musicIO: Audio and MIDI over USB app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 9280 ratings )

Utilities Music
Developer: Power Trio

9.99 USD

Current version: 1.60, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 01 Mar 2015
App size: 4.85 Mb

musicIO :: Audio and MIDI over USB between your iOS device and your Desktop DAW. The app is designed for the Mac, but also works with most Windows DAWs. One easy-to-use, professional app.

Easily send audio from your iOS device to your desktop DAW using USB; musicIO lets you integrate Inter-App Audio compatible iOS synthesizers with a traditional desktop DAW system. MIDI is built in to musicIO too; everything you need, all in once place. Its simple, reliable, and near-zero latency.

THREE TEAMS
musicIO is a joint effort by three of the most respected iOS music app development teams. Confusion Studios makes MIDI Designer Pro, the most innovative MIDI controller platform for iOS. MIDI Designer is adored by users, loved by Music Industry press, and trusted on stages and in studios around the World. Audeonic Apps makes the pioneering MidiBridge app, an essential tool for routing and filtering MIDI messages on iOS; they also provide the MidiBus software library, which powers dozens of successful music apps (including musicIO). The Secret Base Design team has built a range of pioneering apps providing high-speed MIDI and audio connections over Bluetooth LE and WiFi, as well as unique signal processing apps.

The three teams have joined forces to build the only fully integrated USB audio and MIDI solution that doesnt require additional hardware. Its been in development for months, from developers with decades of experience. musicIO lets your iOS device become an integral part of a modern professional music production system.

FEATURES
• Low latency audio from iOS to your desktop DAW, with crystal-clear 32-bit resolution. Native support for IAA allows for the best possible audio quality, and seamless integration with iOS synthesizers and effects apps
• Send & Receive MIDI between any CoreMIDI apps over USB (Lightning or 30 pin) with no perceptible latency nor jitter
• Large sysex messages (eg. bulk dumps) handled seamlessly
• Choose "send to" ports (OSX and iOS)
• Choose "receive from" (OSX): route MIDI from anywhere to your iOS device
• BridgeClock, a ground-breaking inter-device MIDI-clock-synchronization technology, provides jitter-free sync between platforms

REQUIREMENTS
• musicIO is designed to work with iOS 7 or newer, OS X 10.7 or newer, and Windows Vista, 7, and 8. Audio is transferred in 32-bit stereo. The PC client currently handles a 44.1khz sample rate, while the Mac can handle all sample rates. Please check VST compatibility if you are using a PC DAW.

GET CONNECTED
Download the free, companion app and plug-ins from the the musicIO web site (musicIOapp.com/mac) and get connected in no time. See the demonstration video: musicioapp.com/vid120

FEEDBACK!
Please let us know what you think and how youre using musicIO! feedback [at] musicIOapp.com

NOTE: iPhone 6S and 6S+ users are having issues with audio in musicIO. For more information please see: musicioapp.com/6s

Pros and cons of musicIO: Audio and MIDI over USB app for iPhone and iPad

musicIO: Audio and MIDI over USB app good for

This is a very needed and easy to use app. I was able to connect both Logic and iPad apps in a minute ... No midi technical background required !

The App looks promising. Latency is alright on 5s, Macbook Pro 2014 and Ableton. Lets see where the devs are heading, but for now its alraedy useful. Streaming from iOS to OS X would make it complete. Great job so far!

Highly recommended! Midi and audio stream from ios to mac osx and backward. Now i can use any effect app on my iPad and as source any sound from my Ableton DAW. Great!!

Seems to work great but documentation is a disaster, in particular for the Mac Music IO server, e.g. FAQ page "Routing MIDI to Logic on the Mac with Music IO”. Please explain in much more detail how this IAC Driver works.

What a brilliant idea to have musicIO work as a plug-in. Especially not having to deal with an aggregate device. Looking forward to audio in from the computer to the iPad. W.

I purchased this app as a way to connect my iPad to my Mac-based DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and use Korgs iM1 app, among others. Set-up was easy and connection immediate once I downloaded the server application to my Mac from the developers website and launched it. It has solved the problem of finding a hardware solution. Highly recommended.

Some bad moments

Only works with VST and AU. My sequencer doesn’t support these (Reason)… I’m stuck.

I spent roughly 8+ hours trying to get Music IO to work with Ableton Live and my iPhone 6 plus to no avail. I watched videos, I read the manual, I did a lot of stuff step-by-step as advised and I simply could not get Midi to flow from Ableton to my iPhone, and audio back to Ableton. That being said, I purchased StudioMux and had midi flowing from Ableton to my iPhone, and then returning audio back to Ableton and recording on a new track… all in less than five minutes… StudioMux just worked like a champ. What more is there to say?

I supported this app from the initial release based on their promises for future features and the reputations of the developers, all of whom I have good experiences with their other apps. It worked well on my Mac by setting it up as a composite interface using Soundflower. (Now that doesnt work anymore.) But just a few releases later they revealed that the future development will be oriented toward DAW software that is VST/AU compatible, leaving Reason users out in the cold. I emailed them questions about this at the time--a long time ago--but never received a response. I feel a bit grumpy about it it but, like I said, their other work is good, so I will have to get over it. Not everything an artist does is a hit.

Description claims it works with most Windows DAWs. Ableton 9 64 bit would not load the 64 bit dll, nor would Samplitude (not surprised on that one, but used it for extra confirmation). Searched forums and found an old post suggesting users with same problem contact support. Went to contact page, and was presented a message that as of June 1, 2016, "we can no longer provide technical assistance to customers Windows environments," and that the developers "have been overwhelmed by the effort required to support them." Perhaps, you should update the description prior to taking our money?

Though it does not work with Windows7 and they do not support the Windows version anymore, they still advertise it as a Mac, Pc app. and they advise you in the fine print that they dont support it. Obviously Im a P.C user and Im not knocking this app. It obviously works for Macs. be fare, dont market it as a Mac, Pc app. anymore, unless you are gonna support it.

This review will be brief, but must say that out the box of downloading this app I was already up and going within 5 minutes. It took a little bit assigning midi locations as well as fiddling around in Reason Midi setup but was already to go with no problems. Maybe a few Midi hiccups, but nothing that a good ole fashion update can’t take care of. As of 2/28/15 of this post I want to thank the 3 man band for coming together to give music app users an app that really does the trick and look forward to the Audio feature update. Until then reserving that one star

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