Using lightning with Midi

I now have the latest iPad and the dilemma of how to connect to my existing devices. I know I need the new VGA connector but what about midi?
I read the that the usb camera connector works as did the previous camera connection kit so that should be sorted but what exactly does the adaptor do to the USB data?
For instance if I wanted to connect a midi keyboard to my new iPad to play instruments in garageband, i now have a usb cable coming from my keyboard and a lightning connector with a usb on its end. If I use a USB coupler, the two devices are now connected...right?
Cant imagine it would ever be that easy but what exactly does the adaptor do that this 'frankenstein, method doesnt?

The wife just picked one up. if I am very careful I can probably get it out of the packaging without damage and take it back if it doesnt work.
Will report back in a short while i.e. once she arrives home!!
Apple already have a connector; the USB camera connection adaptor but its £25 and my camera connection kit with 30 pin connection is now defunct!!
There are only two wires on a USB that actually carry data and the lightning cable bundled clearly connects to a USB 2.0 socket on a PC. Logic dictates I am only joining up the two ends so it should work.
Bear in mind I need the coupler because the Korg keyboard has a Type B (square) while coupler joins two male Type A.

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Hi,
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As far as input goes, this is the hard part. There are a series of functions that you need to call to open up the device, set some buffers and and possibly a callback to get notifications on the incoming data.
Reading MIDI data will not be an easy task, your best bet will be to implement this in a DLL and call that DLL in LabVIEW, there should be some code available o the web.
= "http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/multimed/htm/_win32_multimedia_... is a link to the Windows multimedia functions that you could use for MIDI input.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Regards,
Juan Carlos
N.I.

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I use two keyboards for my live gigs, and am thinking about moving all my sounds over to MainStage. Most of my recording uses Native Instruments and Logic's standard AU instruments, and then I have to find similar sounds on my Korg and Kurzweil for live...
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Easily done (I'm using two USB controllers on a gig now). Just set them up in Layout mode, then be sure to select the input of choice for your specific channel strip(s) in each patch. Or of course you can set things up at the set or concert level as well.

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blackspectrume wrote:
I have connected correctly ( to my knowledge)
see the FAQ entry to be sure
blackspectrume wrote:
you cant record a electric piano with midi you have to use audio in and out... is that right/true?
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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#recordkeyboardssounds
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How do I Fade in and out, working with Midi events?

I'm new to logic.
How do you set certain virtual instruments(midi events) to fade in or out. I have a string arrangement written, and whenever the strings end it is very abrupt and unnatural. I want them to fade out, as opposed to just cutting like they do. I would also like to know how to fade in. Is it the same process?
Please help me out if you know how to do this.
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I'm not sure what you mean about fading the instrument and not the notes. I just want to fade out one note/per instrument at the end of certain passages. Care to expound?
In general, MIDI does not provide a mechanism to control the volume of individual notes.
In MIDI (and sequencer terms), a note has a note on, a note number (which key was pressed) and how hard you hit that key (velocity). Then a corresponding note off. There is nothing in a note specification that let's you control the volume of a note through it's duration.
In MIDI terms, you can use a controller MIDI message, typically #7 which is used for volume, and modify that over the time the note is playing. But this is controlling the volume of the instrument not the individual notes - the same as turning up and down the volume on the instrument. All notes that the instrument is playing are affected equally - if you are holding a chord, the entire chord will ramp in volume. You cannot just ramp the volume of one note within the chord using this method.
(The closest MIDI can get to controlling individual notes volume is with polyphonic aftertouch, but this is not often supported and is a more advanced technique - given that you are new to this I'm going to ignore it for now to avoid over-complicating things. I mention it to stop all the people chiming in with "you're so wrong Beejay you muppet you can do this with poly aftertouch don't you know anything" blah blah).
Is that more clear?
Also, if you wouldn't mind, could you give me a step by step on opening the hyperview in the piano roll?
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Hey,
Sorry, I am a noob at MIDI...
I have a Yahmaha E403 Keyboard. It has a MIDI USB port on the back. My friend has the same keyboard and was succesful using it on Garageband.
I went to this site where I found the latest driver for Mac:
http://music.yamaha.com/products/downloads.html?productId=1212
I still cannot get it to connect. Even in apple system pref when I click on the Yahmaha icon, it says alert, cannot access to a driver.
I didn't have a midi usb cable, and my friend told me that the cable for your printer should work. So I took my printer cable and it fits into my keyboard fine and my mac book pro fine. Can the cable be the issue?
On my keyboard there are three settings,
• PC mode: off
• PC mode : PC 1
• PC mode: PC 2
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We are both the same OS and he isn't using rosetta.
I am running my keyboard off of batteries could that matter?
And is there a difference between a printer usb cable and a MIDI usb one? The printer one seems to fit fine, but maybe his printer cable is a different brand and just so happens to work.
I'm assuming most likely its my driver but it seems like it could be anything thats the problem.

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