KVR Audio

spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:28 am

i haven't got a midi in cos i'm just using onboard sound.
is there an easy/cheap way to connect my yamahaSY35 midi out to a usb in to my computer,just with software drivers and a cable,
or do you need extra hardware to do this?

(i think i did see somethin by m-audio for about £30,maybe it's cheaper to get an old soundcard just to use the midi in?)

dasdeck · Post by **dasdeck** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:48 am

there are relatively cheap midi/USB interfaces. also there are midi to gameport adapter cables, wich are as expensive as a little mid interface.

D3CK

spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:53 am

dasdeck wrote:there are relatively cheap midi/USB interfaces.

linky?

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:59 am

I got one of these cheap things

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Newest-USB-cable- ... dZViewItem

works a treat, no config or anything it's just like having my other USB controller connected (actually i did have to swap over the midi in and out plugs before it worked)

You can pay about £30 or equivalent for a brand name or get a cheap chinese thing like I did

spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:35 am

cool thanks,that looks the ticket.i'd searched around google and not come up with these babies

in fact i just found this one here on ebay,what do you think,does that look same as yours?(the postage is only £5.50 instead of £12.50,sheesh i'm such a cheapskate!

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Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:08 pm

yeah looks like pretty much the same thing so go for it. I'm a cheapskate too btw

spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:44 pm

hehe,i've already gone for it.
cheers for the help,woulda never of got round to it otherwise.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:46 am

For the record, Thomann sell one of these too: http://www.thomann.de/gb/swissonic_midi_usb_1x1.htm

works out around £20 inc.p&p

PinothyJ · Post by **PinothyJ** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:19 pm

midi-to-usb devices are as cheap as chips they really are so you shouldn't ahve a problem finding one that suits your needs…

timobrien · Post by **timobrien** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:26 pm

I've used a MidisportUSB 2x2 for years with zero problems.
The single-port UNO is about $40 new.

Trilobiitti · Post by **Trilobiitti** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:51 am

works a treat, no config or anything it's just like having my other USB controller connected (actually i did have to swap over the midi in and out plugs before it worked)

Hah.. you know that when line says in, it takes signal in? ..and when synths midihole says out it sends the data out? and vice versa.

out to in, in to out, way it logically is.

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:32 pm

yep seems obvious now having thought about it for 10 seconds

converting midi keyboard to usb?