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Midi keyboard and Ipad connection using headphones or external speakers

RainyDayOnMarsRainyDayOnMars
edited August 2021 in Support and Feedback

Hello everyone.

I am thinking to buy Akai Mini mk3 or Arturia minilab mk2. I will use it with my ipad.
I was connecting my previous midi keyboard over its midi output to audio interface’s midi input, and then from audio interface’s usb connection to ipad’s usb camera adapter. I could hear the voice from audio interface’s audio output jack.

There is no midi output on both Akai Mini Mk3 or Arturia Minilab MK2. So I think I will be hearing the voice only from Ipad, not from headphones or speakers. There is no 3.5 mm jack on my Ipad.
How can we connect them to Ipad with using headphones or speakers?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

  • uncledaveuncledave

    @RainyDayOnMars said:
    Hello everyone.

    I am thinking to buy Akai Mini mk3 or Arturia minilab mk2. I will use it with my ipad.
    I was connecting my previous midi keyboard over its midi output to audio interface’s midi input, and then from audio interface’s usb connection to ipad’s usb camera adapter. I could hear the voice from audio interface’s audio output jack.

    There is no midi output on both Akai Mini Mk3 or Arturia Minilab MK2. So I think I will be hearing the voice only from Ipad, not from headphones or speakers. There is no 3.5 mm jack on my Ipad.
    How can we connect them to Ipad with using headphones or speakers?

    Thanks in advance.

    If you get a USB hub, connected to the Apple USB Camera Adapter, you can connect your audio interface and the USB ports of your controllers. A passive (unpowered) USB hub will likely work, but a powered hub is safer because it will ensure adequate power to your bus-powered gear. For example, this one.

  • RainyDayOnMarsRainyDayOnMars
    edited August 2021

    Thanks @uncledave. I will keep continue to get the sound from audio interface, right? Won’t be a latency?

  • wimwim

    @RainyDayOnMars said:
    Thanks @uncledave. I will keep continue to get the sound from audio interface, right? Won’t be a latency?

    A hub doesn't introduce any noticeable latency.

  • DMfanDMfan
    edited August 2021

    @RainyDayOnMars said:
    Hello everyone.

    I am thinking to buy Akai Mini mk3 or Arturia minilab mk2. I will use it with my ipad.
    I was connecting my previous midi keyboard over its midi output to audio interface’s midi input, and then from audio interface’s usb connection to ipad’s usb camera adapter. I could hear the voice from audio interface’s audio output jack.

    There is no midi output on both Akai Mini Mk3 or Arturia Minilab MK2. So I think I will be hearing the voice only from Ipad, not from headphones or speakers. There is no 3.5 mm jack on my Ipad.
    How can we connect them to Ipad with using headphones or speakers?

    Thanks in advance.

    I run a Novation Launchkey Mk3 MIDI-keyboard and a TC Helicon GO Twin audio interface through a non-powered USB-hub, connected to the USB-C port of my iPad Air 4. I connect my headphones to the audio interface, works like a charm, no latency.

    There are also several setups that could provide external power (power banks, powered USB-hubs, direct wall power) to the iPad for longer sessions, since the above only draws power from the iPad itself.

    /DMfan🇸🇪

  • CedesingsCedesings

    How do I connect the Arturia Minilab 3 to my Akai Mk3 mini play to hear it? I don't use a computer for sound. I use an amplifier.

  • wimwim
    edited July 2023

    @Cedesings said:
    How do I connect the Arturia Minilab 3 to my Akai Mk3 mini play to hear it? I don't use a computer for sound. I use an amplifier.

    The Minilab 3 doesn't make any sound. There's nothing to hear. You can only use it to send midi to software or hardware synths that accept midi input. The Mk3 doesn't accept midi input, even if there was some reason to play it from the Minilab 3 rather than directly.

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