USB Midi Cable Interface – Connect your Digital Keyboard to Computer

One of the most important reason people want to connect their keyboard to a computer is because they want to save/edit their songs on a computer.

Once your song is on a computer you can do a whole lot of things with it.

But before you can connect your keyboard to a computer, you will need a MIDI cable. Lots of people are not sure on how to make this connection but it is not at all difficult as you will see further.

It is as simple as plug and play!

Every PC will have USB ports and normally, you will find MIDI jacks behind every keyboard.

So you need to take your USB cable and connect the USB side to your computers USB port and the MIDI side to the MIDI In/Out of your keyboard.

That's it!

Now you should be able to transfer MIDI data from your keyboard to the computer.

E-MU XMIDI 1x1 TAB USB MIDI Interface


The updated EMU Xmidi 1x1 is a plug-and-play USB MIDI Interface. Featuring a new look, the Xmidi still provides an ultra-fast MIDI input and output (16 MIDI channels in/out) to your computer. The Xmidi 1x1 is bus-powered for total portability and offers status indicators for input signal, output signal and power. Read more...

Yamaha UX16 USB-MIDI Interface

The UX16 is a USB cable available from Yamaha. Using the UX16 cable, you can connect not only your Yamaha keyboards but any keyboard which has MIDI jacks. Almost all the keyboards have MIDI jacks so don’t worry if you do not own a Yamaha keyboard.

Yamaha UX16...

Indicator lights are available on the cable which tells you if the cable has been properly connected. There are also lights to indicate if the data transfer is happening correctly.

Hosa USB to MIDI Cable

Connecting you MIDI equipment to your computer's USB port has never been easier.

Simply load the included driver and connect the cables -- it's that easy! For Windows only.

Not compatible with Macintosh at this time.

M-Audio MIDISport UNO 1x1 MIDI Interface

The MIDISport Uno is a 1x1 MIDI interface (with Cables and Connectors) that is totally portable, hot-swappable, and powered completely by your computer's USB port.

Drivers support all Windows operating systems 98SE and higher, as well as Macintosh OS 9 and Mac OS X.

Cakewalk UM-3G 3x3 USB MIDI Interface

3-In/3-Out MIDI Ports (female). Controls up to 48 channels of MIDI equipment.

Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) MIDI Express 128 8x8 USB Interface

The MOTU Express 128 is a USB MIDI interface that provides 8 MIDI inputs and 9 outputs, with up 128 MIDI channels of operation.

In case you face any difficulty, you can download the latest USB Drivers from this site.

Once the connection is done, you are on a roll. There are endless possibilities to what you can do with your music once it is on your PC. You just need to have a decent computer and sequencing software.

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