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I'm fine with my Keystep and the Quicco mi.1 plus a tiny 1-cell USB power bank connected t the USB port. Runs for more than 10 hours easily, Very little latency and the keystep keybed has a good compromise between size and playability.
Korg microkey air has very nice keys considering its microkeys and cheap. Way better than other similar ones in its price range. There is 25, 37, 49 and i think even more keys versions of it. I have 37 and its very nice size, light weight etc. I looked the competition throughoutly before buying it and none of them convinced me
Highly recommend it. I hear cme is also very nice, but more expensive. Looking for used is a good way to save a few bucks
I have the Korg Air 61-key and love it. Bluetooth has very little latency. A little more expensive is the recent Roland Go at about $300
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Go with the Yamaha BT-01. If you have an existing keyboard with 5pin DIN then you are set. $50. No latency at all in my experience.
I have a Korg Microkey Air 61 and that works good whenever I need to play something on my iPad. There's no fiddling around too much with the bluetooth and the latency is good. The keys are mini but have a good feel to them unlike most other mini key controllers, which have a crap feel.
i stand by roli, its more than you want to spend, but worth saving for
Thanks for the comments! I do have a BT-01. It works well once set up, but it isn’t automatic to get it working.
The MicroKey Air at like $139 isn’t too prohibitive, but I could arguably get the same thing with a MicroKORG and the BT-01 plugged into it.
Really starting to get a bit of a GAS on for their offerings.