Looking into a similar setup (TX-6, iPad, external Synths/Hardware/Pedals). One issue that I’m having is MIDI to external gear … how do you solve this with the TX-6? Does that even work? MIDI from iPad to a synth (which does not have USB). The TX-6 looks very promising, but if I’m not able to send MIDI to my gear, well … but this has to work somehow, right?
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You could use a USB hub, and hook up the TX-6 for audio, and a usb MIDI interface for midi—something like the iConnect or the Retrokits RK-005 or similar. Or the Kenton hub.
Thanks. Yes, I thought that it might work with another device inbetween (like an USB hub). But I like to avoid that for such a simple setup. It seems a bit weird to me, spending >1k for an audion interface (resp. mixer) and then needing to add other stuff just to use MIDI.
Actually, my initial idea was to stick with my Behringer UMC404HD –- but I cannot route audio back to the interface (from the iPad) with this one. I also have a Bluebox, but the limitations with using external FX pedals does not make me happy. So I started looking into the TX-6 – not being able to use MIDI is quite a drawback for me though.
Nope, it won’t, you gotta go for solutions of the kind suggested above.
Whenever people go on about “But I can do all this with my iPad”, they really don’t take connectivity into the equation. Shit that hardware could do in the early 80’s, the iPad just goes “Say what now?” and becomes equally lost in the conversation, like a demented reply from chatGPT.
I still haven’t found a satisfactory solution to just play the goddam iPad and listen to the audio at the same time. I’ve found solutions, but all of them are just downright silly compromises.
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frankly, MIDI over Bluetooth is really low latency, it even works for MPE, which is a lot of data
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Thanks! My feeling is that I’m always like 95% there … but than something silly is missing, whatever the setup.
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I’m all in on Ableton and the Push 3, and I absolutely love it. I’m using it with a Launchpad pro off to the side for session clip launching, and the odd custom layout, and an 88-key midi piano keyboard.
But for mobile use, I think Logic for iPad is incredible. The synths and sounds, the beat repeat, the FX, and the fact that you can just grab and go. I also like Logic on the Mac for arrangement duties, and its new mastering plugin is amazing.
Since getting the Push 3, and also learning to play the piano, I came to realize that I really like to be able to play an instrument. I feel a connection with the piano that I can’t get from a sequencer, and the Push’s MPE brings this to another level.
I have played guitar for years, and I’m pretty good at it, and love how expressive it is (especially the electric), but I never managed to reconcile it with electronic music.
I sample it, or play it and use guitar parts in my compositions, but with the keys and Push I find I can actually play and improvise with experimental sounds in a way I can’t with the guitar.
Coming back to the point, Logic on the iPad is becoming a perfect replacement for the OP-1 F. The on-screen keys and strings offer plenty of expression, although I would like to try a small MPE controller at some point.
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This could be perfect for a small iPad Logic MPE controller. Great value it appears Exquis - Expressive music at your fingertips
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Does anyone have any favorite tutorials, etc. on Logic Pro for iPad? I downloaded it for the 1 month trial but I have a giant pile of laundry to fold and Ikea furniture to build today, so I probably won’t even get to touch it until later this evening. Boohoo.
Thanks in advance!
After switching to Logic Pro (for Mac) last year, I learned that Apple’s own documentation is worth checking out. It’s digestible, useful knowledge, suitable for post-laundry folding recreation.
It’s available in HTML as well as PDF and the app itself includes built-in lessons. The same is true for Logic Pro for iPad.
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Thanks! I love RTFMs but I was hoping for something I could listen to and half-watch as I chore. 
Appreciate the tip for post-chore leisure time (lol, when?)
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The tutorials included in the app are really awesome.
This app is really weird. It looks like Garageband but the power available is def Logic Pro-like (obviously not full on). Really intrguing!
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This is what I am hoping. I liked the OP-1 F but it was just too opinionated in terms of how you had to work on a song. There is so much available in the LPi sampling workflow that makes it very attractive as the portable, “I have 20 minutes, go!” music maker.
I am scratching the surface but I am cautiously optimistic. This seems to be what I imagined when I got my first iPad 12 or so years ago…
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What keeps me going back to Logic Pro is its Step Sequencer. I’d read over the specs and thought I’d seen it all before, and then I actually gave it a try.
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i asked this in another thread, but is there anyone using logic pro on an ipad with 64gb?
any issues with storage when it comes to sample libraries etc?
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I have a 64GB iPad Air. With base Logic and a bunch of the official sample packs included, I’m only at 8.8 GB for the whole thing. Notably, I don’t use the multisampled string & horn libraries, because IIRC they’re a couple GB and I don’t really need those sounds on mobile.
Because I mostly stick to stock apps and don’t print to audio until late, most projects are tiny, around 10-50 MB. I don’t keep games or movies on my iPad, so it’s not a problem at all to keep Logic installed.
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thank you!
No issues.
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No issues at all.
Although it is of note that I always leave about half the available storage free on most of my machines.
I use iCloud, SD cards and Hard Drives to store projects, samples and such - if need be. When working on a project, I leave it at the local level. Whenever I’m good to either port it to Mac or just master it and go on, I usually port them to some external storage.
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