[LAU] Control iPad synth

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:53:58 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf-ZCLZIpdjs0kJGwgDXS7ZQA at public.gmane.org>
>writes:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 22:24:01 +0100, Christopher Arndt wrote:  
>>>For older iPads with 30-pin connector:
>>>
>>>https://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPad-Camera-Connection-Kit/dp/B003RV3N1C/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8  
>>
>> I bought a Chinese CCK for 6,99€. I heard several times that
>> those Chinese products should be from less good quality, than
>> original Apple products, but my experiences with Chinese products
>> prove those rumours false.  
>
>A few points of reference: I bought a USB multicard reader (actually
>2).  Either of them made it close to impossible to insert a Memory
>Stick because of plastic ridges, and the contacts were arranged in a
>manner that within very few uses they were bent out of shape.
>Inserting an M2 flashcard required so much force that you feared for
>it.  It worked for SD cards and microSD (and a miniSD adapter).
>
>THen I got a (used) Expresscard reader of Chinese provenience.  This
>works mostly fine, but you cannot use a (Sandisk) Memory Stick Duo to
>Memory Stick adapter in it: it peels it into pieces.  I haven't figured
>out how it does that.  A straightforward Memory Stick works reasonably
>well.
>
>Then there are the infamous ubiquitous USB-to-Midi adapters with a
>violin clef printed on them.  They mangle SysEx information (each time
>differently) and only manage to pass notes unmolested.
>
>Basically, the mechanics may be too cheaply produced, and bad chips
>don't get retired.  There is no quality control.

If only MIDI for old iPad's is needed, than a MIDI Mobilizer II does
the job. However, cheap USB MIDI adapters for the Linux PC seem to be
all crap. I got one from swissonic, apart from USB MIDI jitter another
issue was, that it was from low durability.

In my experiences, the Chinese products sometimes are better than
at least Apple original cables.

>You may be lucky, or not.

That might be true, at least I was always lucky when ordering directly
from China and I also had good luck when ordering something from...

>Delock

...for the iPad, while ordered PC equipment from Delock not always was
good, but it at least was easy to return it to the German dealer
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