Such a big game changer for me. I can use these with my Akai LPK25(wireless) and just with an iPhone and the Ravenscroft 275 app (or any other) and it’s Rachmaninov in the back garden !! 😎
🤣 new year sorted! Remember it’s only transmitting midi data so you can play the awesome auv3 plugins within your iPad. But still it’s a game changer in a studio or even live as it’s just less wires.
I have a pianodisc 228cfx which has midi in/out pass thru. I have a pianocorder (cassette player) with a midi interface. I have always used a cable from the pianocorder interface midi out to the pass thru input on the Kaiwai 228-cfx and choose the midi pass through mode on the set up. I play the cassette across the room and the 1970's pianocorder technology will play my 2015 Kawai grand piano. Works great but I want to use bluetooth! Saw this widi master and immediately bought it! Plugged in both units, pushed play, blue light blinked as it should, the kawai widi master side also received the signal but nothing on the Kawai was playing! Tried every combination available but to no avail....works perfectly with a very long midi cable though! I did get a program called pianostream to play one Sinatra song via bluetooth into the Kawai but only once! It recognizes the widi master and it blinks blue but nothing is out put to the piano to make it play! 😡
Aww I’m sorry to hear that. Make sure it’s on the latest firmware for the Widi Master (you can even update it with a smart phone now) and then reach out to CME-Pro with an email - they are Very friendly and know midi so so well!
Phenomenal video dude. The only question I still have (which you briefly answered towards the beginning) is how does it work if I wanted to use 4 or 5 of them at the same time? Can you use multiple that connect to different sources? for instance we have two RC505 loopers, and we connect them via midi. I'd love to use these to wirelessly connect our 505s, and then I'd love to use [at least] one more to connect our keytar to our Native Instruments, and, potentially, another couple to connect our drum pad to or our mixing board to free up an input channel in the board.
It’s a great question and yes you can. So the latest firmware update allows you to assign them to groups - which will really help you. 👍🏻 Oooh 2 505’s and a Keytar?Wow! That’s cool! You have my full attention! Hehe. Have a look here at their announcement : www.cme-pro.com/press-release-cme-introduces-new-firmware-ios-android/ And then if you wanna pick a few up, it’s here: www.cme-pro.com/shop?ref=45269
Great vid as always JP! So how do we apply this to the RC-600? I want to be able to have panning and volume up at my finger tips while using the 600. After seeing a video of a guy doing this using the Lemur app of OSC Touch app and a widi unit, I’ve been trying to figure it all out. Apparently, I am not smart enough to successfully accomplish this! Any chance you have or could and make a tutorial. Big ask I know, so tell me to bugger off, but man would that set-up be sweet! Keep up the great work my friend!
Great video! I'm wondering if would work the other way? I have a synthesizer that doesn't have USB on it. I have a midi sequencer on my tablet. Could I send midi notes from my tablet to my synthesizer?
Extremely interesting. My knowledge and using external midi is NOT the best. However I use a nearly new iMac, Logic Pro. L Pro has on board built in midi plug in synth and A whole host of other libraries of sounds for music production. However, I’d love to use my old arranger keyboards including a Roland E-30 which feature 3 five pin din midi sockets out in and through. The Roland E-30 hosts the linear arithmetic sounds and dates back to 1990.
It would totally work. Obviously sending midi to the computer or having midi on Logic sending it to the old keyboard which you could then record. 👍🏻 Opportunities are endless. 😊
Question: I teach piano lessons and was wondering if I plugged this bluetooth unit into the back of my KORG C1 piano, would I be able to cut the volume off of the piano with my phone app to have control over my student? Thanks for your time in this matter :o)
That’s an interesting one. Technically yes as long as it gives you volume control as a midi cc number. You could use something like Touch OSC and build a fader inside 🎚️ the app and you could override the volume. 👍🏻
Hello again, I just simply want to activate midi via Bluetooth rather than plugging cables. Is it very easy to set up and or in other words simply plug and play from external midi keyboard to logic pro via my iMac for example?
Hi JP I'm new to the ipad and loopy pro do you need a midi keyboard app plug-in on loopy or can you play a tune straight into the doughnut from the keyboard just curious before I purchase the WiFi master
Thank you, but what I meant was can I play my keyboard straight into loopy without the use of a plug in app sorry I wasn't to clear on the first question
Is it possible to have your iPad totally wireless. Ex: my WiFi master connect to my midi controller. Then my WiFi jack connect to my audio interface. Yes the speakers are plugged into the audio interface with wires. My only problem is doing it wirelessly I can’t get no sound into my audio interface. The WiFi master is on but not receiving midi. The iPad is receiving midi from the midi controller piano. What am I doing wrong or is this even possible?
The Widi master and Widi jacks are for midi only and won’t transmit audio over. You would still need to plug the audio interface into the iPad so you can hear it through speakers or headphones.
So with this, I can have a Bluetooth connection from my iPad to my Roland Fantom G8 and play my Ravencroft app's sample routed through the headphone jack of my Keyboard?
