How to Connect An Old MIDI Keyboard To Your Computer

my keyboard has midi type b connection

Recently acquired an electric piano from 1987 and tried MIDI to USB cable directly to laptop which didn't work. Going to try this method now - thanks for the video!

My audio interface only has xlr and 6.35 jack in, would a midi to xlr cable work?

As a newb to a midi controller (I've got that Akai yesterday). Im have Studio One Pro and GB. I have a Focusrite 18i20. So 2 questions. Will i be able to record my own samples to an audio track and use thoes sounds via the Akia? Thanks for the video, as I've been wanting to produce my own music for nearly a lifetime

What are benefits to connect daw with keyboard???????

I have the MD18000 from RadioShack and I've been wanting to do this for years, thank you!

If i have the audio interface, i dont need to install my modi driver? I have problem installing the roland midi driver that i got from their web. Tnk u in advance for the answer.

But my transportation is not working if i connect it on my cubase

Got a KORG EC-320 with MIDI out (5 pole), Connected via MiniFuse2 to Garageband.. No sound.. Cant figure out why. Probably MacOS still have to have right drivers for the piano, eventhough it's connected via Interface. Looks like MacOS don't have driver for KORG EC-320

thank you so much for this. ive been sitting her for the past 4 hours trting to figure out why my old dgx-200 wasn't playing any sound in my DAW. Need to get an audio interface.

Woah thank you so much, had a rough time with midi working for 8 seconds then shutting off, only needed to connect it through my interface lol

This is SUPER helpful. I’ve been searching high and low for this answer. I have a pretty basic keyboard (post-1982) that has a MIDI OUT port on the back.

I have an old M-audio interface lying around which i discovered today has MIDI inputs in the back. All I need is the MIDI cable and hopefully I’ll be good to go. 😊🎹

Do you have that piano for sell ? And is there’s a way to contact you about it?

Mine is a different connection

Bro what if i don’t have any of these outputs on my 61 piano panda 1981 and i just want to connect it to my daw 😢🙏

Yo dude, your instructions are as clear as mud, lol. Thanks

One thing you didn't mention was whether it's possible to play back midi files on the keyboard. I think it should be possible, but YMMV. If the midi file uses general midi instruments, then the keyboard should/may pick them up. However the sounds may be quite different - going both ways, depending on what's installed. From KB -> DAW with plugins in the DAW pianos can be made to sound like violins, bongos, kitchen sinks - you name it. Going the other way, with older keyboards at least, the sounds you get out will depend on what was put in for the general midi selection by the manufacturer. It's a few years since I tried this, and as you mentioned it may not work with some adapters, but I think I did test this some while back, and as I recall I had it all working.

Hey, I have yamaha PSR-F52. Does it have midi support?

Thank you so much! Just bought an old Yamaha PSR-E303 so I could learn piano. It has MIDI In/Out, so, following what you said, standard MIDI cable plugged it in to my interface (Scarlet 2i4) and opened up the DAW (Ableton Live) and it worked! No latency, it's perfect.

do you experience any latency with the time between hitting the keys on the piano and the sound of your computer?

Thanks a lot

Shame you didn't really show how it displays on the DAW on the laptop.

i got the old psr 170 (2001) and minifuse 2. these are all i have to start music creation.

Thanks so much for this! was also stuck trying to figure out how to download the right driver for a roland kf 7...this is so much more straight forward.

How do you send your piano sounds to your DAW? Thx

Have the yamaha np-11, but doesnt work :( Do I have to adjust something in the settings? (I use Studio one) or do i need to get a second cable? (there is another video where the guy puts 2 midi cables 🔄)

Awsome video! XD!!

I got the Yamaha PSR-400 and I love it. You answered my question like nobody else. Thank you 💎

I just looked up the audio box your talking about, and it's been discontinued !!

This dude high as the moon.

What if I were to skip the usage of an audio interface and plug in the keyboard directly to my pc using a cable which has midi in+out on the one end and USB type A on the other end. With no audio interface that is part of the cable.

Is this direct connection between pc and keyboard with mentioned cable possible?

Thanks bro, good video. I bought a Yamaha pss 480 (not delivered yet) and I was thinking about doing something like this. Glad I was not wrong hahaha