Originally Posted By: Mike Halloran

No one's going to have a USB MIDI input. You do that directly to your PC or through a hub, not the interface. Interfaces with MIDI have DIN5 connectors.

iConnectivity uses an app for routing—some get it working; others do not.


Actually the Audio4+ has a "host" USB port that does allow me to use a controller that only supports MIDI via USB (a Yamaha P125 digital piano, which has the action and sound I like and is extremely light), so I'm able to move my laptop based studio from place to place pretty easily without needing a USB hub. I've found one other device so far that has a similar port - the Presonus AudioBox iTwo - but it's pretty old so I thought perhaps someone else might know of another device without my checking specs for the plethora of devices that are out there. (The Audio4+ also has standard MIDI in/out and two USB device ports for computer and/or iOS devices - so it's been fun to actually be able to route audio digitally between the PC and iPad. iConnectivity discontinued the Audio4+ six months or so ago, and I'm reluctant to try the replacement that just came out a few days ago- the Audio4C.)

The only streaming app we've gotten my Audio4+ to work with is Zoom, but that appeared to be (months ago) because Zoom was expecting a mono input, and the web apps I mentioned - Facebook Live, YouTube, Streamyard - expect a stereo input. I have yet to hear high quality audio in a Zoom session, even with all of the audio optimization switches turned on. As you said, with iConnectivity devices, some people get them to work and some don't, and I've had one of their tech folks get stumped by it so far, so just deciding to cut my losses. So was just hoping to find some input on positive streaming experiences with various interfaces. I want to share the audio feed from my DAW (including mic and effects) and have the best quality possible.

Chuck Wiggins

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