Apple's iPad camera adapter supports USB audio, keyboards

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  • Reply 81 of 107
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
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    My daughter saw my post and said I was out of date - happens to the best of us I guess.



    Peace. Keep on truckin!



    P.S. Would it have been to oldster to say "what a rush man"?



    far out dude !!



    this is a game changer
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  • Reply 82 of 107
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
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    Bitchin'!



    bad

    dude bad !!



    any ludes around ??
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  • Reply 83 of 107
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    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post


    I'm hoping Apple comes out with either a compact version of GarageBand or Logic (Logic Lite anyone?) for ipad and a MIDI adapter. Can you imagine Apple's version of either a control surface, or a sheet music app with built-in syth functions. Would be great.



    Yes, a garageband mobile (just for recording and easy midi-editing, only using simple effects.. ) together with a usb-interface would actually make me sell my macbook. I'd do the major editing on the MacPro but all "on the field"-recording on the iPad.. that would be great. Ahh, one can always dream ;D
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  • Reply 84 of 107
    bb1970bb1970 Posts: 4member
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    Somebody needs to test out a USB audio interface! I kind of doubt it will work because of drivers etc, but if I had some way to get an Xlr mic signal into this thing I would be in heaven. I do on location recordings often and I usually need only 1 mic for voiceovers, if I could ditch the laptop and just take my iPad, a small interface, mic and stand, it would make my life so much easier.



    I'm with ya in this one. A good USB mic would be great (with a headphone out for latency issues) would be ideal.

    There is a workaround though. The Blue Mikey 2 being released in summer has a line in port. Concievably you could use a small portable mixer and take the line out from that into the Mikey.

    Just an idea.

    BB
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  • Reply 85 of 107
    cory bauercory bauer Posts: 1,286member
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    RAWs will be downloaded to the ipad. if the raw format isn't supported then it will still be available to your computer upon sync, just not viewable.



    How are we supposed to know which raw formats are and are not supported? I've read that .NEF raw files are supported, but when i tried emailing myself one taken with a D5000 all the ipad displays is a tiny thumbnail in the middle of the screen.
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  • Reply 86 of 107
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    How are we supposed to know which raw formats are and are not supported? I've read that .NEF raw files are supported, but when i tried emailing myself one taken with a D5000 all the ipad displays is a tiny thumbnail in the middle of the screen.



    Maybe emailing them aren't supported, just storing them so they can be uploaded to iPhoto or other photo apps.



    I brought my camera and MBP to an Apple Store today and was going to spend the $30 for the accessory to run every possible test I could think of, but they still didn't have any in stock. I even checked Radio Shack, also in the mall, and they didn't have any USB couplers in stock. I get brownie points for trying, right?
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  • Reply 87 of 107
    jlanddjlandd Posts: 873member
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    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    1) What you're suggesting with pre-amps and MIDI is not even close to the primary intention for this device and will only be used by a very small fraction of those buying iPads.



    2) The iPad isn't a regular computer.



    3) The iPad isn't designed to be a replacement for your laptop or they would not have required syncing to iTunes before you can use the thing.



    4) The iPad does allow USB signaling, what it doesn't have is a big ass USB-A port. Why you think this is necessary to make it useful is illogical.



    5) Adapters aren't pricey. I've already pointed out a coupler "for these pre-amps and MIDIs" that is only $1.80 (actually it's only $1.13 on Monoprice).



    6) How do you think DJs who use iPods use them? They buy a cheap adapter or they buy a machine with an iPod Dock Connector built-in. The latter being the most common.



    7) Your argument is the same as when Apple removed the serial and parallel port in favour of USB, expect people actually had a plethora of accessories back then that required those cables and couldn't be resolved by very few that need them with a $1.13 coupler.



    8) If the iPad has an "inny" then the device has to have to an "outy" (ie: it's a dock for the iPad) or they use a cable to connect (ie: so why not the cable that came with the iPad).



    9) You doubt there would be a problem with fitting a USB port to the iPad but you haven't supplied any specs to show that the USB-A port which is about 2x the height of the iPod Dock Connector could fit well on the edge of the iPad without causing a problem. Note that 30-pin connector is designed for a snug fit with two hooks on the edges. You can't use USB-B (which is even thicker), micro-USB or mini-USB because you'd then need an adapter.





