Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/11/griffin_plugs_midiconnect_interface_for_ipad_musicians/
Griffin plugs Midi for iPad musos
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Posted in Tablets, 11th January 2012 17:15 GMT
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[1]Griffin Technology has danced round the iPad for a while now, but at CES this week, the company introduced two Midi-based gadgets to turn your fondleslab into a fully-fledged music production box.
Griffin's MidiConnect [2] equips iPads - and other iOS devices for that matter - with a standard 5-pin Din Midi-in port to attach your instruments and record straight to the slate. There's also a Midi-out port, so the iPad can be used as a controller itself. Schweet.
Next up is the StudioConnect [3], an iPad dock that takes the reins as an all-in-one audio interface.
Here, there's ports for Midi-in and out, a mono quarter-inch jack plug and a stereo 3.5in minijack. Additionally, the StudioConnect features left and right RCA ports and a 3.5mm headphone socket with dedicated volume control.
MidiConnect touches down on US shelves this spring for $80 (£52). StudioConnect strolls in much sooner, launching in February for $150 (£98). There's no indication of when they'll be heading to Blighty just yet.
Last year at CES 2011, iConnectivity launched the iConnectMidi [4], a professional 2 x 2 MIDI interface for iOS that's since made it to the shelves [5]. ®