IPad as DAW/recorder?

[singaiya]

I'm trying to connect the Model 24 to an iPad air (2019 model) in order to use the Tascam as the front end input and the iPad as the record device. I thought this would work based on something I saw on Youtube but now I can't find the reference.

Has anyone gotten that to work? I'm connecting the iPad's charging cable to an adapter that takes the USB-A plug to a USB-B plug, which is what the Tascam has. But I see no evidence on the iPad that anything is connected. I even tried putting the Tascam in USB/Storage mode but nothing.

 

[Logrinn]

Have you downloaded the Tascam’s dedicated software to the iPad as it says in the manual?

 

[singaiya]

No, I didn't see anything about that in the manual. It talks about drivers that will be needed for Windows but nothing about ipad. Somewhere on the web I saw reference to "class compliant" for iPad, as in no additional software needed. I'll check Tascam's site to see what's there...

 

[Blue Monster 65]

On Gear Slutz it was reported that someone was using their Model 12 with an iPad, but I’m not sure about the 24 or 16.

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/ele...c-production/1295288-tascam-model-12-a-7.html

 

[singaiya]

I got it to work with the iPad. What worked is using the official Apple lightning to USB 3 cable. Before that I had been trying little connectors I got from Monoprice. One has female USB-A on both sides, so you can connect two male USB-A connectors together. The other has that one one side and a male USB-B (for the Model 24) on the other side. Obviously, the cheap way doesn't work (connectors were $1 each, Apple cable was $39).

No drivers or downloads were needed on the iPad. Plugged it in and the Model 24 was recognized. I recorded a track from Model 24 input #4 to Garageband. Now I just need to find out how to play the track recorded in Garageband BACK on the Tascam. (setting input 4 to PC didn't work).

 

[Hammarlund]

It depends.

Essentially, some units (whether the interface or the device) are designed to BE the "host" of a connection, and other units are designed to connect TO a host.

So for ipads: AFAIK, some models work more like PCs (the ipad can BE a host) and other models work more like iphones (the iPad CONNECTS TO a host.)

Same for interfaces. If you compare cheap Presonus interfaces (which I happen to know about for this precise reasons): you have the cheap Audiobox which can connect TO a host, but cannot BE a host. Then you have the same exact same unit for an extra $50 in a "works both ways" version, that CAN both BE a host and connect TO a host.

AFAIK, the T12 can CONNECT to a host, but cannot BE a host. Hope that helps.