{"id":37234,"date":"2020-07-03T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2633604"},"modified":"2020-07-03T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:15:00","slug":"irig-keys-2-mini-is-a-midi-controller-with-a-headphone-jack-for-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/03\/irig-keys-2-mini-is-a-midi-controller-with-a-headphone-jack-for-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"iRig Keys 2 Mini is a MIDI controller with a headphone jack for your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">There&#8217;s also a MIDI port for controlling hardware synths.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-07%2F3612a6e0-bbdd-11ea-a7fb-7923c1400216&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=c04c6c286d4dd303724348af6c4de47f5dc64ba4\" alt=\"iRig Keys 2 Mini\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:iRig%20Keys%202%20Mini%20is%20a%20MIDI%20controller%20with%20a%20headphone%20jack%20for%20your%20iPhone;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>iRig is no stranger to the world of portable MIDI controllers. And, frankly, there&rsquo;s no shortage of great keyboards out there that will fit neatly into your backpack. But&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017-08-25-irig-keys-io-packs-full-audio-interface.html\">IK Multimedia<\/a>&nbsp;was one of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010-05-08-amplitube-irig-brings-axe-slingers-closer-to-their-iphone-creat.html\">earlier brands<\/a>&nbsp;to start building music-making gear specifically with the iPhone and iPad in mind. And the new iRig Keys 2 continues to improve on the formula they set forth with the original models.<\/p>\n<p>The Mini is the latest member of the family. Physically it&rsquo;s nothing surprising &mdash; 25 mini keys, four user programable knobs and slimmed down case with a fresh coat of paint. (The older versions weren&rsquo;t exactly what you&rsquo;d call stylish.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>The Mini model does ditch the pitch and mod wheels of it&rsquo;s bigger siblings to save space, but it manages to squeeze in TRS MIDI in and out, plus an audio out jack, which is huge for those that don&rsquo;t want to deal with the potential latency introduced by using Bluetooth when composing.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikmultimedia.com\/products\/irigkeys2\/?pkey=irig-keys-2-mini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iRig Keys 2 Mini<\/a>&nbsp;is available now for $99.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GNzZPCoMuwc\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/GNzZPCoMuwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 10:48 AM ET<\/strong>: This story originally stated that the iRig Keys 2 Mini had an expression pedal port. However the company has since updated the press materials to reflect that the Mini lacks an expression port.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=72705X1521812&#038;isjs=1&#038;jv=14.1.5-stackpath&#038;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fi-rig-keys-2-mini-iphone-midi-controller-headphone-jack-130058079.html&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikmultimedia.com%2Fproducts%2Firigkeys2%2F%3Fpkey%3Dirig-keys-2-mini&#038;xguid=01EBDA0DEW2M5GEYT391AG896C&#038;xs=1&#038;xtz=-300&#038;xuuid=832b49130f2b88013965cfc9332c2559&#038;xjsf=other_click__auxclick%20%5B2%5D\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=72705X1521812&#038;isjs=1&#038;jv=14.1.5-stackpath&#038;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fi-rig-keys-2-mini-iphone-midi-controller-headphone-jack-130058079.html&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikmultimedia.com%2Fproducts%2Firigkeys2%2F%3Fpkey%3Dirig-keys-2-mini&#038;xguid=01EBDA0DEW2M5GEYT391AG896C&#038;xs=1&#038;xtz=-300&#038;xuuid=832b49130f2b88013965cfc9332c2559&#038;xjsf=other_click__auxclick%20%5B2%5D<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Terrence O&#039;Brien<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Terrence O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">There&rsquo;s also a MIDI port for controlling hardware synths. iRig is no stranger to the world of portable MIDI controllers. And, frankly, there&rsquo;s no shortage of great keyboards out there that will fit neatly into your backpack. But&nbsp;IK Multimedia&nbsp;was one of the&nbsp;earlier brands&nbsp;to start building music-making gear specifically with the iPhone and iPad in mind. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/03\/irig-keys-2-mini-is-a-midi-controller-with-a-headphone-jack-for-your-iphone\/\">Continue reading <span>iRig Keys 2 Mini is a MIDI controller with a headphone jack for your iPhone<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/03\/irig-keys-2-mini-is-a-midi-controller-with-a-headphone-jack-for-your-iphone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>iRig Keys 2 Mini is a MIDI controller with a headphone jack for your iPhone - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/03\/irig-keys-2-mini-is-a-midi-controller-with-a-headphone-jack-for-your-iphone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"iRig Keys 2 Mini is a MIDI controller with a headphone jack for your iPhone - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&rsquo;s also a MIDI port for controlling hardware synths. iRig is no stranger to the world of portable MIDI controllers. 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