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iPad 9th generation
iPadOS 26.4.2
Djay 5.6.4
Reloop Mixon 8
5339
A) SUMMARY OF ISSUE:
“Ghost” or “phantom” midi inputs happen constantly while playing i.e. commands are triggered without the button being pressed.
This seems to happen most when I move, or touch my headphones (either to take them off or remove one side). I have tried multiple different pairs of headphones and it happens the same with all.
The ghost inputs result in:
Setting of short loops on one channel - I can often see the lights on the loop length indicator cycling wildly as this happens
The Vinyl slip light activating
The crossfader jumping to the opposite track, killing audio output (even though the track is still playing in the software). This is fixed by touching the Crossfader slightly.
Both tracks audio cutting out (again this is fixed by touching the crossfader)
A stopped track starting playing without pressing anything.
The amber warning icon is almost always on indicating my crossfader setting has changed. The option to reset to default never lasts long.
These inputs are updating the Midi configuration in real time creating the file “Reloop Mixon 8 Pro Edit” from the default configuration. If I reselect the default, it creates new ones as soon as it start freaking out (Edit 1, Edit 2 and so on).
B) DETAILED STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
This happens every time I play now, usually within minutes.
C) EXPECTED RESULTS:
Obviously, none of the above.
D) ACTUAL RESULTS:
As above. Please help, I have a gig in two weeks and I can’t use this kit as it stands.
Hi @MurunB, welcome to the Community! Sorry to hear you’re experiencing this issue. This sounds like either faulty hardware, poor USB connection or a grounding/power issue.
How exactly are you connecting your iPad to the Mixon 8 Pro? I see that your iPad 9th gen has a Lightning connector. Are you using a Genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter or a third party adapter. Please note than many 3rd party adapters are unreliable and can cause issues like this.
If you are using a genuine Apple Camera Adapter, are you also using a high-quality, properly shielded USB between the adapter and the Mixon 8 Pro? Please share some photos of how everything is connected.
Is your controller and iPad connected to a high-quality surge protector?
Can you please also share a short video of the MIDI behavior? Thanks!
Hey @Slak_Jaw thanks so much for the welcome and quick response - appreciate it. To answer your questions:
It’s a 3rd party USB C → Lightning connector. I’d say I had no issues with it from October last year until early 2026, when this started happening, but I hear you - I’ll get an Apple one.
I’m not sure what you mean by Apple Camera Adapter? I don’t have anything like that.
You’re welcome @MurunB. Thanks for the positive feedback. I also recommend that you use a high-quality, properly shielded USB cable with dual ferrites between your Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter and your Mixon 8 Pro. I personally use the Chroma Cables by DJ TechTools. With that Apple Adapter, you will need a USB-A to B cable: Chroma Cables USB-A to B — Shielded DJ USB Cable – DJ TechTools
EDIT: Also, make sure to use your original Apple iPad charger and cable to connect the charging socket of Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter to properly power your iPad during DJing.
Hey @Slak_Jaw, was just about to come back to you. Issue solved, but it’s been a journey.
I tried all new connectors as you suggested - Apple converter, surge-proof power supply - but issue persisted. Stuck ferrite clamps on everything - no change.
So I swapped out the deck for the old BeatPad 2 I upgraded from last year and the same issue occurred as with the Mixon, which at least cleared the Mixon unit of blame.
Next I swapped out the iPad. I stole my kid’s much newer iPad and installed djay pro on it and hey presto, it worked! So I figured it was the iPad at fault - it was old and had seen some miles. That made sense. So I ordered a new iPad, on the basis I couldn’t just steal my kid’s one.
That arrived midweek. I transferred everything over from the old one, plugged it in and… the same issue as on the old one occurred.
So I’d swapped out everything - hardware, leads, connections, iPad - to no avail.
But it had worked when I installed a clean version of djay on my kid’s iPad, with no old data. The version of djay which came over from my old iPad came over with all the user data I’d had on the old one. So as a last resort I wiped djay, installed it clean on the new iPad and when I tried it last night, it worked.
I have literally no idea what could have been in the user data which was causing the problem, but removing it has fixed the issue.
Anyway, thanks for your support last weekend - appreciated. And thanks for following up.
Thanks for the follow up @MurunB. That sounds very unusual indeed. Must have been defaulting to a custom MIDI mapping or something. Anyway, glad you got it all sorted out.