Sorry i would like to know, rather than connect a master to up to 4 slaves units. Can we connect a master (i think as a master an Akai MPC..) to a midi interface, and then to drive as much as the midi interface has of input and output. For me a midi interface with 5 inputs/5 outputs... Thx a lot...
With the latest firmware, you can assign groups to multiple devices. If you have a device with multiple inputs and outputs, you can assign channels for each. Hope that helps. Have a look here: www.cme-pro.com/press-release-cme-introduces-new-firmware-ios-android/
@JohnPaulMusicUK I've got an MacPro, the Cubase is receiving midi signal, I can play any VST instruments, but when I try to record the performance, nothing, just a random chord at the beginning very short one..
Nothing but headaches on PC even the Widi App hangs when updating the firmware. CME have been helpful but they just need to make a PC only Widi Master. Apple FFS,rubbish computers that do nothing. PC ,get with the program and follow the king.
Wizardry, The glitches will go as time progresses and technology improves. Brilliant idea though i think, i've been waiting for one of these for years, along with my thought controlled sequencer :)
It is great. My friend came into the studio the other day with his PC and we just connected to it within seconds and he started playing. Ace. No cable pulling. I’m all for it. 👍🏻
These are wonderful. I have one. They’ve almost no discernable latency
Yeah! They are ace! 👍🏻
Installed one of these this week works like a charm no detectable latency, connects to everything
They are great and love how easy it is. Permanently in the back of my keyboard.
Can u send midi to 2 laptops? With one widi?
Probably not an issue but would need to be different midi channels. 👍🏻
Such a big game changer for me. I can use these with my Akai LPK25(wireless) and just with an iPhone and the Ravenscroft 275 app (or any other) and it’s Rachmaninov in the back garden !! 😎
Well, then I'm so happy!, and it doesn't matter that my muse put me on the block for not coming to her for the New Year last year!
🤣 new year sorted! Remember it’s only transmitting midi data so you can play the awesome auv3 plugins within your iPad.
But still it’s a game changer in a studio or even live as it’s just less wires.
Great video very informative
Thanks 🙏 you might be interested in this one - czcams.com/video/p3L4VfIWtSU/video.html
I have a pianodisc 228cfx which has midi in/out pass thru. I have a pianocorder (cassette player) with a midi interface. I have always used a cable from the pianocorder interface midi out to the pass thru input on the Kaiwai 228-cfx and choose the midi pass through mode on the set up. I play the cassette across the room and the 1970's pianocorder technology will play my 2015 Kawai grand piano. Works great but I want to use bluetooth! Saw this widi master and immediately bought it! Plugged in both units, pushed play, blue light blinked as it should, the kawai widi master side also received the signal but nothing on the Kawai was playing! Tried every combination available but to no avail....works perfectly with a very long midi cable though! I did get a program called pianostream to play one Sinatra song via bluetooth into the Kawai but only once! It recognizes the widi master and it blinks blue but nothing is out put to the piano to make it play! 😡
Aww I’m sorry to hear that.
Make sure it’s on the latest firmware for the Widi Master (you can even update it with a smart phone now) and then reach out to CME-Pro with an email - they are Very friendly and know midi so so well!
Good evening! What a wonderful video, wonderful! And will I be able to connect my Korg Nautilus to the iPad now with this thing over the air? ...
Yes. 👍🏻
Phenomenal video dude. The only question I still have (which you briefly answered towards the beginning) is how does it work if I wanted to use 4 or 5 of them at the same time? Can you use multiple that connect to different sources? for instance we have two RC505 loopers, and we connect them via midi. I'd love to use these to wirelessly connect our 505s, and then I'd love to use [at least] one more to connect our keytar to our Native Instruments, and, potentially, another couple to connect our drum pad to or our mixing board to free up an input channel in the board.
It’s a great question and yes you can.
So the latest firmware update allows you to assign them to groups - which will really help you. 👍🏻
Oooh 2 505’s and a Keytar?Wow! That’s cool! You have my full attention! Hehe.
Have a look here at their announcement :
www.cme-pro.com/press-release-cme-introduces-new-firmware-ios-android/
And then if you wanna pick a few up, it’s here: www.cme-pro.com/shop?ref=45269
Great vid as always JP! So how do we apply this to the RC-600? I want to be able to have panning and volume up at my finger tips while using the 600. After seeing a video of a guy doing this using the Lemur app of OSC Touch app and a widi unit, I’ve been trying to figure it all out. Apparently, I am not smart enough to successfully accomplish this! Any chance you have or could and make a tutorial. Big ask I know, so tell me to bugger off, but man would that set-up be sweet! Keep up the great work my friend!
Midi and midi control is one of the big requests for a video and there are so many different options - stay tuned.
Great video! I'm wondering if would work the other way? I have a synthesizer that doesn't have USB on it. I have a midi sequencer on my tablet. Could I send midi notes from my tablet to my synthesizer?
