John, I’ve been quite interested in your original post regarding the Behringer BCF2000 and the comments from this forum and the PSR tutorial forum. In particular, I was interested in talk of a tablet App. To control a midi keyboard. I have a pa600 and an ipad 3, so this seems to be the best way to go at the moment. To connect an ipad to a midi keyboard (for those who don’t know), you need a Camera Connection Kit (you don’t have to use apple’s expensive kit because you can buy one for about £4 or about 6 US Dollars. I have a cheapo, Shinntto), and a USB to Midi interface cable. Once again, a cheap one about £2 or £3 will do the trick. From the online Apple store, I bought and downloaded an App called, “Midi Designer Pro”. It costs £13.49 in the UK and $18.99 in the US and Probably about 16 Euros in Holland. If you want to check your Ipad to Midi keyboard connections before buying this App, you can download a free app for ipad called “Midi Monitor”. This app will tell you if your ipad is talking to your midi keyboard okay. Midi Designer Pro appears to control my pa600 with no problems (so far). With this App, you design your own sliders, Knobs and buttons etc, and you can place as many as the available space will allow, with lots of different banks and pages and combinations. Of course, this App will also control your software DAW if you prefer. If anyone is using this App, I’m sure it would be worth hearing about. I’m fairly new to Midi so I have only scratched the surface as yet.
I should add (again, for those who don’t know) that not all USB to Midi interfaces are suitable for connecting an Ipad to a Midi keyboard. I also have a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB interface which is not suitable because of it’s drivers, so a cheap one with no drivers to load, or a dedicated ipad interface is best. Also, there is a lite version of midi designer which is free.
P.S. This post was lost in the early January meltdown, so I’ve reposted it.