Topic by Normhart

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Topic: Audio from iPhone 13 Pro

Many apologies if this has been covered already but I want to use my iPhone 13 Pro via an audio cable into my mixer and also have a wired USB controller and charger plugged it at the same time.

I can get the Apple headphone adapter but that would use up a Lightning connection for just the audio. I have the USB 3 adapter that has USB type A and Lightning ports that will handle to charger and USB controller, but my audio will have to be wireless/Bluetooth -which will most likely have audio latency issues.

If I use the female Lightning port with a headphone adapter instead of a charger, will it transmit audio? I would need to give up charging functions, of course but will it even work?

I’ve also thought of using a USB powered hub coming out of the USB 3 adapter. I can then look for a Type A USB to audio 3.5mm and have a 2nd USB port for my MIDI controller.

I can always use my iPad Pro, I suppose,  but it’s an older generation (A10X) vs. the A15 Bionic on my iPhone.

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Re: Audio from iPhone 13 Pro

Normhart wrote:

If I use the female Lightning port with a headphone adapter instead of a charger, will it transmit audio? I would need to give up charging functions, of course but will it even work?

No it won't work, that lightning port is for charging only; a USB hub is your best bet.

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Re: Audio from iPhone 13 Pro

Groove On wrote:
Normhart wrote:

If I use the female Lightning port with a headphone adapter instead of a charger, will it transmit audio? I would need to give up charging functions, of course but will it even work?

No it won't work, that lightning port is for charging only; a USB hub is your best bet.

that works on my 2022 SE.

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Re: Audio from iPhone 13 Pro

marin wrote:
Groove On wrote:
Normhart wrote:

If I use the female Lightning port with a headphone adapter instead of a charger, will it transmit audio? I would need to give up charging functions, of course but will it even work?

No it won't work, that lightning port is for charging only; a USB hub is your best bet.

that works on my 2022 SE.

My iphone 2020SE, with only the single lightning port, works with my Clavinova, recording and replaying, but it always replays the recording through the Clavinova. If I want to hear it through the iphone speaker I have to switch off the Clavinova first. I don't seem to have the facility for choosing my output device.
A bigger problem is that PTQ for IOS does not communicate with my Roland A88 controller at all - it just doesn't find it.  The A88 works perfectly with desktop PTQ.
Any suggestions?