Connecting a USB MIDI Controller or Audio Interface to your iPad using the Camera Connection Kit

You can connect any class compliant USB audio interface or MIDI controller or keyboard to your iPad. This article shows you what you can connect and how, and also includes some tips to ensure success with the Apple Camera iPad Connection Kit. What does &compliant&mean? A class compliant device is one that doesn&require extra drivers to connect your Windows or Macintosh computer, or to your iPad. Class compliant devices use drivers which are built into the host (i.e. the computer or the iPad) operating system. To find out if your USB audio or MIDI device is class compliant, check the manufacturer&web page. If it connects automatically to any computer without requiring you to install drivers from a website or a disk, it is probably class compliant. iPad Power - not as much as you might think... Many USB devices draw their power right from the USB cable that connects them to their host (a computer or an iPad). The iPad can also supply power to connected USB devices. The USB ports on computers supply 5V and 100mA-500mA of power. However, through the course of several updates and revisions, Apple has decreased the amount of electrical power the iPad is allowed to supply connected USB devices. This means that some devices that draw only a little power can survive off of what the iPad supplies, but devices that require more power may not find the iPad USB connection sufficent. Furthermore, Apple can and has altered how much juice the iPad can offer connected...