It’s official: minijack connections are now kosher for MIDI

For years, manufacturers have been substituting small minijack connectors for MIDI – but there wasn’t any official word on how to do that, or how to wire them. That changes now, as these space saving connections get official.

IK’s iRig Pro I/O comes close to being a perfect mobile music accessory

Let’s be honest: audio interfaces are one of the pieces of gear most likely to make your eyes glaze over. That might even be doubly so for the many, many options available for iPhone and iPad – each, somehow, almost but not quite really solving what you want. So, great, IK Multimedia have yet another […]

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2017

Apple is probably killing headphone jacks, but don’t panic

It’s the same old story: if you love Apple, you better also love carrying around little adapters. In a surprise to no one, latest reports – including one from Fast Company – suggest Apple is about to nix the 3.5mm “minijack” analog headphone jack from its next iPhone. (iPad and presumably laptops, too, would be […]

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2016

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