As we have pointed out on other occasions, your iPad can be a complementary tool for creating and editing music. All you need are applications that allow you to manage or accessories that serve as an interface to control or create music while the iPad manages the results with an application. We want to present you three iPad accessories for musicians that we believe are of the highest quality.
Alesis iO Dock
This appliance is for connect any high-end musical instrument to your iPad and allows you to handle it with any music management application that you can find in the App Store, the best known being Garage Band, but you can try any of she is ready that we proposed to you. It has a huge variety of inputs and outputs for any instrument or device that may be needed to perform, record or edit music. Ranges from instrument inputs to inputs and outputs MIDI, XLR, jacks, output video, departure from USB-MIDIEtc. ...
You can see how it is handled in this video.
Alesis iO Dock worth about 170 euros. You can find it to buy it online at this website.
MPC Fly by AKAI
E a controller for music production that works with an application developed by Retronyms called Tabletop. It is somewhat small but sufficient in size. It works by inserting the iPad 2, owners of the first iPad will not be able to use it, in a protective case that is hinged to a control pad and closes and looks like a briefcase. That is, it is portable and protects your iPad.
El MPC Fly by Akai It has 16 pads and simple controls that, added to the application, allow us to carry out simple tasks that we can then retouch on the PC or Mac in programs compatible with the application such as MPC Renaissance or MPC Studio. And thanks to its CoreMIDI we can export the result and edit it with other applications, that is, it offers compatibility.
You can record four tracks simultaneously, enter effects, sequences, create programs, repeat notes, and a host of other things.
It is worth about 198 euros and you can buy it online at this website.
Numark iDJ Pro
It is a dj table that integrates perfectly with the iPad reserving a space in the middle for it to lean perfectly. To control it you need the d applicationj from Algoriddim worth 15, 99 euros on the App Store. It connects to the iPad through the 30-pin connector and from there you can control the app through all the physical controls of the table. You can access the entire iPad music library, but if you need more you can, by having internet access, you can Download any song on the go while you are DJing or what is better to play it by streaming from iCloud. Also has CoreMIDI so that you record your results and share them with other applications, as well as being integrated with AirPlay so you can amplify it in addition to the audio outputs and XLR who carries the table.
As for what can be done with iDJ Pro, it responds to all the basics that can be done with a mixer thanks to the possibilities of the application, but you can see it better in on the web. Although you can see a little above in this video at his presentation at NAMM 2012 a few months ago.
It is worth 349 pounds, that is, about 445 euros. And you have to buy through the UK, there are several online stores that do. Choose the one that gives you the most confidence or look at the official list of distributors on their website.