*** Backgroundable, supports SynthStation 25 and now new MIDI Modules ***

Having trouble figuring out how to connect things in MidiBridge and how CoreMIDI works? You will find our guide, Understanding MidiBridge to be a worthwhile read Find answers or ask questions on our Soapbox Forum Also our guide to the new port modules in version 1.4 is available here. Guide to setting up the App Selector module to fast-switch between OMAC compliant apps via MIDI messages now available here Guide to setting up MidiBridge to use the MPC Fly with BeatMaker 2 is available here New Guide to new Scenes and Program Changer module in version 1.5 is available here New Guide to new Stream Byter module in version 1.5 is available here

Virtual MIDI Patchbay, Router and Event Manipulator (or MIDI glue for iOS)

Interconnect all MIDI interfaces on your iOS device and bridge external MIDI devices wirelessly via CoreMIDI networking. Supports Line6 Midi Mobilizer (I and II), IK Multimedia iRig MIDI, Akai SynthStation 25 and any iOS supported USB MIDI interface via camera connection kit on iPad. Interconnect interfaces to/from other running apps that are OMAC (Open Music App Collaboration) compatible.

MidiBridge allows you to:

• Interconnect any MIDI in to any MIDI out on your iOS device including physical and virtual CoreMIDI ports.
• Breathe life into your Akai Synthstation 25 and Line6 Midi Mobilizer (original) by making them CoreMIDI capable.
• Transmit to/from external MIDI devices to a remote DAW (for example) or other MIDI device wirelessly using CoreMIDI networking.
• Filter MIDI events separately on each input or output.
• Clone MIDI events from one input to several outputs.
• Split MIDI events from one output across several outputs.
• Transform MIDI events passing through any input or output port using modules (eg. transpose, velocity curve, keyboard splits)
• Microtune your H-Pi Microtonal UPLEX/TPX keyboard.
• All MIDI traffic is supported, including sysex (some limitations with iOS networking, see support section)

Suggested uses for MidiBridge include:

• Adding original Midi Mobilizer or SynthStation 25 support to newer apps. Other app must have CoreMIDI Virtual/Net support, and you need to be running iOS5 for MidiBridge to be backgroundable with these devices.
• Redirect/split by MIDI channel output of one app to other apps. Eg. Channel 10 to a drum machine and other channels to synths from a sequencer app.
• Control SampleTank from other apps.
• Perform wirelessly on stage with a MIDI controller (keys/drums/wind/??) using your iOS device+external interface+MidiBridge.
• Wirelessly control your DAW transport using a dedicated control surface that has MIDI out.
• Place inline in your MIDI network as a powerful filter/clone/merge tool.
• Send MIDI output from your sequencer wirelessly to remote sound generators.
• ... please tell us how you use MidiBridge!

*** For use with any CoreMIDI, IK iRig MIDI, Akai SynthStation 25 or Line6 Midi Mobilizer interface. ***

A swiss-army knife utility for real-time and inline MIDI event monitoring, capturing and filtering. Perfect for troubleshooting and analysing MIDI sources in a compact and portable package. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

If you need to see what any MIDI device is sending then using MidiVision (and physical, network or virtual MIDI interface) on your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad provides a simple, handy and extremely portable solution.

Ideal for musicians, studio engineers and roadies who need to solve MIDI problems quickly. It's like a sophisticated cable tester for MIDI hell! Essentially this is an app you need to have on your device if you own an iOS supported Midi Interface or use CoreMIDI network or virtual ports. You never know when you may need it.

Listed as an essential MIDI app in Peter Kirn's comprehensive article on MIDI and the iPad at Create Digital Music (Thanks Peter!)

Features:

• Now supports Akai SynthStation 25, all CoreMIDI interfaces as well as Line6 Midi Mobilizer I & II
• Can run in background (iOS 4.3 or greater required)
• Advertises and monitors virtual CoreMIDI interfaces of other running apps and the CoreMIDI network interface
• Events captured are displayed in a colour coded and timestamped format
• Event timestamps can be displayed as either relative or wallclock (device) time and are accurate to Midi Interface's timestamping
• Two event view modes: compact (one per line) or detailed (detailed event descriptions and raw data bytes)
• Audible feedback beeps when data is received
• Events can be replayed on demand
• Events can be emailed as a printable report and standard MIDI file for use in other software
• Events can be mirrored to MIDI out so that MidiVision can be placed as an inline monitoring tool
• Events can be filtered (capture and/or MIDI thru) using a block/allow filtering method
• Fast thru of received events (uses MidiBridge engine)
• Jitter/Sync mode to accurately timestamp thru events
• All orientations supported (portrait (including upside down) and landscape)
• Universal binary supporting iOS 3.0 and up. Buy once and run on all your iDevices
• No ads

Usage:

Very simple. Start up MidiVision, connect your Midi Interface to your iDevice and a MIDI source and all data from the source will be displayed on the screen. Scroll up and down to review the data and flip between compact and detail modes to see less or more detail. Double-tap the clear hotspot to clear events on main page. Get more adventerous with filtering, MIDI thru and emailing your events.

You can view the app's manual here to review the entire functionality and interface.

MidiVision is available in the App Store via iTunes for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch.

*** Gratis add-on for MidiBridge ***

Inline virtual MIDI event mapper and transposer

Designed as an add-on to MidiBridge following requests from EWI players, FreEWI (pronounced Free-Wee) is a music utility app that allows processing of MIDI events that pass through it.

FreEWI offers the following filtering on MIDI events:

• Remap any incoming MIDI channel to a different channel
• Remap program change numbers
• Remap continuous controller numbers
• Translate continuous contoller events to aftertouch (channel pressure)
• Transpose note events up/down

A very simple (basic?) interface lets you select which incoming parameter you want to alter on the left and what that parameter will be converted to on the right. Use plus/minus buttons or enter values with the keyboard.

Although it works best with MidiBridge, FreEWI can be used with any app that can read/write to FreEWI's virtual ports. If an app can both read/write then FreEWI can be used as a MIDI send/return app.

You can use FreEWI to transpose the Akai SynthStation 25's keyboard to work with BeatMaker 2's drum pads, for example.

It uses the same MIDI engine as MidiBridge so events are processed very quickly. However, a touch of latency (~2ms) is added when FreEWI is inserted into the event stream.

Supports fast-switching to MidiBridge and from other OMAC fast-switch apps.

And its free without being encumbered by any annoying ads ;-)