Reader Tim Webb got tired of waiting for the Akai SynthStation 49, so he settled on what he calls the Akai SynthStation 61….actually an Akai MPK 61 with an iPevo iPad stand.
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Reader Tim Webb got tired of waiting for the Akai SynthStation 49, so he settled on what he calls the Akai SynthStation 61….actually an Akai MPK 61 with an iPevo iPad stand.
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I’ve had a lot of people ask me about setting up iPad-based studios as a result of this video, so I’ve put together a lengthy Buyer’s Guide, for every price point, to get you going with a keyboard, headphones and monitors. http://discchord.com/blog/2012/4/14/buyers-guide-to-building-your-own-synthstation-setup.html
Tim, if you’re using USB MIDI and the Apple CCK (as I think you are in the video), then this setup has one major limitation: unlike the (eternally vaporware) SynthStation 49, it doesn’t power the iPad.
This means you’ll be playing along and having a wonderful time when all of a sudden you are interrupted by an alert that tells you the iPad is running on “reserve power.” Then it shuts down. 🙁
One solution would be to use the MPK61’s old-school 5-pin DIN MIDI out (which I think it has,) connected to an iRig MIDI interface, which provides power to the iPad.
Power hasn’t been an issue for me, on either the iPad 2 or 3s. I just charge ’em at night and even if I forget to they will usually got another day just fine.
Thanks for the heads up on the iRig powering the device though, I hadn’t known that!