By tomomac33
Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:39 am
Hi,
Firstly I would like to say hello to everyone on the forum, thanks for running such a site and hopefully someone may be able to help me with my specific questions – so thanks again in advance for the info. I apologise if this is the wrong type of forum for the questions i have, but after trawling the internet you guys seem to be very knowledgeable in this area.
As the title says, I am currently designing/modifying a MIDI Keyboard into a “folding” slim line 4 octave travel keyboard that I can take away with me in a suitcase to practice learning the piano/sight reading.
The IMPORTANT thing for me when I am away with work is to have the “feel” of a piano (i.e. full size keys, weighted touch/ portable) and I have the perfect midi keyboard as a donor, however it’s OLD and doesn’t produce any sound.
My question to you guys is, is there a simple solution to connecting this midi keyboard to my laptop and generating a sound from it through my laptop speakers in real time? The ports available are 1x MIDI Out, 1x Joystick and 1x MPC port (I haven’t a clue what an MPC port is).
The quality of sound isn’t important, I also understand electronics fairly well, so making my own leads incorporating MIDI/USB with a Edirol UM1SX interface isn’t really a problem – I just don’t know how to connect this keyboard to a laptop/ software/ and leads to do it.
If this isn’t possible, then I have a plan B! Which I know I can execute! But it involves putting my own electronics into this Midi Keyboard with a speaker etc and then it gets a little messy and complicated, and I start to lose the portable element.
Many thanks for your help and advice
Hope you find this an interesting thread; I will keep you updated on the progress
Tom
Firstly I would like to say hello to everyone on the forum, thanks for running such a site and hopefully someone may be able to help me with my specific questions – so thanks again in advance for the info. I apologise if this is the wrong type of forum for the questions i have, but after trawling the internet you guys seem to be very knowledgeable in this area.
As the title says, I am currently designing/modifying a MIDI Keyboard into a “folding” slim line 4 octave travel keyboard that I can take away with me in a suitcase to practice learning the piano/sight reading.
The IMPORTANT thing for me when I am away with work is to have the “feel” of a piano (i.e. full size keys, weighted touch/ portable) and I have the perfect midi keyboard as a donor, however it’s OLD and doesn’t produce any sound.
My question to you guys is, is there a simple solution to connecting this midi keyboard to my laptop and generating a sound from it through my laptop speakers in real time? The ports available are 1x MIDI Out, 1x Joystick and 1x MPC port (I haven’t a clue what an MPC port is).
The quality of sound isn’t important, I also understand electronics fairly well, so making my own leads incorporating MIDI/USB with a Edirol UM1SX interface isn’t really a problem – I just don’t know how to connect this keyboard to a laptop/ software/ and leads to do it.
If this isn’t possible, then I have a plan B! Which I know I can execute! But it involves putting my own electronics into this Midi Keyboard with a speaker etc and then it gets a little messy and complicated, and I start to lose the portable element.
Many thanks for your help and advice
Hope you find this an interesting thread; I will keep you updated on the progress
Tom
