If you not only want to use your keyboard or digital piano as a MIDI controller, but also want to record the sound of it, then do look read our post on how to record your keyboard. You will find almost all modern keyboards and pianos feature USB MIDI connections. It will help you decide the best MIDI keyboard for you.

If you have not yet got any kind of keyboard, then look first at Getting started – choosing the right keyboard. For example, the Roland Go:Piano and Roland Go:Keys both have bluetooth – use them with any compatible apps on your iPad or smartphone.Īlthough you can get other kinds of MIDI controller, the keyboard is the most popular, widely available, and reasonably priced.

Some manufacturers are now including Bluetooth audio/MIDI support for connecting your keyboard with your smartphone or tablet. This is an interface especially designed to connect from the USB output of a digital piano to ipad, via lightning.īluetooth MIDI | A Brilliant Multi-Platform Solution OR, to connect to iPad you could buy the Voker Midi Cable to Lightning Connector. Got an iPad? Then you should be able to connect with a standard USB cable and a lightning to USB adapter (as mentioned above).

Simply refer to the manual for your particular keyboard to find out how to set it up. If so, then you should be able to connect very easily to your Mac or PC with a standard USB Printer cable. If you have digital piano or keyboard have a USB output? It is sometimes labelled USB-Host or similar. Does Your Keyboard Already Have a USB Port? You can see and hear it in action in all my latest home recording studio videos. Brilliant because it has 4 line inputs available – so plenty of scope to record the sound of your keyboard or other line level instruments, 2 built-in pre-amps for microphones, and MIDI ports on the back too. The Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 Audio Interface is the one I currently own. Scarlett 4i4 – USB Audio Interface with MIDI

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