via Appleinsider
"Support for CoreMIDI
The first beta of iOS 4.2 adds support for the CoreMIDI framework to the operating system's application program interfaces. This could suggest that future applications would allow new avenues for musical creation, and could also allow physical MIDI instruments connectors.
MIDI, or Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is an industry standard that allows electronic music machines to synchronize and communicate. With an adapter, a device like an iPhone could theoretically create and record sounds from a MIDI instrument."
MIDI for everyone! :) Why is this important? Currently MIDI devices like the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer and Akai SynthStation25 require developers to use their proprietary SDKs to talk to their devices. This translates to more work for developers if they want to support different devices. Not just for the initial release of their apps but anytime there is an update to the SDK. With CoreMIDI they can just focus on it and let hardware manufacturers decide to support it or not. I'm also guessing KORG would be more likely to support CoreMIDI on the iElectribe vs. another company's SDK. We are getting very close to syncing iPads and iPhones with other gear folks. BTW, don't miss this post on The Missing Link.
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very good news. i can't wait for korg to come up with legacy digital collection (M1+Wavestation) for iPad
ReplyDeleteI've heard that there's latency issues with the way the Line6 Midi Mobilizer is currently implemented which is why we have yet to see any multitrack midi sequencers that can take advantage of it. Hopefully OS 4.2 will solve this. I'm terribly old school: I'd prefer to use the iPad as a sequencer and drive external hardware.
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