I've been lugging the MalletSTATION to rehearsals and performances in its original cardboard box. I was pretty certain after a couple more trips the whole thing would fall apart catastrophically! I ended up buying the 88-key AKOZLIN brand off Amazon, which fits the EM1 with the protective foam that came with the original box (you all kept the box, right? haha) We're planning to custom cut a couple panels of coroplast to add rigidity, but this is a snug-fitting, solid gig bag for the EM1. [image: 1784988428704-1784732133036.jpg]

Got the MalletStation hooked up Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, and Tubular Bells all a single button-press away! Who says you need to blow 60 grand to play proper mallet parts? Excuse the musician's desk 2026-06-13-15-02-14-275.mp4 [image: 1781378099068-2026-06-13-15-02-09-965-resized.jpg]

Does anyone have expertise with midi controllers and audio output? My understanding is that this is a midi controller, and we need something like an iPad+Mainstage to output sounds. It looks like I need to also buy something called a USB Audio Interface to link it together into a signal for the amp? Something like the MOTU M2 or similar? Do I actually need this or can the iPad handle everything? [image: 1774366753499-7adbfad3-6c96-4c9f-b159-4555434abecb-image.jpeg] [image: 1774366971136-6b06e678-e9e5-463c-9962-0e6fba034abb-image.jpeg]