Akai EIE.. Anyone got one?

edited June 2012 in General
I saw a YouTube vid where they are using one with GarageBand..
Wondering if anyone has used this unit with BM2. A little torn right now as it is (still) a limited market for ios audio interfaces that will charge your iPad.
With a powered audio interface like this, does anyone know how battery life is?

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  • edited 6:13PM
    Done the research... I'm getting one.
    I've got too much stuff I can hook up to it NOT to get it .... Hahah



    Cheeyuh
  • edited 6:13PM
    So after ordering the wrong one (the EIE Pro), sending it back,
    And receiving the regular EIE, here are my initial thoughts:
    Wow.

    Wow.

    Ok, the unit has a boot procedure (surely its standard)- make sure all USB midi controllers are connected and that the akai is connected via cck. I also picked up a dock extension cable(make sure it's 30 pin pass) to take the stress off of the iPad dock connector.

    Turn unit on, and jam away... Wow...

    My only gripe (and it's a BIG BIG one) is that beatmaker2 won't let me have anything more than mono input for sampling ?$&@?!?!?& My old Stanton t90 USB turntable even sent and received stereo tracks..
    The akai works like a wet dream with GarageBand... Any mono input (of 4), and you can choose between stereo inputs 1-2 or 3-4....

    Any way we can implement that? This audio card is a sleeper for sure, and fits the iPad like a glove.

    NEED STEREO INPUTS!!!
    Thanks
    .
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