Thanks for the replies!
Having an actual volume knob to change the volume of the Audio Input is very important to me. Of course you can adjust this from the iPad, but in the heat of the moment, any precise iPad volume adjustments is very challenging, it's not a solution for playing live. With my previous keyboard, it had MIDI jacks, so I could use a Korg PlugKey, which gave me a VERY handy volume knob that i used all the time. Otherwise, some keyboards have a volume knob on the back panel associated with the audio input, less handy than the PlugKey, but still better than trying to fuss with volume on the iPad itself.
Page 36 of the EW400 manual (referring to use of Knob A):
- Adjust the volume balance between the audio device and this instrument.
- Adjust the audio playback volume on the audio device, then adjust the entire volume by rotating
the [MASTER VOLUME] control of the instrument
- If you want to adjust the volume balance between the audio input from the external device and Song/Style/Pattern,
use the [ASSIGN] button to select Function number 5, then turn Knob A (page 46).
- The audio input volume from the [AUX IN] jack can also be adjusted in the Function Settings
(page 58, Function 004).
I also see on page 47:
- Knob A: Connect an audio device or a computer (page 36), then turn this knob while playing audio on the external device. You can adjust the volume balance between the performance on this instrument and the audio input
OK, this is not clear to me at all. I THINK they're saying that the audio input volume is controlled by a combination of Knob A, the Master Volume, and a Function setting (#4).
Does anyone have any idea how the Audio Input volume is controlled?
In my experience, combining on-board sounds with an iPad makes for glorious sound combinations, but it really doesn't work well at all if I have no means of controlling the iPad volume, every patch on the iPad is at different volumes, there's no way to get the hundreds of iPad sounds to be perfectly at the same volume.
Thanks!