MidiBridge app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 9232 ratings )
Utilities Music
Developer: Audeonic Apps
8.99 USD
Current version: 1.59, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 22 Aug 2011
App size: 7.78 Mb

MidiBridge is the comprehensive MIDI tool that iOS is missing and absolutely essential for anyone using MIDI with an iDevice.

A backgroundable virtual MIDI patchbay/router/manipulator that interconnects all MIDI interfaces (external, virtual and network) on an iOS device at a fraction of the cost of equivalent hardware.

HIGHLIGHTS
- Connect any MIDI in to any MIDI out (including merge and clone)
- Add full CoreMIDI compatibility to Synthstation 25 and Midi Mobilizer I
- Go wireless between any iDevice or connect to Mac or PC
- Interconnect just about any CoreMIDI virtual app
- Apply keyboard splits, velocity curves and other useful MIDI functions on any MIDI port

MIDI DEVICE SUPPORT
- All CoreMIDI physical devices
- Akai Synthstation 25
- Line6 Midi Mobilizer I
- CoreMIDI network (as a session originator or receiver to/from Mac or PC)
- CoreMIDI virtual ports (to/from other apps)

MORE FEATURES
- Runs in background
- Visual indication of connections, MIDI events received/sent/blocked and CoreMIDI network
- Full OMAC music app fast-switch support
- Support for H-Pi microtonal keyboards, including U-PLEX via USB
- Block/allow event filtering by type (Note/Program/Controller/Sysex/Aftertouch/TimeSong) and MIDI channel
- Initiates CoreMIDI network connections from iDevice
- Save/recall module presets
- Keeps track of MIDI interfaces and restores connections/modules automatically
- Streamlined efficient code passes/filters events very quickly

*NEW* - EVENT MANIPULATION (on every MIDI port)
- Velocity curve
- Keyboard range split
- Note remap
- Note transpose
- Velocity split
- Channel remap
- Controller remap

COMMON USES
- Drive most CoreMIDI apps (eg. Animoog, GarageBand, SampleTank, BeatMaker) from a Synthstation 25 or original Midi Mobilizer
- Connect Geo synth to SampleTank (see Jordan Rudess on youtube)
- Filter out active sense messages from instruments
- With a powered hub and Apple CCK, connect multiple USB class compliant MIDI devices and route between them
- Connect your battery operated keyboard/drum controller (or SynthStation) to your iDevice and connect wirelessly to perform cable-free
- Connect a MIDI transport surface wirelessly to your computer and move around your studio controlling your DAW transport
- Duplicate MIDI events from one external device to another and to a remote MIDI destination wirelessly at the same time
- Use as an inline MIDI filter, cloner, merger or splitter
- Connect apps that have CoreMIDI network support but no virtual MIDI support to virtual ports by connecting to localhost to create a loopback virtual interface (see our website)

MORE INFORMATION

Browse our website for a wealth of information to get to grips with CoreMIDI, OMAC and MidiBridge. The full manual for MidiBridge and helpful guides are available there for you to assess whether MidiBridge is suitable for you before you purchase. Youll find step-by-step recipes for common situations and links to videos too. If you search MidiBridge on youtube there are a host of end-user videos showing how to configure MidiBridge for different situations. Do also contact us if you are unsure about anything and well assess whether MidiBridge will do the job.

Note: iOS5 is recommended and essential for running the Synthstation and Midi Mobilizer I in the background.

If youre having problems, be aware that we cannot help if you post a problem by submitting a review on the App Store as there is no way to respond to you. Always email us first - youll be pleasantly surprised how we go the extra mile to get anything working for you - our reviews/ratings confirm this.

Finally, please do rate and review MidiBridge to keep us motivated to add more - if you have suggestions for new features, please get in touch.

Pros and cons of MidiBridge app for iPhone and iPad

MidiBridge app good for

I havent used it yet to its fullest potential, however so far I have been successful with simple setups. Especially nice is being able to control coreMIDI via WIFI on the iphone with the ipad and vice versa....WITHOUT a PC!
This is a must have for all owners of the Line 6 Midi Mobilizer I. Allows me now to play SampleTank and GarageBand.
This is a wonderful tool to connect music/sound apps on the iPhone to midi. I use it to play the "Animoog" app with my Synthstation 25 keys and it works perfectly through the help of MidiBridge. And that should only be the tip of the iceberg. Buy it and try it out – it will most likely meet your needs. Very fast and nice contact to the developer. Good documentation. Highly recommended!
...opening up the iPhone to the world of MIDI. i use it mainly with garage band and synthstation. handy UI. and perfect service from programmers. wish all apps were like this one...
I have a synthstation 25 but it doesnt work with all my music app (sampletank, garageband) . With MidiBridge im able to make it work with most of my apps.
I use this app to throw my iPad in line with a bunch of external hardware. The problem is that my connection to my iPad has no midi out. This app solves the issue. I use it to feed the midi in back to the midi out, essentially turning the midi out into a midi thru/out. Exactly what I needed! I emailed support before purchasing the app to see if it would do what I needed. Lightning quick response. Great support, great product, and has never crashed (used several times ~1.5hrs each time for my live PAs). Really greatful for a product that allows me to integrate my iPad into an all hardware setup with a lot of midi!

Some bad moments

Doesnt work for Sampletank to DD-65 Yamaha. I lost my time and money. :(
Doesnt work at all! Description says it would work with GarageBand but it doesnt. It doesnt display it in the application menu and it doesnt find its midi ports. If I try to connect my external midi with dm1 no midi signal gets transmitted. Im so angry I wasted so much money on that stupid piece of garbage!
Title says it all... Useless, has hard to follow instructions, interface makes no sense, I thought I could use it for saving sysex setup files and it actually may work for that, but I cant seem to get it do do anything but show connections to icons.. Total waste of money.
this app is hard to understand, over priced and hardly works most of the time. this software should be free or 99 cents why doesnt apple want full support for there software like garageband?
This app has one the worst UIs for music apps in this price range. Its unintuitive, does not follow any conventional gestures that other iPad apps have, and graphics and icons often dont make sense. This is an app where you ACTUALLY need to read a 10+ page instructions to be able to use it because the app is designed so horribly. Save yourself $9 and get free other MIDI tool apps that are free and has a working UI. its a real shame because this app can do a lot of cool things if you can actually use it.
This used to be great, but this as fallen behind and need an update to be up to date with iOS 9. Now this keeps crashing.

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