All user reviews for the Alesis iO Dock

I bought it yesterday!
I have not tried other models because it actually has very little yen which are the same for so cheap!
What I like most is his part in one.
The only thing I do not like is that when "docked" sound can not get out by HP.
I find great value for money, AC was a long time I was lusting over but its release was costing more than € 350 so it was a little too expensive for me. A 119 € I bought it immediately!
I remake that choice without hesitation, it gives a different view of the case!

MIDI by usb is great seen!
The sound is top is nothing to say, either input or output.
It changes the headphones unable to manage correctment serious!
It sounds very strong is super well built, nothing to say!

I used mainly to control my synths and it changes the noon wifi! (Lemur, stepsequencers, arpégateurs etc ...)
I also use it as a multi-effects (the kaospad korg with LiveFX or Turnado) and as synth (Animoog, ppg etc ...)

I am very pleased and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to enjoy a max of now disponnibles cool apps on ipad.

I use the beast for a year and a half. In fact, I made the decision to buy a Ipad2 the minute I saw the Io Dock.
So far, no regrets.
Protects the iPad dock and gives him a good angle to play comfortably. In addition, it charges the iDevice and, to my knowledge, this is the only in its class to do so.
Midi circuit is extremely stable compared to other solutions and CoreMIDI via wifi. This makes the iPad THE ultimate control surface from the time you invest in a pro app like Lemur. It actually does what you want, it's stable, it crashes again. It is pro.
2 flats related to Usb Midi however:
When using the Usb Midi, you can not use the Midi connections. It's one or the other.
We can not plug a MIDI keyboard in USB without computer.
DIYers can still solve this problem by following this tutorial: http://www.untergeek.de/2013/01/tech-hack-alesis-io-dock-with-usb-hub/
The entire connector audio / Midi Pro, no problem there above: it's solid despite the plastic aspect.
Side audio output, Io Dock gives a good boost to the sounds of the iPad. My friends Ipad owners cry not have such a quality output. However, on that side, can do better in my opinion.
Audio input side, I must say that I am not very satisfied. My poor sound card is better. However, if you use an app converting audio Midi, well then, you begin to burst.
We can read some useful recommendations about audio inputs / outputs at this address: https://ipadloops.com/optimizing-alesis-io-dock-performance/

Well, you guessed it: for me, the rest IoDock the gear it takes to implement its Ipad well in his home studio and enjoy a good stability on stage.
A year and a half after my purchase, I found that active competition. Today, I look towards the latest from IconnectMidi (cheaper and promising!) At this address: https://www.iconnectivity.com/iConnectMIDI2plus
and side of the Roland side: http://www.rolandconnect.com/product_2012-09.php?p=duo-capture_ex&l=fr-FR

Still the last word in favor of Iodock: Apple openly working to make its regularly obsolete iDevices, many IoDocks will be on the market when their owners occaz decide to go on a bike with the new connector, incompatible with the IoDock. Given the stability of the machine, it will not fool IoDock enjoy all these at a discount!

The +:
I use it for over a year with my ipad 2. It is essential to use an iPad in-home studio. I plugged a midi interface um-2ex on pc, and audio on my table multimix. The sound is clean and powerful, with low latency, ordered with my keyboard and so it is top. When there is blast, ca app from a poorly finished. I use it with all major app: fairlight (one of the few breath a little), PPG, SampleTank, moog, etc ... Effects, sequencers, editor afternoon ... In short, top!
Mixed audio input jack (XLR) are of good quality. I recorded a guitar electro-acoustic live entries on Garageband and it is very clean, also through multi-effects ...

The -:
It is designed for ipad 1, and some copies come with an adapter for ipad 2, which is a little thinner. Otherwise, when you purchase the adapter not being in the box, so I called on the dedicated website Alesis which must send gratos ... I'm still waiting! But I stuck four foam pads (the style that glue under the feet of chairs) and ca compensates it lacked a few millimeters to stabilize the iPad in the dock. Finally, apart from this small drawback, it works very well. An adapter is available on their site for iPad 3 as ... if they send a day!

In any case, I would do this choice rather than 2 times!

I received this morning, and I discovered that since IOS 5 there are big problems on this Alesis IODock: with garageband's been a very huge cracked or white noise (or "hiss") comes out of nowhere .

