Please share your experience with the VA-Beast and Midi
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:55 pm
As already mentioned, the VA-Beast supports the connection to external Midi equipment.
Midi Support:
G-Stomper VA-Beast supports MIDI over USB.
To use the USB MIDI connectivity your Android device must support USB Host Mode (most newer devices do, but not all), please check your device specifications for that.
To connect an USB compliant device you need an USB 2.0 A Female to Micro B Male Adapter Cable Micro USB Host Mode OTG Cable and optionally, if you want to connect equipment with traditional midi connectors, an USB 2.0 MIDI Interface Cable.
You can connect external Keyboards, Hardware/Software Sequencers, what ever you up to.
The latency, audio and midi, strongly depends on your device and Android version (e.g. Galaxy Nexus: 39ms, Nexus7 v2: 40ms, Galaxy Tab 10.1 v1: 92ms)
So far, I've tested va-beast midi implementation on a nexus 7 v2 and on a galaxy nexus phone using an M-Audio Oxygen Keyboard as well as a Hardware Electribe as external sequencer. I'll do some further tests on galaxy tab 10.1 and 7.9 soon... finally got a converter cable for the samsung port today.
I also got successful reports from users on kindle and bionic tablets.
It would be very interesting to hear your experience with the Midi connectivity.
Is it successful?
Any unexpected behavior?
Model, Brand and Android Version of your device?
Model and Brand of your external Midi KB or other DAW (whatever you connect)?
Thanks a lot in advance
Midi Support:
G-Stomper VA-Beast supports MIDI over USB.
To use the USB MIDI connectivity your Android device must support USB Host Mode (most newer devices do, but not all), please check your device specifications for that.
To connect an USB compliant device you need an USB 2.0 A Female to Micro B Male Adapter Cable Micro USB Host Mode OTG Cable and optionally, if you want to connect equipment with traditional midi connectors, an USB 2.0 MIDI Interface Cable.
You can connect external Keyboards, Hardware/Software Sequencers, what ever you up to.
The latency, audio and midi, strongly depends on your device and Android version (e.g. Galaxy Nexus: 39ms, Nexus7 v2: 40ms, Galaxy Tab 10.1 v1: 92ms)
So far, I've tested va-beast midi implementation on a nexus 7 v2 and on a galaxy nexus phone using an M-Audio Oxygen Keyboard as well as a Hardware Electribe as external sequencer. I'll do some further tests on galaxy tab 10.1 and 7.9 soon... finally got a converter cable for the samsung port today.
I also got successful reports from users on kindle and bionic tablets.
It would be very interesting to hear your experience with the Midi connectivity.
Is it successful?
Any unexpected behavior?
Model, Brand and Android Version of your device?
Model and Brand of your external Midi KB or other DAW (whatever you connect)?
Thanks a lot in advance