Normally, any hardware you plug into your iOS device takes over the jack you’d use for power – so you have to watch your battery life as you use it. This one’s huge, especially having tested Line6’s adapter. (I can rant about the disappearance of Thru on other hardware some other time it’s great to see it here.) MIDI Thru means you can route MIDI into your iOS device, so an external keyboard can play an iPhone synth, for instance, and route that same signal “Thru” to another device – say, if you want to also record your playing, or layer another synth with the same notes an octave higher. IK’s iRig MIDI has a number of features that set it apart from previously-available iOS adapters: Previously possible on iPad via the Camera Connection Kit, the new adapters support the 30-pin dock connector for the iPad (no additional adapter needed), iPhone, and iPod touch. This week, both IK Multimedia and Line 6 announced adapters that support Core MIDI.

For connecting music hardware from the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and today, you can’t beat MIDI and the standard MIDI connector (5-pin DIN).

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