This is visible on the support forum Alesis
http://community.alesis.com/alesis/topics/io_dock_hiss

So: wait before buying it .... or even to ask whether it is necessary to invest in gear that may become unusable for the next update from Apple.
Info for:
Alesis IODock firmware 7.1
IPAD 2
IOS 1.5

Well I guess a patch will eventually come but for now I bought something useless: (

Sound is really nice and smooth on the alesis iO dock, a little less ultra high end than I get out of the ProFire, but nothing to complain about, sounds pretty analog to me...I don't see myself getting fatigued listening to the dock. I tried the Korg iElectribe, the Korg iMS-20, O-Generator, Nlog Pro, SunVox, ReBirth, NanoStudio, and BeatMaker apps, all sounded great.

I also hooked up my bass (Fender Jazz) to the PRS Jam Amp, AmpKit, DAW MultiTrack, GarageBand, and Meteor apps and noticed a HUGE improvement over the Peavey Ampkit Link, and the PRS cord, and a couple home made cords I've put together. Using the dock's direct switch to toggle back and forth between the app's sound and the direct sound was very interesting. You could see how each app changes the sound...some taking out the treble side, some the bass, but with the dock, all sounded much better, flatter.

What I found really irritating however, was the fact that the dock's input 1 and 2 jacks are Right and Left respectively and only. Normally this is a good idea, but I like to set up grooves in my apps and jam to them, and it bugs me to no end that the input 2 jack (which has the guitar/mic switch) isn't centered when the direct switch is used.

One thing I am extremely curious to check out is if the USB connection is both ways. The Alesis website says you can use it for getting stuff in and out, but it's a B connector (usually associated with output), But for the price its worth the try! Or look around online you may find a used one for cheap on places like eBay or Craig list. Just take note that if you purchase it brand new it comes in a really big box for some reason.

Hello,

I have just receive (one hour, but I have a lot tested).

No other model tested before as is the first of its kind.

What I like most:
- The potential: to have a solution for embedded multi-track recording, and a native solution to connect the iPad easily home studio and use it as a touch controller (here the potential of tactile surfaces is huge, because it s 'acts of virtual controller and therefore malleable customized using touchOSC or other ...), and then as a processor or effect (very good potential here as well);
- The opening to the video (though it is necessary that the application allows it. This does RiEnd e that the use of an adapter iPad / VGA depusi already exists a while - this is not a copy function screen, we will not have to navigate the iPad for example);
- The ability to route input signals to the outputs Jack in monitoring bypassing the iPad, it can be considered for a dock station connected permanently in the audio, making that mode "listens music only, excluding home-studio work "we do not necessarily need to plug / unplug cables;

What I like least:
- The slightly cheap for all, but it goes it goes. This is especially the plastic side, touch, of all ... but really it goes
- The fact that this product is a little ahead, I would say on the applications. Well of course there's plenty to do already. But for example:
1. in Garage Band, not possible to use two separate entries for now. (To do again, I've just receive it ....). There are other limitations for Garage Band, the kind not possible to send a MIDI line of the iPad to a DAW, for example.
2. All apps using the microphone input of the iPad are not necessarily compatible with the Jack connections (eg Moog Filtratron. When the iPad is in the Dock, the function sampler makes no signal).
- That there is only one exit for the audio stream ... the multi-track output, at least 2 stereo, would be a real bonus.
- The number of entries. Two is good, but a minimum of minimum, because it limits the potential for embedded use. With two additional entries, there would be a super interesting solution that would register several simultaneously, using a A / D + computer processing of low weight and volume.

The price / quality ratio is good.

To see in use, but I'm pretty, yes, I would do the same choice. It's really interesting, the MIDI works well in both directions, via USB or DIN.
However the limited number of input-output, and the fact that I do not connaissae application that allow for the time to record multi-track, limit the potential for use. We can not make it a virtual studio board meeting, but it will come.

I put a 7, but I think soon it will go to 8 or 9 ... to see the software environment that follows, and in use. Maybe wait for version 2, with more routing capabilities?
(Again, I tried quickly, but all routing possibilities I think, with the apps I have: a lot of keyboard, sampler, most free. Garage Band, TouchOSC. Applications Management MIDI .) I'd do an update of the notice as soon as possible, and I'll start a topic in the forums around the application, it could be interesting?