ChordWalk running on an iPad or iPhone connected with another iPad or iPhone running Garageband, Cubasis or any DAW
We have outlined how to set up ChordWalk to run on an iPad or iPhone as a real-time interactive creation environment for creators and performers, using Garageband, Cubasis or any Daw running on the same device.
Here, we will discuss ChordWalk running as a Remote Creation Surface on an iPad connected with Garageband, Cubasis or any DAW running on another iPad.
ChordWalk, running as a Remote Creation Surface on an iPad connected with Garageband, Cubasis or any DAW running on another iPad, allows you to simultaneously change selections, adjustments, and controls in both ChordWalk and your DAW interactively and in real time. This configuration is a Gamechanger for Creators and Performers.
When collaborating, one user can control Chord, Arpeggiator and Virtual Instrument selections, settings, controls and adjustments in ChordWalk, whilst the other user can adjust selections, settings, controls and adjustments in the DAW components, all interactively and in real-time.
The iPad does not have the facility to transmit Bluetooth MIDI data between two iPad devices.
To send Bluetooth MIDI data between two Apple devices, we recommend installing the Midimittr app which is downloadable from the App Store. See below.
When you have downloaded Midimittr, there is a simple setup procedure shown in this video:
Setting up two Apple devices to communicate with Bluetooth MIDI using Midimittr is very straightforward.
With Midimittr running on the destination Apple device, select “advertise.” The device should be recognised, and its identifier displayed should be on the Host Apple device for pairing, as shown below.
When Garageband is running on a destination device and advanced is selected in the settings dropdown menu, a further Dropdown menu displays that destination identifier on the destination device. Select the destination, and MIDI data from ChordWalk on one iPad will be sent to Garageband running on that iPad.
With Cubasis LT 3 running on another Apple device as a Peripheral, select Sertup at the top of the Cubasis screen and then select MIDI from the popup menu on the bottom left of the screen. Select Host, and the available MIDI sources will be displayed. Select the Peripheral Apple device as the source, as shown below.
For the individual tracks in Cubasis, Select the individual track and then select Routing. A dropdown menu will appear directly below the Routing selector. Select “All MIDI Ports” as the input to direct the MIDI data from ChordWalk to the individual channels, as shown below.
The image below shows the Midimittr setup screen. On the Peripheral Device, select Advertise as shown at the bottom of the screen and then activate the Advertise Slider displayed in Green at the top. When the devices are paired, the Slider will be displayed in White.
Here a Peripheral Apple Device running ChordWalk is connected by Bluetooth MIDI, using Midimittr, to another Apple Device running Garageband, the Peripheral Device Name will appear in the Bluetooth MIDI Devices dropdown Menu in Garageband as shown below and as advised earlier. Just select on the Peripheral name and a Bluetooth MIDI connection will be established between ChordWalk and Garageband on the two devices.
Where a Peripheral Apple Device running Cubasis is connected by Bluetooth MIDI, using Midimittr, to another Apple Device running ChordWalk, the Peripheral Device Name will appear in the Bluetooth MIDI Devices dropdown Menu as shown below and as advised earlier. Just select the Peripheral name and a Bluetooth MIDI connection will be established.
Below is shown an alternative MIDI Connection Selection Setup for Cubasis in Host Mode.
ChordWalk running on an iPad. connected with another iPad running LogicPro
Where a Peripheral Apple Device running Cubasis is connected by Bluetooth MIDI, using Midimittr, to another Apple Device running ChordWalk, the Peripheral Device Name will appear in the Bluetooth MIDI Devices dropdown Menu as shown below. Just select the Peripheral name, and a Bluetooth MIDI connection will be established.
Go to settings which are accessed from the top right-hand corner. A menu will be displayed to show all the MIDI Bluetooth sources detected.
