

This works surprisingly well for a number of accessories but it isn’t official or as elegant as a true MFI MIDI keyboard. Often, musicians connect MIDI devices to iPad by using a kind of hack - plugging in a USB MIDI device with the iPad USB Camera Connector.
#Irig keys mini full
Read on for my full review of the iRig Keys Mini piano keyboard for iOS ($79.99).įirst off, it’s important to note that the iRig product is made to work with iPhone and iPad, it’s an official MFI accessory. This makes for a perfect storm of capability and functionality: not only are MIDI accessories possible, they can really be used to make music on iPhone and iPad.

Simultaneously, the App Store has bloomed a wide ecosystem of sophisticated music creation and audio production apps. Since iOS 4 in fact, Apple gave the developers the ability to interact with MIDI peripherals.

Although it isn’t regularly advertised, iPhones and iPads have had great support for MIDI input instruments and other devices for a long time. The iRig Keys Mini is an electronic MIDI music keyboard that connects to iPhone and iPad with a Lightning cable.
