Up and Running – studiomux Review

This app is a great savings, compared to getting the iconnectivity midi2+. It does about the same thing, but with software. Overall, it works, but sometimes takes a few tries to get it down. It definitely has a mild learning curve, but after a day of testing, I was able to make it behave predictably. (Win8 + Ableton 10) On an iPhone 6s, it works pretty well until you do a full loop - midi into phone from ableton, audio out from phone to ableton; at which point it introduces latency and becomes a bit unstable. I found best results using the midi out from ableton (playing with a keyboard connected to laptop), then running the iPhone audio out through a 3.5mm to unbalanced TS cable into my focusrite 2i4. This provided the best sound quality, latency, and I am able to play my synths on the iPhone into ableton. To further improve, one could even use the Apple camera kit with a simple audio interface connected. Overall, my favorite feature is the way it creates and names midi ports for your apps in real time and connects w. USB... Makes the routing portion faster and easier than using rtpMIDI/network midi. I hope this app continues to be supported, as it’s made me very satisfied to not have to drop $80 on the hardware version, just yet. It has a lot of potential. - @codypmack
Review by codypmack on studiomux.