Alesis IO Dock For IPad

• Pro audio dock for iPad and iPad 2
• Connect microphones, instruments, studio monitors, PA speakers, headphones, and MIDI controllers
• Universal device works with virtually every audio and MIDI app in the App Store; Core MIDI compliant
• Video output for TVs and projectors
• Inputs: two combo XLR-1/4" for use with audio gear, instruments, and computer audio
• Input channel gain controls and switchable phantom power for use with condenser microphones
• Guitar-direct switch for use with amplifier- and effects-modeling app
• Outputs: pair 1/4" and 1/4" headphone with separate volume controls
• Control: MIDI In, MIDI Out, USB MIDI, and assignable 1/4-inch footswitch input

• iO Dock docking station for iPad and iPad 2
• Power supply
• Quick start guide

Connect all your audio gear to the world of apps for iPad and iPad 2.

The iO Dock (patent pending) enables anyone with an iPad or iPad 2 to create, produce, and perform music with virtually any pro audio gear or instruments. The iO Dock is a universal docking station specifically designed for the iPad, giving musicians, recording engineers, and music producers the connectivity they need to create and perform with an iPad. Connect all your pro audio gear to virtually any app in the App Store with the iO Dock.

With the iO Dock and an iPad, musicians and producers can record, perform, craft and create music in virtually any situation or location. Built to accommodate all current app-development standards including Core MIDI, the iO Dock is a universal device that bridges your choice of music-creation apps, instruments, and devices.

The iO Dock provides two combination XLR and 1/4-inch inputs, each with its own gain control and switchable phantom power for condenser microphones. Guitarists and bassists will love the iO Dock’s guitar-direct switch: enabling them to play, perform and record right into amplifier - and effects - modeling apps. Bands can connect outputs from a mixer and easily record performances or rehearsals. They can also use the iO Dock as a metronome or loop-playback device. Producers can use the iO Dock’s MIDI jacks to sequence external keyboards, samplers, drum machines and synthesizers, or perform using the iO Dock as the sound module and their favorite MIDI-compliant keyboard, drum pad or other controller. An assignable 1/4-inch footswitch input enables remote control of any app-defined function such as stop, start or record. Users can also connect the iO Dock to a Mac or PC using the USB port to send MIDI back and forth for creative, new applications of the iPad and computer used in tandem.

Users can connect the iO Dock’s stereo 1/4-inch main outputs to studio monitors for critical listening, or to PA systems for use in performance settings. They can monitor using headphones, and independently control the levels of the two outputs, each on its own knob. Recording musicians will love the iO Dock’s direct-monitor switch, which enables them to toggle between the incoming and playback signal on headphones. Rounding out the iO Dock’s output section is a composite video connector, enabling users to employ the iO Dock as a source for video projection behind bands on stage, or for connection to most televisions and computer monitors.

The iO Dock completely houses the iPad or on the bottom and three side surfaces. It also encases the iPad's screen in a protective bezel on three of its four edges, further shielding the mobile computing device from the potential for damage in punishing environments.

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