I'm at the very early stages of configuring all this, but I just hooked up my Ipad II running "Midi Touch" with a template I made to control x/y states, the looper and some other things in the future. I just used the camera connection usb plug and a $7 usb midi interface cable from Amazon. I hooked that up to midi in/out. I hooked MFC to ethernet. I was able to control on/off of effects with MFC and x/y plus looper from Ipad. Worked totally fine. I haven't even really configured MFC yet. Just got it right before Axe II showed up.
I have lots of work to do getting things configured as I want and making patches that'll work well with the setup, but I just wanted to let folks know that it's a very viable way to go. Particularly with Ipad I's going for cheap these days, it's a pretty attractive controller option. I have a stand mount for my Ipad and can think of a ton of ways to use it. With x/y you can change the character of what you're doing mid flight and/or you could create presets with a ton of options without even needing to change patches. You could preconfigure a stomp effect before switching it on to be one of a couple of things. I'm very excited about exploring this way of working.
One piece I imagine being tricky is dealing with x/y states when switching patches. I don't think Midi Touch will have any idea about the current x/y state if it doesn't start in sync with a preset. Anyhow, I'm psyched that it works at all and had a blast creating a few simple loops and then playing with them via the x/y and footswitch controls. Much fun to be had and cool sounds to be made.
I have lots of work to do getting things configured as I want and making patches that'll work well with the setup, but I just wanted to let folks know that it's a very viable way to go. Particularly with Ipad I's going for cheap these days, it's a pretty attractive controller option. I have a stand mount for my Ipad and can think of a ton of ways to use it. With x/y you can change the character of what you're doing mid flight and/or you could create presets with a ton of options without even needing to change patches. You could preconfigure a stomp effect before switching it on to be one of a couple of things. I'm very excited about exploring this way of working.
One piece I imagine being tricky is dealing with x/y states when switching patches. I don't think Midi Touch will have any idea about the current x/y state if it doesn't start in sync with a preset. Anyhow, I'm psyched that it works at all and had a blast creating a few simple loops and then playing with them via the x/y and footswitch controls. Much fun to be had and cool sounds to be made.
