Thursday 11 November 2010

Ellatron via CoreMIDI

Following on from the video of 2 days ago which was made with a genuinely brilliant but not yet on the market pro-level MIDI interface, this illustrates the most cost-effective way to turn Ellatron / M3000 and soon Jordantron into a MIDI-powered instrument if you don't mind repurposing other bits of hardware you have hanging around the house ...



Take 1 iPad.
Take 1 Ellatron. Or M3000. Or Jordantron.
Take 1 powered USB hub. The 'powered' bit is important
Take 1 Apple Camera Connection Kit.
Take 1 M-Audio Axiom 49. Or similar. But we really do like the Axiom 49 ...

Instant MIDI-enabled Tron.

CoreMIDI really is brilliant, and will be the way forward for iOS devices and performance music. Unfortunately the iPod Touch 4G (and therefore I assume iPhone 4) don't recognise the Camera Connection Kit, so this route is only available to Paddies. Now I'd better put the USB hub back where it came from ...

6 comments:

  1. p.s. *HUGE* incalculably massive thanks to Pete Goodliffe whose proof of concept code was invaluable. If you want to integrate CoreMIDI into your own App, just pick up Peter's code from here - goodliffe.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-coremidi-in-ios-exam...

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  2. synthstation25 support please!

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  3. me too ...synthstation25 support please!

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  4. Cool, great app!

    Any plans for midi out? That would be fantastic!

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  5. It doesn't work.
    It's fake.
    Nice application & good sounds but the core midi support is a lie!
    Sorry guys!
    And you do not answer to e-mails.
    Are you still alive?

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  6. Is there anyone from the developers or administrator following this blog?
    Are you still alive?

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