Connecting iPad to Electro 5 to learn a song

Larrygav1962 · Post by **Larrygav1962** » 31 Dec 2018, 21:04

So after 30 years away from playing keyboards (life got in the way) and recently hurting my back, I decided to buy a Nord Electro 5 and start playing at home again. I am old school from learning a song and use my ears to pick out and learn a song. I am trying to figure out how to plug my iPad/iPhone (lightening connector) to the Nord and use my headphones to hear the song and play along at the same time. Is this possible and if so, how do I do this.

cgrafx · Post by **cgrafx** » 31 Dec 2018, 21:21

.... see answer below

cgrafx · Post by **cgrafx** » 31 Dec 2018, 21:23

Plug the iPad into the monitor in jack, and your headphones into the headphone out jack (both on the back of the Electro).

PScooter63 · Post by **PScooter63** » 31 Dec 2018, 22:59

All iPads have a headphone-out jack, so you'll just need a male-to-male stereo (TRS) patch cord to connect to the Nord's Monitor In jack.
(Newer iPhones with only the lightning port and no headphone jack will still work like this, with a lightning-to-headphone adapter.)

Larrygav1962 · Post by **Larrygav1962** » 01 Jan 2019, 21:52

Thank you both for your responses. Will have to order a male to male TRS cable. Appreciate the information.

Quai34 · Post by **Quai34** » 02 Jan 2019, 04:16

Make sure you order a TRS 1/8" jack, the small jack, not the classic regular Jack, the 1/4"....

Larrygav1962 · Post by **Larrygav1962** » 14 Jan 2019, 21:22

Finally received TRS connection and works great. Thanks to you both for the assistance

Post by **Berretje** » 14 Jan 2019, 23:18

PScooter63 wrote:All iPads have a headphone-out jack, so you'll just need a male-to-male stereo (TRS) patch cord to connect to the Nord's Monitor In jack.
(Newer iPhones with only the lightning port and no headphone jack will still work like this, with a lightning-to-headphone adapter.)

Apple is removing the headphone jack from the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros.

PScooter63 · Post by **PScooter63** » 15 Jan 2019, 00:18

Berretje wrote:Apple is removing the headphone jack from the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros.

You may have overlooked the second sentence of my reply...?

Post by **Berretje** » 16 Jan 2019, 00:25

PScooter63 wrote:
Berretje wrote:Apple is removing the headphone jack from the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros.
You may have overlooked the second sentence of my reply...?

Sorry.... My bad. You are right [emoji4]
You said iphones not ipads [emoji16]

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