How to use iOS MIDI apps to control Ableton Live (Mac)

[@NirBenita]

You have no ideas how many links it took me until I found this one! Super simple and straightforward. Thanks!!

[@LouisSerieusement]

I'm not on OSX anymore, for personal reasons, but I must admitt that what you did with your app is so useful, it deserves so much more be known ! many people should use it, because it's way more simple and user friendly than the usual midi controllers ; thank you for what you bring for the community :)

[@onceuponasynth]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@Jmdeleeuw-]

This is my first time stumbeling upon this channel and just that little opening jingle made me very very happy. Actually made me smile.

[@BenCaesar]

Wow! You actually solved another midi issue I was having with rekordbox not even tech support suggested created your network. Such a helpful tutorial it helped a problem I wasn't watching a solution for. Instant sub

[@DodaGarcia]

Wait you actually made that app? That's so cool!!

[@djmoxiecali3011]

OMG! I love you! I have been troubleshooting myself in circles! Thank you!

[@roman2374]

I was just thinking about buying an MPE controller but I only need it for very specific uses. I don’t want to upgrade from my push 2 to push 3 and don’t want to spend big bucks on more hardware. Thanks - I’ll be using my iPad for this and I’m sure I’ll be fine (and if it should get on my nerves I might try sth like the Joué)

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

awesome app..just discovered it.

[@bobbyculdesack2309]

Subscribe just because I love the name so much… I haven’t even got through the ad yet lol

[@Sorokafoto]

Большое спасибо, всё очень понятно

[@thomaspeyrache2115]

merci frérot

[@ohstirfry]

With the USB method you can also use the device as an audio input. I sample this way from KZbin all the time or from iOS synths I have on the iPad like moogmodel15

[@catcomestomorrow2030]

Is it possible to hook your ipad up to your mac (hardwired via the USB to lightning cable) to use as a midi controller , but also somehow hook up an audio interface to get both midi and your guitar direct into the Mac computer?

[@polarnj]

Mighty Boognish yea absolutely. You can use the lighting to usb IDAM approach from the video to get the midi and audio from ur iOS device, regarding the guitar, what I actually do is use Midi Guitar 2 (amazing app) as well as some other guitar based ex and tools using AUM-Audiobus 3 on my iPad, i connect the guitar in the approach by using an Ik multimedia irig (u can get them for $7 on amazon) so I’m able to run my guitar through the iPad through the headphone out jack, and the sound goes into the Mac through the IDAM w the lightning cable... Also you can use your audio interface (Ex I’m using a focusrite 816) to connect your guitar, mic etc and than run it as Audio input as usual while the same thing happens for the iPad. I Think I know where ur prob having the issue now that I had a min to think about it and u prob need to go into the Audio/Midi Settings on the mac and make an “aggregate device” just by hitting the + button and clicking the option, inside there you will be able to put both ur audio interfere AND iPad into a single system. Next in Ableton, goto audio input in prefs and click the aggregate device U made so u can have both iPad as well as the audio interface connected and make sure u know the channel number ur iPad and Interface contain (u can see this info in the place u Made the aggregate device). Hope this helps! I’m a bit fan of using Ableton and many controllers, as well as my iPad etc and a guitar and mic to live loop as well as use my guitar as a midi controller (I can easily change this using a blueboard midi foot pedal). It’s a blast to play this setup but took me forever to route it correctly and finally find a setup that works for me so I’m happy to help if I seem to be of any use to what ur trying to do. Cheers and good luck!

[@polarnj]

Mighty Boognish I prob should have just stressed “aggregate device” instead of blabbing on lol

[@George-nx8zu]

Do you have to launch Audio Midi Setup every single time?

[@jakeforaker9628]

Best tutorial out there, thank you!!!

[@tq2769]

My ipad is not showing up in the midi studio network window. I set up a network as instructed and then connected to it on my ipad and stillno ipad showing up to connect to. Why does nothing ever work the way it is show in tutorial videos? Please assist!

[@phantazzor]

my ipad doesn't show up as your iphone in my midi list for the usb method

[@graehu0]

Please update Ribn to work better with iPad os. It would be very useful as a floating app for controlling other midi ready apps.

[@alexxk4751]

Hi! I can't make out, where did you get that window when connecting ipad via your own net on mac? Audio-midid settings again? But it looks the same way as the first time when you connected it via lightning wire. Thanks in advance!

[@DelReiRock]

Interesting... can we use an iPad as a launchpad?

