Majek Skateboards Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I am in my 50s and back in the day used a Korg and the well sold CZ-101 and CZ-1000, but recently I got a CTK-2500 and WK-245 workstation. Wow! Freakin wow, these must be up there with similarly priced Yamahas today, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Skateboards Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Also in the 80s to mid 90s there was no straight to USB into iPhones and iPads or GarageBand or Logic. i know the 245 goes straight to device via USB and my 2500 and Korg analog synth will go through interface device. Any idea what’s a good interface device to iPhone for keyboards without USB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Skateboards Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 I am in my 50s and back in the day used a Korg and the well sold CZ-101 and CZ-1000, but recently I got a CTK-2500 and WK-245 workstation. Wow! Freakin wow, these must be up there with similarly priced Yamahas today, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- T - Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 USB-C is not a new USB communication protocol (like USB-1.0 or 1.1 or 2.0 or 3.0 or 3.1). It is just regular old USB with a differently configured connector, so any devices (keyboards, etc) that have been working via USB should continue to work OK with new devices equipped with USB-C connectors via the proper USB-C to USB adapter. However, with the tribulations we saw with third party non-Apple Camera Connection Kits, I would strongly recommend going the price of the genuine Apple USB-C to USB adapter when connecting to an Apple device, if you want to be assured of your connection working first time every time. So, your WK-245 should connect fine to your iPhone 8 with the Apple USB-C to USB Adapter. Your CTK-2500, however, may be a bit of a different story. Since it has no USB ports, you do not need to worry about that. Apple does offer a USB-C to 3.5mm analog stereo headphone adapter. This would allow you to connect the iPhone-8's audio output to the CTK-2500's Audio In for playing MP3's from the iPhone through the WK-2500's speakers, but for going the other way, and recording the CTK-2500's (or WK-245's) audio output on the iPhone-8, you would need a Line Level to USB-C Adapter currently being marketed primarily for recording on the USB-C equipped MAC's. This may require connecting the USB-C adapter to various analog audio adapters to connect to 3.5mm stereo connectors or dual 1/4" line level connectors. Whenever connecting this adapter to a headphones output, you would need to watch the output level very closely to avoid distortion from overdrive. Good luck! - T - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Skateboards Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 I finally found out it was camera usb to lighting. Now my WK works with iPhone 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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