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iPad and iPhone For Musicians For Dummies
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iPad and iPhone For Musicians For Dummies

by Ryan C. Williams, Mike Levine
February 2015
Beginner to intermediate
408 pages
10h 17m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Playing iOS Instruments

In This Chapter

arrow Playing from the touchscreen

arrow Playing from an external keyboard

arrow Connecting a MIDI controller

arrow Features of a typical controller keyboard

arrow 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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