There is no easier way ... I have keyboards ... But they are all heavy or bulky. There it is small, lightweight, non-powered (just USB) ... Recognized immediately with ipad (iconnector course), and all my cubase apps, native etc Only thing is that the keys are plastic and make a noise hair ... but you have to go through it if we want light, small and cheap ... and the keys are black ... I must s 'will do, but it was my choice.