Line 6 has introduced a new $5.99 app, MIDI Surface (App Store link), that lets you turn your iPhone, or iPod touch into a hardware MIDI control surface.
MIDI Surface works with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, a MIDI adapter that connects to the iPhone or iPod touch.
This is pretty interesting – but adapt this for the iPad and get third-party app support and MIDI Mobilizer could become a new platform for musicians.
Details below.
Control Surfaces:
Keyboard
- Channel
- Velocity
Sliders
- Channel
- Controller (Mod Wheel, Channel Volume, Expression, etc.)
- Low Value
- High Value
Drum Pads
- Channel
- Category (Note On, Controller, Program Change)
- Note
- Note Off (Immediate, Touch Up)
- Velocity
X-Y Control
- Supports up to 4 touches
- Channel
- Controller
- Left Value
- Right Value
Each interface can be configured with detail and you can save Presets for quick recall.
How does it do velocity? Using the accelerometer?
I was going to ask the same question… I remember one drum machine app that used the built-in mic of the iPhone (but not iPod Touch) to give some velocity-like distinction. Don't know how this one works (and the links indicate its from AudioFile, not Line6…)