    It's backwards thinking to say that Apple couldn't put a USB port on the iPad because there isn't the room. Just because it wasn't designed to accommodate one doesn't mean it couldn't have been, or shouldn't. I'm a fanboi, but to not have made a space concession the size of a pea in one corner to have one is, to me, giving the critics valid ammo.



    I have a Wacom Intuous tablet that would make a fine casing size for a tablet, and it has two ports.
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  • Reply 88 of 107
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
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    Originally Posted by boomhowler View Post


    Yes, a garageband mobile (just for recording and easy midi-editing, only using simple effects.. ) together with a usb-interface would actually make me sell my macbook. I'd do the major editing on the MacPro but all "on the field"-recording on the iPad.. that would be great. Ahh, one can always dream ;D



    I don't do audio recording at other than a very, very amateur level, so I may be wrong, but isn't decent audio recording fairly CPU intensive - particular wrt latency?



    If so, I just can't see the iPad doing that.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jlandd View Post


    It's backwards thinking to say that Apple couldn't put a USB port on the iPad because there isn't the room. Just because it wasn't designed to accommodate one doesn't mean it couldn't have been, or shouldn't. I'm a fanboi, but to not have made a space concession the size of a pea in one corner to have one is, to me, giving the critics valid ammo.



    I have a Wacom Intuous tablet that would make a fine casing size for a tablet, and it has two ports.



    Once again, you just don't get it. There are tradeoffs to any engineering design. Apple decided to include only those items that are needed for this 'media consumption device'. As soon as you start arbitrarily adding ports, where do you stop? Maybe someone needs 2 USB ports. Or 3. Someone else wants an SD slot. Then, you get the people with CF cameras who want a CF slot. Or why not a parallel port - since some printers still require that. We have some electronic equipment that requires a serial port, so better include that, too. Pretty soon, you've doubled the weight, cut the battery life in half, and reduced the structural rigidity by 60%.



    It's not that it would have been impossible to include a USB port - a mini USB port doesn't take much space. It's just that the tradeoffs aren't worth it. What is the average iPad user going to do that requires USB? Absolutely nothing - it was designed to make use of WiFi for everything.



    Hard Disks? Not needed - iPad has no user-accessible file system

    Printers - use WiFi

    Cameras - use WiFi or Camera connection kit

    video out - cable available

    Audio in/out - mic/headphone jack

    videocam - will plug into 30 pin port when available



    Then there's the added problem. If you put a USB port in, people start plugging in everything in sight - and wonder why it doesn't work. 99% of the time, they'd blame it on the iPad. It's not meant to be a full blown computer.
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  • Reply 89 of 107
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    edit: Pipped by jragosta.
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  • Reply 90 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    Originally Posted by ranum View Post


    Bump for an answer.



    I wouldn't bank on it, but you never know.



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    My wife won't use an iPad if the only data connection is wireless. (Don't ask. Please.)



    If your first name is Marcus it's probably because she has listened to you too much over the years
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  • Reply 91 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    Can you point us to a site that backs this up? According to Apple the "iPad and the Camera Connection Kit support standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW.". Using the word "support " in reference to the iPad for RAW would be false advertising if it did not, in fact, support RAW, but only JPEG. And the fact that it asks you to delete the images afterwards makes for a very bad experience if uses think the iPad now stores the original photos.



    Fair enough, but even if it copies the RAW file over to the iPad I'd wager it is still displaying the embedded JPEG vs. interpreting and rendering the RAW file.
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  • Reply 92 of 107
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Fair enough, but even if it copies the RAW file over to the iPad I'd wager it is still displaying the embedded JPEG vs. interpreting and rendering the RAW file.



    That is what I'd expect, too. Which is fine. The only way this is a problem for consumers is if they loose the original RAW file when they delete the contents of the memory card.



    Now, will it copy AVIs and other video formats? I tried to run this through its paces yesterday but they didn't have any in stock.



    With APIs allowing access to the 30-pin connector there is no reason why a 3rd-party, like any of these camera companies, can't make an app for the iPad for their devices.
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  • Reply 93 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    The only thing I can think of is the USB cable that comes with iPad is limited in functionality, but since it's already used for power and for syncing everything should be working already. These FAQ, as well as Apple's site, llead me to believe it should be possible.



