Originally Posted By: rosetree
Originally Posted By: Bachus

We are not talking about mere midi apps.... We are talking about using the tablet as a full integrated part of the keyboard... I.e. Replacing the screen of the keyboard.. So the keyboard has more room for switches buttons knobs and other controll elements....


That's certainly desirable, I am trying to imagine whether this is difficult to develop or not. Apparently so far most or all apps are midi-based, so this seems to be the cheapest way (but with too many restrictions)... Could the apps be programmed to act as part of the instrument's OS and communicate via USB without midi? Or would it be sufficient to implement enough midi SySex messages to make it behave like an internal screen?


Midi is not an option if you want to do this right... Midi protocol is old.. And has to many disadvantages

Its however not hard to program, its straighforward calls from hardware to the ipad over USB... And vice versa...
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