Hardware?

You are very welcome. I’ve been shouting it out ever since I got it working, and akai won’t even acknowledge it which is weird. I had the video kit for the iPhone laying around (component video and stereo out with charging capabilities) and I use that when my iPad gets low on power, and use it with my iPhone to route back into the EIE if I need more horsepower.
People go on and on about “I don’t want it if it doesn’t charge my iPad” or “it’s only 16 bit” but if you want IMHO the best solution for the money right now it’s the EIE.
I think George Carlin was the one who said “you can’t have everything, where would you put it all?”