Help modding a usb cable?

[TommyQuiet]

Ok just wondering can this be done

i want to use one of these



and take off the midi cable part and replace it with another usb part
so its usb to usb midi can this be done and how do i go about doing it?
thanks

[fullenglishpint]

pretty sure those don't actually translate anything to midi, it's just a hardware interface. So if youi switched the midi side for usb, you'd have a USB to USB cable.

[TommyQuiet]

so it will still work if i switch the side out of a usb?

as i want to connect this to my ipad (via camera kit) and the only other way of doing it is getting 2 of these and 2 female midi connecters or a midi interface, and this is the cheaper option .

[fullenglishpint]

tbh i have no idea. Can't you send midi over wifi with the iPad?

[TommyQuiet]

o yeah i have all my music/midi apps set up over wifi/adhoc network and they work flawless no latency,its just i would prefer a cable connected (that's just me)

[biru]

Camera Kit doesn't work that way... unless you are doing some severe hackery with a custom firmware...

If you want to use the iPad to do some kind of MIDI control, then you want TouchOSC my friend.

Dubspot did a series of videos on setting it up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFINZs6ido

[TommyQuiet]

i already have touchOSC and i know how midi works
you don't need to hack the camera kit

TouchOSC supports coremidi (along with many other apps) through the camera kit with midi cables i have set this up before i just want to cut back on the amount of wires i.e by swapping out 2 for 1 and swapping out the midi ends for another usb cable

i guess i will just go for it when i get back home

[Hippie]

You could buy another midi to USB lead, snip the midi connectors off and connect the wires to save a few pennies (seeing as a pair of midi to midi adapters cost more than the USB to midi lead). I thought about it but it would only save £6 so I bought the adapters for the ease if it.