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Product Identifiers
BrandIK Multimedia
GTIN8025813616035
UPC8025813616035
eBay Product ID (ePID)1242241181
Product Key Features
Input/Output PortsUSB In
TypeKeyboard Controller
ModelIP-IRIG-KEYS37-IN
Pedal Inputs1
Dimensions
Item Weight2.12 pounds
Ratings and reviews
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- 17 May, 2019
iRig 37 keys, cannot recommend highly enough.
I bought this with my own money, no inducements, or tokens, or special deal. Actually, I did not realise how massively more convenient it would be, than having a full-sized keyboard. The alternatives to this, are to get as small a full-sized MIDI controller - otherwise known as a keyboard that squirts out MIDI signals to trigger apps or PC etc software. That means, 25 keys, and they are still actually pretty big, compared to a PC keyboard, or more directly compared to a compact qwerty keyboard, be it bluetooth or cabled via USB-to-lightning adapter in my case, to an ipad. My approach, was to consider the whole matter afresh - I actually have a 61-key MIDI controller (music keyboard) sat gathering dust. It’s bulky, I gotta wire up a separate power supply in the shape of a powered USB hub, etc, etc. Plus, either for PC or ipad or even iphone use, this mini-keyboard unit is much more in keeping with the scale of the kit for the world of ipad music production. So, why are ‘normal’ music keys so big? Short answer, I take to be, old style piano keys had to whack the drawn piano wires hard enough to make them sing out loud enough. So, they gotta be big and heavy. But we don’t need that now. It just has to send a signal to the ipad apps, and this iRig 37 keyboard, has velocity recognition, and at the touch of the down or up arrow buttons on the left hand side, you can flick octaves so fast it can be done on the fly. And as for ‘small’ or mini keys, that surely is a VERY relative term when we deal with ipad apps, let alone on the iphone. The tiny little keys that appear on the screen, are ok for stylophone-type precise tapping (remember those?) but it’s hard work. I have no bad things to say about this keyboard. I only have used it with the ipad Pro 2 I own, but it plugs in with the supplied USB cable, and as long as the USB-to-lightning adaptor (adapter) is pukka or seen by the ipad as pukka, there’s zero setting-up. Always plug the adaptor into the cable that comes with the iRig 37, THEN plug it into the ipad or whatever. That way the ipad recognises the keyboard no problem. The main criterion that I looked for, was: the need for a standard 2 wheels at the left side, for pitch and modulation (or whatever it is in the app it is operating at the time); the need for 37 keys minimum (I hate the 25-key size, it seems to dictate the kind of range you produce a melody within somehow despite octave up and down); the need for easy octave flipping; and of course, it must work with as much app software as possible on my ipad Pro 2. So, I can confirm GarageBand works fine with this iRig 37, and the ‘interapp’ function I can get to work between GB and other music apps eg that are instruments. Just seem to have to load the instrument app first, then GB can loop you through. Think that is it. Terribly convenient, does not take up much space, and my only gripe is that in the half-gloom of music working on ipads, I think white tape onto the octave shifter etc would be an idea worth pursuing. One of the best-value music investments I have made.
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