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I have surface pro and I use GarageBand on osx. I was wondering if there is anything I could do to input MIDI from the device (maybe some sort of software that would turn my touch screen surface pro into a midi device)
I've tried searching google but perhaps I am using wrong keywords.
An example of a software you could use as a midi interface would be xotopad
If you wanna try Ableton live, you could even use something cool like yeco.io (not free)
As you want to send the MIDI information to your macbook, you could use something like midinet, which can be found here: https://www.humatic.de/htools/mnet/man.htm
It is an Windows and OSX MIDI driver that can transfer and receive MIDI information using various network protocols (Multicast, RTP, Bluetooth, ADB, WebSockets and Serial). It can even communicate with other clients on android, linux, windows and OSX
However, I would really recommend using a real hardware MIDI controller as it is significantly easier to set up and use, and much more efficient. My personal recommandations would be something like a Nektar Impact LX49+, an Akai Professional MPK249 or an Arturia MiniLab MkII 25 if you are on a really tight budget.
These are all USB, and easy to setup in GarageBand.
You could give MIDI Control a go (you also need to install the server on your computer). It's an editable control surface that works over Wifi (as far as I can tell, I haven't tried it).
It's inspired by TouchOSC, for iOS and Android.
