Use Your Digital Piano/Electronic Keyboard As A MIDI Controller | Audio Mentor
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2025
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Got a digital piano or an electronic keyboard lying around at home? Turn them into a MIDI controller to make music on your DAW simply with just a cable.
Don't fall into buying those super cheap USB to MIDI converters! Those can induce latency and connection issues. And sometimes they don't even work at all. True story. :)
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Bro. Even after 7 years, you may not see this, but you don't understand how much i needed this ma.
This is my wholehearted thanks to you! Hope things are well!
I see you, Osiris
@@reubenchngfr fr..i have an old yamaha digital keyboard..watching this vid was right on time for me
Is it working to keyboard controller Without midi in sound module? Only i have is laptop and DAW
This was a life saver, dude. I just got a keyboard a friend was throwing away and bought a midi earlier this year. I'm learning to play piano and trying to use my two octave midi was super restricting. I definitely subscribed to your channel and wanted to comment to raise visibility to help others with the same issue. You're the best, I hope all is going well.
"use keyboard as MIDI"
Some keyboards do not have a MIDI IN and a MIDI OUT, but only an unique USB connection; but it works as well; in that case you just use an USB cable to connect the keyboard to the computer (the same you use to connect a printer to the computer); it works the same as with the connection with MIDI IN and MIDI OUT; in order for your software to dialog with the keyboard, you must select the corresponding MIDI input; open the MIDI select dialog box, and you should see the connection with the keyboard if this one is ON; once you have selected it, you can play on the keyboard from the computer, and you can also record on the computer what you play on the keyboard (if your software allows it).
Do I need a driver?
When the keyboard has an USB connection, no driver needed; when the keyboard has MIDI IN and MIDI OUT sockets, they are controlled from a computer through a special MIDI cable, and then a driver is needed, which is provided by the maker of the cable.
But I tried connecting the keyboard using a USB cable. And it won't connect, and the driver cannot be installed (Roland Juno). That is why I was thinking about buying this cable in the first place. Do you know what might be wrong with my setup?
+Ario Bintang Bugraha
You must use a software which is able to handle MIDI.
In a such software, you have a "settings" button which allows you to define the source of MIDI; you must click it, and select "MIDI USB" among the various options which are proposed.
If this option is not available, then the cable is not correctly connected (or the keyboard is not on).
Okay, thank you very much! This is just what I needed.
Thank you, I’m a guitarist setting up a rig w/an old Korg. I bought that cable, but used attached the Midi Out // Midi Out, and Midi in //midi in.....
You’re clarity on Midi Out//Midi In, and Midi In//Midi Out helped!!
I did this like a year ago with my digital piano and it worked so good, you may not see this but still i wanna thank you!
I do see it. Thank you!
This video was so helpful! I was about to buy a midi keyboard but i discovered that the eletric piano i have can be use on the computer! It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Same
Eduardo, what software is on your computer to make the sounds??
You don't know how long I spent dodging Google's search algorithms telling me "oH YoU wAnT a MiDi CoNtRoLlEr", just to find your video 😑
But anyway thanks for the tutorial mate! 😅
Haha. Glad you found it useful.
Exactly the same for me. Thank you to the creator!
Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "is learning keyboard the same as piano?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Penaycer Rudimentary Preponderance - (just google it ) ? It is a great one of a kind guide for discovering how to play the piano easily minus the normal expense. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my cousin got cool results with it.
BRO SAME! Took me hours to find this video
you prolly dont give a shit but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all of the latest series on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother these days xD
I went and watched a ton of other videos none of which helped me and had me trying to download software for my keyboard but I watched this video and it worked immediately. Thanks a lot I really mean it. If i could give this video more than one like I'd be spamming that like button!!!
How can i download a software for my keyboard?
Thanks so much for making it so simple to understand. I just finished watching other videos for the past 1hr. And Finally, someone who goes step by step! Thanks so much!!!🔥🔥🔥
Cheers man. Happy making music!
A great thank you! This is the first time I use my piano as midi controller...
I tried again and again... it wasn't working...
just because I thought that ... [cable in] should go in [keyboard in]...
I looked for hours... nobody was telling the simple thing... [cable in] should go in [keyboard out]
Thank you very much!!!