Yes. You can also get two to talk to each other as well.
Extremely interesting. My knowledge and using external midi is NOT the best. However I use a nearly new iMac, Logic Pro. L Pro has on board built in midi plug in synth and A whole host of other libraries of sounds for music production. However, I’d love to use my old arranger keyboards including a Roland E-30 which feature 3 five pin din midi sockets out in and through. The Roland E-30 hosts the linear arithmetic sounds and dates back to 1990.
It would totally work.
Obviously sending midi to the computer or having midi on Logic sending it to the old keyboard which you could then record. 👍🏻
Opportunities are endless. 😊
@@JohnPaulMusicUK what else is possible? Interesting.
Question: I teach piano lessons and was wondering if I plugged this bluetooth unit into the back of my KORG C1 piano, would I be able to cut the volume off of the piano with my phone app to have control over my student? Thanks for your time in this matter :o)
That’s an interesting one.
Technically yes as long as it gives you volume control as a midi cc number. You could use something like Touch OSC and build a fader inside 🎚️ the app and you could override the volume. 👍🏻
Hello again, I just simply want to activate midi via Bluetooth rather than plugging cables. Is it very easy to set up and or in other words simply plug and play from external midi keyboard to logic pro via my iMac for example?
Yes. It is THAT easy.
Plug it in, the mac sees it, you select it. It understands what it is. Done. 👍🏻 😊
Hi JP I'm new to the ipad and loopy pro do you need a midi keyboard app plug-in on loopy or can you play a tune straight into the doughnut from the keyboard just curious before I purchase the WiFi master
You can play directly on the iPad itself from launching an in app instrument. Obvs not the same feel but yes totally do able. 👍🏻
Thank you, but what I meant was can I play my keyboard straight into loopy without the use of a plug in app sorry I wasn't to clear on the first question
Ahhh. No. Loopy itself has no built in sounds.
You would have to bring an app into it via the mixer.
Thanks again will purchase the widi master and see where I go from there 😀
No worries. 👍🏻
Is it possible to have your iPad totally wireless. Ex: my WiFi master connect to my midi controller. Then my WiFi jack connect to my audio interface. Yes the speakers are plugged into the audio interface with wires.
My only problem is doing it wirelessly I can’t get no sound into my audio interface.
The WiFi master is on but not receiving midi. The iPad is receiving midi from the midi controller piano.
What am I doing wrong or is this even possible?
The Widi master and Widi jacks are for midi only and won’t transmit audio over. You would still need to plug the audio interface into the iPad so you can hear it through speakers or headphones.
So with this, I can have a Bluetooth connection from my iPad to my Roland Fantom G8 and play my Ravencroft app's sample routed through the headphone jack of my Keyboard?
The audio is coming from the iPad.
The Widi Master is simply creating a Bluetooth midi connection.. not an audio connection. 👍🏻
@@JohnPaulMusicUK Ah ok, I see; thank you for clarifying!
Welcome 🙏
Sorry i would like to know, rather than connect a master to up to 4
slaves units. Can we connect a master (i think as a master an Akai
MPC..) to a midi interface, and then to drive as much as the midi
interface has of input and output. For me a midi interface with 5
inputs/5 outputs... Thx a lot...
With the latest firmware, you can assign groups to multiple devices.
If you have a device with multiple inputs and outputs, you can assign channels for each.
Hope that helps. Have a look here:
www.cme-pro.com/press-release-cme-introduces-new-firmware-ios-android/
Be able to touch without damaging the charging inputs of the ipad or cell phone!!
Exactly. 👍🏻
Where is the audio out? In the ipad or the keyboard audio out?
Out of the iPad.
The widi master transmit midi only, not audio.
I've got the widi master ,but i can't record any midi in cubase 12
So are you on PC or Mac? Is Cuba’s seeing the midi coming in when you play? Have you connected to the Widi master on the computer?
@JohnPaulMusicUK I've got an MacPro, the Cubase is receiving midi signal, I can play any VST instruments, but when I try to record the performance, nothing, just a random chord at the beginning very short one..
@JohnPaulMusicUK Do I need another WIDi on the computer too? Thanks for the reply mate.
Thank you so much for this.
Bought both Widi Master and Widi Jack.Both don't work with my Yamaha DTX Multi 12.
What a waste of money.
That’s a shame. Did you reach out to CME Pro support and ask them?
Nothing but headaches on PC even the Widi App hangs when updating the firmware.
CME have been helpful but they just need to make a PC only Widi Master.
Apple FFS,rubbish computers that do nothing.
PC ,get with the program and follow the king.
Kebanyakan ngomongnya bro..
Wizardry, The glitches will go as time progresses and technology improves.
Brilliant idea though i think, i've been waiting for one of these for years, along with my thought controlled sequencer :)
It is great. My friend came into the studio the other day with his PC and we just connected to it within seconds and he started playing. Ace. No cable pulling.
I’m all for it. 👍🏻