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Does anyone know if the USB midi port on the Alesis I/O Dock for ipad transmits audio the same way Apple's Camera kit does? Theoretically it should. That would be very, very sweet!!
Thanks in advance.

yes it does.

Fail to see the Kronos relevance here? Move to software perhaps?

Apex I just read in the I/O Dock online manual that audio will not transfer over the usb port. Have you actually done this. Very curious.

I think he was banking on you being a troll.

no i misunderstood the question.

This still has nothing to do with the Kronos.

Moved....

Thanks, Sharp.

I don't really understand what you mean with the USB midi port. There is either a USB port or a midi port. Generally speaking, a midi port doesn't transmit audio. A USB port might. The I/O dock however has dedicated audio outs. What are you trying to do?

SanderXpander wrote:This still has nothing to do with the Kronos.

Seems as relevant as hardware discussions of monitors, external drives, sounds systems etc. for use with Kronos. I use my Ipad dock with the Kronos as a controller.

I just realized after sharp moved this thread why there was confusion. In my first post I never mentioned the Kronos. All I wanted to know is if the usb port on the Alesis I/O Dock would transfer audio to the Kronos in the same way the Apple's camera kit allows the ipad to transmit audio to the Kronos. I know that some usb ports transmit both midi and audio. Doesn't look like the I/O Dock is capable of this unfortunately. Would have been very convenient! My apologies for not making my initial post clear enough. Thanks again gentlemen for your input.

The I/O Doct acts the same as the Camera Connection Kit, so if connecting from iPad to Kronos USB-B ports, Kronos should appear as a MIDI and Audio interface to any app that supports it.

Kronos does not support external audio interfaces connected as guest devices to its USB-A ports though.

Thank you X-Trade. I also neglected to mention I was referring to the usb B port in my original post. I'm sure that added to the confusion. Thanks to everyone. Great forum!!

Sorry, the io dock only has a USB-B, meaning that you have to connect it to a USB-A on the Kronos.

So it would be the same as using the normal USB/Doc lead.


Generally speaking, you have USB-B at the 'device' end, and then USB-A at the 'host' end - i.e. the part that acts as the computer, that the device becomes a slave of.

So you wouldn't get USB audio to the Kronos with the io dock. You should with a camera connection kit though.


But the io dock does offer all the standard connections (MIDI and jacks) to connect up.l

Thanks X-Trade. That is what I feared. Yes the I/O Dock does have a lot of connections to utilize but all I have available on the Kronos is the USB B port. I use two microphones on the other inputs. Still trying to figure out if there is any USB mixer out there that would work with that USB B port so I could add some line inputs if needed. The reason I need to go through the Kronos is because I go straight to powered subs and tops directly from the main L/R. Thanks again for your input!