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Alesis io dock plus Novation launch control (usb woes, help \!)

QuinnHQuinnH
edited May 2014 in General App Discussion

so i have an io dock, and purchased a novation sample pad that needs a type A usb to work, and the io dock only has type B. Is there some way to rectify this blunder? I know you can modify the dock itself, but that seems too complicated. Thanks so much for the wisdom

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  • GanthoferGanthofer

    The only way I know of to send midi to the iodock using its USB connection ( other than @untergeek'sUSB hack) is to connect it and the controller to a PC/MAC and patch it there.

    Not very elegant, but worked the last time I tried it.

  • QuinnHQuinnH
    edited May 2014

    Can you elaborate on hooking it up from a computer to an iodock? @ganthofer

  • QuinnHQuinnH

    Bump! Can someone please inform how to use my computer to make the notation compatible to the io dock? @ganthofer?

    Thanks so much

  • ZymosZymos

    Either do the routing in a DAW, or some kind of MIDI applet. There used to be one called MIDI Thruway way back when, maybe something similar is still available.

  • QuinnHQuinnH

    @zymos So I connect the novation the to laptop via usb midi, and then have a second usb midi running to the iodock?

  • GanthoferGanthofer

    @QuinnH - with both the Alesis iodock and the novation sample pad ( not familiar with it, but assume it USB midi) both connected to your PC, you then use some PC app capable of routing the novation to the iodock. I believe I used MidiOX(WinXP - 7?? and 8??) but MIDI Thruway looks like it should work if it's still available, but there doesn't seem to be much info available on it.

    You want to patch the midi coming from the novation (midi out) to the iodock ( midi in) in MidiOX.

    My PC is currently running Linux, so I can't really give much more detail.

  • ZymosZymos

    QuinnH- check out this one maybe- it seems to support most OSs.
    http://www.nerds.de/en/download.html

    You would connect both devices to your computer, then use the program to patch the MIDI coming in from one device back out to the other device.

  • obiwahnkentobiobiwahnkentobi
    edited May 2014

    yeah,
    thats sad that alesis dont look into the community, everyone who i know, which use the ioDock, they asked why to hell they dont import the option to use USB MIDI direct???

    the Alesis ioDock2 is out same none useable USB Port, this is the reason why i will doint buy the second one too...?

    if Alesis read this, please give a response to that.
    thx

  • otem_rellikotem_rellik

    the usb hub hack is not too difficult if your feeling brave. I did mine and it seems to work well, sometimes it doesn't power the ipad though. I'm acutally thinking about getting rid of my hacked iodock if anyone is interested.

    http://www.otemrellik.com/2013/05/i-added-an-usb-hub-to-my-io-dock/

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