"Who doesn't enjoy banging out beats on pads? While these were once expensive, the cost of pad controllers has dropped and IK Multimedia's new iRig Pads brings pad control to iOS, Mac & PC."

AskAudio Mag have given us their Best of 2014 MIDI controllers round-up and this year have included iRig PADS.

Executive editor, Rounik Sethi, says:

"Who doesn't enjoy banging out beats on pads? While these were once expensive, the cost of pad controllers has dropped and IK Multimedia's new iRig Pads brings pad control to iOS, Mac & PC."

and he goes on to summarise:

"Very portable. Great selection of controls for such a small unit. Good bundled content. Works on iOS and on the desktop. Good visual feedback."

Here are some further quotes from the AskAudio Mag full review:

"The unit is very lightweight but well built."

"On iPad it seemed to work fine with GarageBand and of course with IK’s own stuff like SampleTank Free. There’s actually a load of stuff that comes with the hardware."

"This is a great little controller that opens up a more natural style of playing on your iOS device or computer and comes with some good bundled content to get you on your way. It’s very portable and with a little setting up you’ll be controlling your favourite software in no time."

Read the full iRig PADS review on AskAudio here
Learn more about iRig PADS here