[@tronlady1]

Love your credit music🙂

[@parthdubey_]

For windows

[@Illuminartist]

How would I go about connecting multiple iPads? Can’t seem to get it to work.. is it possible? Only midi out selection is network session one and selecting on the second iPad cancels the first

[@viterarock7904]

Awesome!!!

[@alicer3271]

Is this doable for Android?

[@modechick]

hey, thanks but it wont work for me.. trying to use King Of FM app but the midi settings on the app are minimal.. does anyone here use that app please?

[@0yale]

Ableton♥♥♥

[@bensanders2101]

Could you update these instructions? App is theoretically cool, but connection no longer works like this. Thanks!

[@joshyaque9336]

Can it control play,pause, stop, next?

[@TallesDiCunto]

Cool, it looks really practical! Now I know it might be a totally different thing, but would anyone know how to do the same (or similar) with an Android Windows interface?

[@RvBy88]

Look up rtpMIDI / loopMIDI / UBRIDGE and go from there, depending on your goals

[@bgedizli]

Cannot hear the sound (Garageband, Spotify etc.) from my speakers which connected to the macbook device?

[@murtasma]

Will this work on PC?

[@onceuponasynth]

I have no idea :) . I haven't used a PC in ages (nothing against it, just switched to mac cause of work) so I'm completely out of touch with that world. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

[@RhombusLabs]

Get StudioMux. It enables MIDI and multichannel digital audio over Lightning->USB via a combination of a background iOS app, a connecting service in Windows, and StudioMux VSTs that you drop into your DAW to choose which running iOS apps to pull data from. It's also compatible with Mac. It's a more complex solution but also a more complete solution. StudioMux has really given iOS music apps the ability to be integrated with your desktop DAW, elevating those apps from mere toy status. zerodebug.com/studiomux.php

[@TallesDiCunto]

@@RhombusLabs hi, by the way would you have any hint on how to adapt this idea from an Android to PC interface?

[@RhombusLabs]

All I know about Android, recent versions, is that when you connect to a computer a menu shows on the phone that allows you to switch to USB storage mode and MIDI mode. I don't know of a StudioMux-like solution that gives you multichannel audio though. Sorry.

[@TallesDiCunto]

@Rastko P I'm really a noob but will take a look on all of this too!

[@politicare0553]

hi i want to know how to configure my ipad in ableton live 9 and how to connect it to my audio interface and distribute the audio to the DAW...Thanks!!!!!!

[@nachingal]

there's any solution for ios 10.3.3 users? Thanks

[@TheBaffledZone]

Is there a way to do this on Android?

[@chadcaravaggio5701]

I cant connect my iPad 2020 4 gen to my mbp 2011. I won't show up in the midi network setup window. Using Bluetooth, wifi or the create your own network method

[@tq2769]

Having same problem, have you figured it out?

[@Dogboy73]

Looks easy enough on Mac OSX. Not so easy on PC. Not found a way to connect my USB-C iPad Air to PC for MIDI i/o. Used to do over Wi-Fi, but this is no longer working. Not been able to work out why! Used to have an IK Multimedia iOS MIDI interface, which worked perfectly. But that's going back a bit. Was the old 30-pin iOS connector. Since moved to Lightning and now USB-C. So a bit stuck! Hopefully someone will make a simple USB-C iOS MIDI interface soon ;-)

[@juancruzfiad8001]

were you able to use the app on pc?

[@christoroppolo8742]

The laptop is a boat anchor. That went into the garbage. Peace Christo 💀🎶👽🛸☮️🐕

[@hv4637]

Your app is great. In addition to that I wonder if there is an app which let you use the motion sensors of the iphone. So if you move the phone around it will just output midi data which you can assign to what ever parameter you want. Does anyone have an idea?

[@onceuponasynth]

Funny you say that, I actually thought of the same idea a while back lol. I just thought it would be a bit gimmick-y (like roland d-beam lol) so I never built it. But maybe I'll make an app like this, should be pretty simple.

[@jameswilson9011]

smart to use b&w camera since facial tones are super off when it goes through a computer screen

[@fransdegroot9778]

I never bey Apple it is crap i use only Android. Never apple to much money for nothing.

[@Reprodestruxion]

Frans De Groot well you have osc and there’s a soft granular synth

[@ohstirfry]

I have an Android phone it’s a piece of shit.

[@HH-xo7fu]

I thought that way until I bought an ipad (the cheap 2017 one). No regrets at all, they are great for studio stuff

[@RhombusLabs]

For phones I always do Android for a lot of reasons. However, I have an Apple iPad Air 1 that I bought refurbished from Apple for relatively cheap. There's some astounding music creation apps for iOS.