Chapter 5
Playing iOS Instruments
In This Chapter
Playing from the touchscreen
Playing from an external keyboard
Connecting a MIDI controller
Features of a typical controller keyboard
Using alternate controllers
Your iOS device and the apps available for it are so versatile that they’ve probably replaced or duplicated the functions of many individual devices and items that you used to use separately, including your phone (if you have an iPhone), your GPS, your camera, your video camera, your calendar or datebook, your address book, your music player — the list goes on and on.
For musicians, iOS apps can replace your tuner, your metronome, your multitrack recorder, and, what we’re going to be talking about here, your electronic instruments.
In this chapter, you learn about the plusses and minuses of playing iOS instruments from the touchscreen. You delve into the world of MIDI, and find out how to connect external keyboards to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. We also look external ...
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