    There is more to it than that. The iPad probably only acts as a device. The camera kit dongle obviously allows it to act as a host so that it can connect to devices (such as cameras). There is obviously more in the brick than a simple pass-through - and if a simple cable would have cut it, why wouldn't they just have shipped one?
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  • Reply 94 of 107
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Originally Posted by DocNo42 View Post


    There is more to it than that. The iPad probably only acts as a device. The camera kit dongle obviously allows it to act as a host so that it can connect to devices (such as cameras). There is obviously more in the brick than a simple pass-through - and if a simple cable would have cut it, why wouldn't they just have shipped one?



    I haven't seen any evidence of that. What is different about the way USB signaling works on the iPod/iPhone/iPad USB cable than on the camere accessory kit?



    Note that Apple sells a lot of extra cables that aren't included with machines that are merely passthrough cables that only change the port shape and pins.
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  • Reply 95 of 107
    dr millmossdr millmoss Posts: 5,403member
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    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    I haven't seen any evidence of that. What is different about the way USB signaling works on the iPod/iPhone/iPad USB cable than on the camere accessory kit?



    Something is different. I can attest to that, since I have tried the direct connection method and found that it doesn't work.
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  • Reply 96 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    Originally Posted by jlandd View Post


    It's backwards thinking to say that Apple couldn't put a USB port on the iPad because there isn't the room. Just because it wasn't designed to accommodate one doesn't mean it couldn't have been, or shouldn't.



    But they did accommodate - there is the adaptor for those that really need it.



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    I'm a fanboi, but to not have made a space concession the size of a pea in one corner to have one is, to me, giving the critics valid ammo.



    How do you know the space concession is the size of a pea? Obviously it isn't or the camera adaptor would be smaller (because we know that Apple is known for making things unnecessarily large).



    Aside from the physical space of the USB port, there are electronics that go with it.



    It's like every other "feature" that Apple left off. There is a minority that wants it, it otherwise detracts from the device, so the "tyranny of the minority" will not dictate the overall design of the device and they left it off. They did provide the camera adaptor, which seems to have far more functionality that just hooking up to cameras.



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    I have a Wacom Intuous tablet that would make a fine casing size for a tablet, and it has two ports.



    And it's not battery powered, nor a general purpose computing device. Nor do it's edges taper down like the iPad - and it's a significant design feature that contributes to the overall attractiveness of the device.
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  • Reply 97 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    I haven't seen any evidence of that.



    Go read the USB spec. For starters, host devices have to have a CPU



    Now granted, the iPad has a CPU, but it's highly doubtful that the electronics in the iPad that do USB over the dock connector know how to do anything other than be a device.



    I thought someone took apart the original iPod camera connector and determined there was more in there than a simple pass through?



    Hmm, I might take mine iPod camera connector apart since I doubt I will ever use it again. And no, it doesn't work with the iPad (yes, I tried )
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  • Reply 98 of 107
    docno42docno42 Posts: 3,764member
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    Note that Apple sells a lot of extra cables that aren't included with machines that are merely passthrough cables that only change the port shape and pins.



    I think you just proved my point - if it was as simple as a cable, they would have just sold such a cable since they do sell other passthrough cables.



    Again, what are you implying here? That Apple is up to no good? I have yet to see them do something that didn't have a legitimate reason and I doubt they would start on an iPad USB port connector.
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  • Reply 99 of 107
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member
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    Originally Posted by DocNo42 View Post


    Fair enough, but even if it copies the RAW file over to the iPad I'd wager it is still displaying the embedded JPEG vs. interpreting and rendering the RAW file.



    I hope it works the same way as iPhoto on desktop, which does store it as RAW. There is an icon at the bottom of the window that indicates that it is a RAW image.
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  • Reply 100 of 107
    dr millmossdr millmoss Posts: 5,403member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DocNo42 View Post


    I thought someone took apart the original iPod camera connector and determined there was more in there than a simple pass through?



    Are my posts in this thread invisible or something? We already know that it's more than a simple pass through.
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