Kool Tools: iRag Pads Editor
ID Multimedia's new iRig Pads Editor for Mac OS X and Windows is the companion application for iRig Pads that allows musicians to completely edit and customize IK’s portable, universal MIDI groove controller to suit all music production styles and live performance workflows.
iRig Pads Editor is available now as a free download on the IK Multimedia web site, under the User Area (www.irigpads.com), for all current iRig Pads owners. iRig Pads is IK Multimedia’s 4x4 MIDI pad groove controller for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and PC. Its ultra-compact footprint makes it an essential instrument for traveling beat makers and other musicians who want to unlock their creativity and make music while on the go. iRig Pads comes pre-loaded with multiple setups that make it easy to control the popular groove making software programs of today. And now users can customize these setups more and even create totally new configurations in a flash to suit their own unique workflow. With total customization, iRig Pads Editor gives iRig Pads the power to be the ultimate mobile pad-based groove controller.
iRig Pads features integration with IK Multimedia's SampleTank sound and groove workstation for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC, and IK's GooveMaker and DJ Rig apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. iRig Pads is also MIDI class compliant which means that it can be used with virtually any MIDI-compatible app — like FL Studio Mobile, iMPC Pro or GarageBand — or computer software — like MPC Software, Ableton Live, Maschine and more.
iRig Pads Editor features a single-screen interface that lets musicians quickly reassign controls and features. Musicians can edit and save global configurations and individual scenes on their computer, and then transfer them to iRig Pads at will. All of iRig Pads’ surfaces and controllers can be assigned to send specific MIDI messages. iRig Pads Editor lets users assign MIDI messages to any knob, button, pad, slider or attached external controller (like an expression pedal or footswitch).
Users can edit the parameters of a control by clicking on it in the iRig Pads Editor interface. They can then assign the desired MIDI control message to the pad, knob, button, slider or external controller plugged into iRig Pads (such as an expression pedal or footswitch). iRig Pads Editor supports Note, Program Change, Control Change, MIDI System Real Time and MIDI Machine Control messages.
