Members Meatball Fulton Posted September 28, 2012 Members Share Posted September 28, 2012 Just got an iPod Touch and dl'ed the Akai SynthStation app. Ok, it's useless on the iPod itself...way too tight an interface...but add an Akai SynthStation 25 keyboard and it's a potential a tiny gig rig for adding some synth noises to a band where I'm playing bass. How usable is it? Total waste of money? Latency? How's the battery life? What other apps work well with it...AniMoog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piano39 Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 I wonder about this, too.GC was selling Synthstation 25s for$23 on labor day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I've recently got a SynthStation 49 to try it out and learn it (because of my new gig).I'll let you know what I find regarding Latency and all. I have high expectations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ok, I tried the SynthStation 49 with my iPad during a gig last night. SOUNDS:The SynthStation APP is quite capable of nice sounds and textures. It is a synth, after all. Some nice pads and leads and drum kits.I played mainly ORGAN (GarageBand) and PIANO (SampleTank). Great, too. BATTERY LIFE:You need to plug the SS49 to a wall wart power supply. But once you do it, it actually charges your iPad's battery. That is neat! ** With the SynthStation 25 you can use it with batteries (4 AAA) but in that situation it will NOT charge the iPhone. LATENCY:It is not user-controllable but I found it quite right. You can play with no problems in the most of the situations. Perhaps for super-tight percussion situations, it may be a little uncomfortable. For playing piano, pads, organ and synths in a band situation, it is perfect. The controller is NOT programmable so you can not assign the buttons to other MIDI events. It comes fully mapped for the SynthStation App.But in GarageBand, the sustain pedal activates the Leslie. Good. And this is a good moment to buy one, quite an offer from Musician's Friend!!http://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/akai-professional-synthstation25-piano-keyboard-for-iphone-and-itouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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