M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

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8O
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M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by 8O » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:47 am

Hi folks,

Am considering getting the M-Audio wireless MIDI interface, MidAir...

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...anyone used one? Any good?

Alternatively, anyone else got experience with wireless midi interfaces/controllers? Needs to be battery-powered at the transmitter-side, i.e. completely portable and ideally a ready to go solution (already looked at Arduino Bluetooth/xbee, but the kits were quite expensive, even compared to the MidAir)...

Thanks for any advice!
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Re: M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by ze2be » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:42 pm

8O wrote:Thanks for any advice!
+1
Id also like to know. :)

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Re: M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by 8O » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:02 pm

Bump... anyone?
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Re: M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by adventurepants_ » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:49 pm

Id be interested in seeing the results of a real world test.

Im not a huge fan of wireless due to the inherent latency, but the bandwidth required for midi is pretty small.
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Re: M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by 8O » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:27 pm

Yeah, MIDI's minimal bandwidth, and the latency shouldn't be a problem as - in the usage it's planned for - it's a dedicated tx/rx just transmitting over a few metres with no obstacles in between - the latency really isn't inherent with wireless, it's just in practice when the conditions aren't optimal...

But it'd be great to hear about it from people who've used it...
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Re: M-Audio MidAir / wireless midi - anyone used it?

Post by 8O » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:50 am

Anyone... :)
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