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You didn't look at enough pictures.

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The dock cable clearly isn't plugged into a jack of any kind. That little door is where you stash it when it's not being used.
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It looks good but it will never work without power whats the ipad usb rating about 10mA this thing is bound to use 200-500mA will have to connect a usb battery to device but still a great product for all i devices.
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Glad I can stir the pot about the whole dock connector thing hahaha.
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mod4 wrote:It looks good but it will never work without power whats the ipad usb rating about 10mA this thing is bound to use 200-500mA will have to connect a usb battery to device but still a great product for all i devices.
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sonicflux wrote:
mod4 wrote:It looks good but it will never work without power whats the ipad usb rating about 10mA this thing is bound to use 200-500mA will have to connect a usb battery to device but still a great product for all i devices.
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sonicflux wrote:You didn't look at enough pictures.
No, I did see them all obviously, but since the dock cable is not present in the other two...
Maybe I have to check that NAMM video again to understand the hiding of the cable you talk about.

Well in any case, this seems like a great product, despite a couple of drawbacks as described in this topic.

The question that pops in my mind though is, if any other interface, in the same price range would perform similarly as this one, via the Camera Connection Kit.
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kpsychedelic wrote: The question that pops in my mind though is, if any other interface, in the same price range would perform similarly as this one, via the Camera Connection Kit.
Certainly a valid question, but:
- AFAICS the CCK doesn't offer any iPad charging.
- It's iPad only (even if I seem to remember people talking about how it'd work on an iPhone).
- One more thing you need to daisy-chain in what is a rather fragile connection route anyway.

Even if other class compliant USB interfaces would work that way, in this case, I think I'd still go for a dedicated solution.

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Sascha Franck wrote:
kpsychedelic wrote: The question that pops in my mind though is, if any other interface, in the same price range would perform similarly as this one, via the Camera Connection Kit.
Certainly a valid question, but:
- AFAICS the CCK doesn't offer any iPad charging.
- It's iPad only (even if I seem to remember people talking about how it'd work on an iPhone).
- One more thing you need to daisy-chain in what is a rather fragile connection route anyway.

Even if other class compliant USB interfaces would work that way, in this case, I think I'd still go for a dedicated solution.

- Sascha
Correct, there's no way to charge the iPad with the CCK attached.
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Oh rite, true, true.
I didn't think of that and surely is a bit of a deal breaker.
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Any idea if this does USB MIDI? That is, connect a USB keyboard to the iPad through this? My older Yamaha KB stopped working with the CCK in iOS5. That is one limitation with the Alesis iODock. It's USB MIDI is host computer only.
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hermgreider wrote:Any idea if this does USB MIDI? That is, connect a USB keyboard to the iPad through this? My older Yamaha KB stopped working with the CCK in iOS5. That is one limitation with the Alesis iODock. It's USB MIDI is host computer only.
I don't think it'll host USB MIDI keyboards. Otherwise Tascam would've certainly mentioned it on their site(s).
And well, yes, I agree, that'd make it even better.

Anyway, all you need to make it happen is either a second USB power adapter and a MIDI cable or perhaps just a (passive) USB hub and a MIDI cable. Well, unless your Yamaha has no MIDI out, that is (but I'd bet it has).

- Sascha
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Sascha Franck wrote:
hermgreider wrote:Any idea if this does USB MIDI? That is, connect a USB keyboard to the iPad through this? My older Yamaha KB stopped working with the CCK in iOS5. That is one limitation with the Alesis iODock. It's USB MIDI is host computer only.
I don't think it'll host USB MIDI keyboards. Otherwise Tascam would've certainly mentioned it on their site(s).
And well, yes, I agree, that'd make it even better.

Anyway, all you need to make it happen is either a second USB power adapter and a MIDI cable or perhaps just a (passive) USB hub and a MIDI cable. Well, unless your Yamaha has no MIDI out, that is (but I'd bet it has).

- Sascha
Yes, you are correct. The Yamaha should work fine over MIDI cable. A MIDI extension cable is a little bulky, but I'm being too picky.
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hermgreider wrote: Yes, you are correct. The Yamaha should work fine over MIDI cable. A MIDI extension cable is a little bulky, but I'm being too picky.
Why does it have to be an extension cable? A normal MIDI cable would just be fine.

- Sascha
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No asio driver for the PC ? so, it's useless...
159 $ for just the iPad is a bit too much...
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pquenin wrote:No asio driver for the PC ? so, it's useless...
159 $ for just the iPad is a bit too much...
It's class compliant so that should remove some worry.
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