Does what it says AND WORKS, thanks for filling a niche
Can make you qwerty into midi keyboard, nothing else worked until this.
Does not work on ipad pro M1
Unable to make it work with M1 ipad pro and the apple keyboard folio
Excellent!
The “Missing Link” of the IOS midi controller devices!
So cool! Works great with the magic keyboard
Great app and developer got it working instantly with synth apps and after a few minutes clicking around had it going with gadget as well. iPad Pro m1 14.5 11” // gadget 2, Animoog, model d, all gadgets.
Perfect 10
I no longer have to faff around to go from one app to another and can finally control Gadgets transport controls outside of the app. I can even switch to AUM without having to assign a valuable key on my tiny midi keyboard.
I kept telling myself, now if only it could do this and then I’d find that feature in there somewhere.
I don’t need any of the IAA features, or the midi keyboard, I just needed it to trigger the transport controls in other apps like gadget and flick me around my iPad quickly, without having to buy a NanoKontrol Studio for £120.
Now I can play around in Gestrument Pro and hit record in gadget when I’m ready, improving my workflow and preventing frustration (which usually kills any creativity I had brewing).
Thanks guys!
Edit: if I could make a request, it would be to be able to rename the keyboard mappings, so that I can know what each tab is for, instead of remembering that ‘q’ is for AUM for example.
I’d also like to have presets I could save and then load. Right now you have 10 slots, each with 10 midi mappings, which sounds like a lot, until you have multiple AUM projects each with their own mappings and things start to get claustrophobic. It would also be nice to save these presets to the cloud for safe keeping.
Finally, to be able to use my Bluetooth keyboard to trigger midi when the app is not in focus (off screen) would be amazing, but I think Apple doesn’t allow for that. I recognise that these are all huge asks and that this is an old app and besides its already so useful as it is!
You can pair this with something like Mosaic from Bram Bos and you’d have a midi powerhouse, but this app is so much easier to use and great on its own :)
Thanks again!
I kept telling myself, now if only it could do this and then I’d find that feature in there somewhere.
I don’t need any of the IAA features, or the midi keyboard, I just needed it to trigger the transport controls in other apps like gadget and flick me around my iPad quickly, without having to buy a NanoKontrol Studio for £120.
Now I can play around in Gestrument Pro and hit record in gadget when I’m ready, improving my workflow and preventing frustration (which usually kills any creativity I had brewing).
Thanks guys!
Edit: if I could make a request, it would be to be able to rename the keyboard mappings, so that I can know what each tab is for, instead of remembering that ‘q’ is for AUM for example.
I’d also like to have presets I could save and then load. Right now you have 10 slots, each with 10 midi mappings, which sounds like a lot, until you have multiple AUM projects each with their own mappings and things start to get claustrophobic. It would also be nice to save these presets to the cloud for safe keeping.
Finally, to be able to use my Bluetooth keyboard to trigger midi when the app is not in focus (off screen) would be amazing, but I think Apple doesn’t allow for that. I recognise that these are all huge asks and that this is an old app and besides its already so useful as it is!
You can pair this with something like Mosaic from Bram Bos and you’d have a midi powerhouse, but this app is so much easier to use and great on its own :)
Thanks again!
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Indispensable! Positional Velocity Anywhere!
Using it profusely in BeatMaker 3 Sampler because it doesn’t have a velocity keyboard to test sample layers while you are in the sampler. This also lets you use a QWERTY keyboard as a MIDI keyboard. Love it!
Fantastic!
The name Secret Base Design is a mark of quality.
I use this app to integrate my devices. It is essential to my workflow.
I use this app to integrate my devices. It is essential to my workflow.
Handy must have
Every iOS musician should have cool apps like this. The prices are so low that I buy apps made by certain developers, like this one, without thinking. The only time I am disappointed is if my wifi goes down and my download is delayed. Creating music using IOS devices is sooo much fun. I can do it on a bus, in a coffee shop, while sky diving(after the parachute opens) and while lying in bed during long commercials watching Game of Thrones.
Have fun!!!
Have fun!!!
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Of course
Continuing the excellence.
Right spot, right time
It's always a pleasure when app developers release apps that reflect the "thing I have in my head". Well, this app not only solves the "Bluetooth only works in the foreground" problem when working with multiple music creation apps, but it does it exactly the way I pictured it in my head. If you have a BT controller and use multiple apps, Sidecar will likely make your life a whole lot easier!
As a plus, the side panel design is handy for extra MIDI control pads even outside the Bluetooth keyboard scenario.
As a plus, the side panel design is handy for extra MIDI control pads even outside the Bluetooth keyboard scenario.
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