AKAI Synthstation 25?

Hi,

When the SS25 is recognised, you will see a total of 4 new ports appear in MidiBridge, 2 on the left and 2 on the right. If you are not seeing the ports when plugging in your iPad to the SS25 via an extender cable, then here are the probable causes:

1. You need the variety of extender cable that has more pins connected than the usual sync/charge. Not all extender cables will work and the ones that do work are a bit more expensive. You need the 17 core version. If you have the 4 pin version that will be the problem.

2. Sometimes the batteries don't have enough grunt to power the thing. Try fresh batteries (and don't forget to switch the SS25 on using the pushbutton on the back - sometimes it is the obvious things).

3. Finally, make sure that the extender cable is nicely homed into the SS25's 30 pin dock. Sometimes it needs a little bit of gentle persuasion. Suggest unplugging and plugging in again.

Hope that helps.

I do see 2 ports on each side. The cable seems correct too. I can get it to a point where I get audio out through the SS25 when played directly on the iPad , but I cannot get connectivity so when I hit keys on the ss25 it controls the iPad. Maybe I'm missing something in the settings? Sorry to bother and thank you for the help.

OK, that sounds much more positive if your cable is working.

To control GarageBand from the SS25, in MidiBridge you just need to make one connection as follows:

- Touch the port marked 'Akai SS25 Kb in' on the left so it goes green.

- Now touch the port 'MidiBridge' on the right. You should now have a green line between those 2 ports.

- Touch the 'Akai SS25 Kb in' port again to deselect it

Switch to GarageBand and the SS25 will control it, but remember (as you have found out) that the sound will come from the SS25's headphone/line outs only.

For other apps, say Animoog or BeatMaker, configure their MIDI settings to accept input from 'MidiBridge' and they will also respond to the SS25.

If still no go, you could take a screenshot of the main MidiBridge page and email it to me. Might give me some ideas.

Regards, Nic,