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I FOUND WITH THIS TYPE OF TUTORIAL
Thank you! I never would have guessed to put IN and OUT into the opposite ports. Terrific vid
The exact video I needed. Thank you! Midi in plugged into the midi out on the keyboard. Never would've thought of that.
Nice! These days I found an old song where I programmed all the drums using an old PSr, and now I am using an m-audio Oxygen 25 controller, along with FL-Studio tones, but I think I will preserve the old drum recording, it was very good to programming on cakewalk 9 .... lol!
This is still helping people 2 years later. Thanks my friend! :)
Glad to help! Thanks Viktor
Thank you so so much. I watched so many unhelpful videos over the last month. Thank you for actually clearly stating the cable's IN goes to the keyboard's MIDI OUT. You're the greatest.
Thanks. You too are the greatest, sir
I have an old Yamaha keyboard that has midi outs on it and it has a ton of built in sounds.
Can I record those sounds into FL Studio and use them in FL Studio using this method?
hi!! i would just like to ask if there are no required software to make the keyboard as a midi controller? thanks!!!
does this allow the keyboard to work with the drums
definitely. ;)
@@reubenchng hey bro isn't a digital piano a plug and play device
@@ninimaborah723 yes
You have no idea how this has helped me twice! Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much!!! Gonna try this. Have had an electric keyboard since I was little and always wanted to make music with it. Now finally learning how to 😂
Which software is used. And what are the setting to be done in the software. Plz make a video
I feel like a complete idiot. I didn't realize you had to hook the keyboard OUT to the cable IN, and the keyboard IN to the cable OUT. I've spent hours messing with all kinds of things, and of course the solution would be something this simple. Thanks, man.
hey you got it. That's a win!
Thank you sooo much for explaining this simple and to the point!! 👍😊
Thanks!
that really helped me a lot, I've been looking for ways to get the keyboard's sound in the DAW I'm using and now I found it.
I appreciate that!
So glad that it helped you!
Thank you so much!😄💖
Is it possible to complain both sounds?
Combine the sound of the piano itself and the sounds of the MIDI connection?
Can I use the synthesizer on my keyboard when I use it as a midi control
Thank you! Is there a way to make the computer generated sounds come out of the speakers of the digital piano?
Not unless you hot wire them. No, it's not a viable way to do it.
how do you access those drum sounds/guitar sounds already on the electronic keyboard through midi? Is that possible?
Not possible. MIDI does not transmit audio, it transmits data.
@@reubenchng Oh okay, got it. How are those sounds useful in most cases? Are they used as audio instrument? What if I want to build a beat with them?
Thanks!!! Mother has a Roland EP 7ii in the basement, I snagged it and am going to use it with a talk box for funsies :)
Hey man, great video, thank you! I wanted to ask you if it’s possible to play REAL-TIME different sounds than what FP-30X provides via VST into a DAW for example. I am sure there are better sounds out there than what FP-30X has available, that’s why I am looking into this. Lastly, will the audio be output from the monitors connected to the computer or do the monitors have to be connected to the FP-30X directly?
Hey one question making it a midi controller you can change the sound on the keyboard or only on the computer
I have a very old keyboard (korg x3) some buttons are not working anymore. It does have a midi port. Can I somehow control it through my computer, like selecting sound? If so, how? Thank you very much.
Dude, can I use the audio in & out as an audio interface?? so guitar in??? whatever out..?? Cheers
I was putting both of the connections in, when I really only had to put one, thankyou you for this.
When we connect the keyboard to the midi can we use the tone that is not available in key board.like if the keyboard does not have guitar tone can we connect our keyboard to midi and through software such as fl studios can we play the guitar tone?
I have a Casio CTK2500, it doesn't have midi port, can i get and adapter to connect to my laptop or TV?
Thank u , Nice and helpful video. Which DAW software your using
Thanks Ruben, I have PA 50 and the cable I got from Ebay before watching this video did not work and Should I get the cable recommended by you from Amazon. Also do I need to change any midi settings in my PA 50
Hi sir , can I play the external background created in a music software with midi?
Thanks for this video... But I want to know what should I prefer a midi controller or a portable keyboard for keyboard learning purpose.
+Gajanand Verma keyboard learning purpose, get a keyboard. You can just fire the thing up and practice away. No need to hassle with setting up softwares and instruments.
Do i need to install some drivers coz my computer is recognising ?
Does it have to be this specific cable or can it be any midi to usb
I'm thinking which keyboard piano should I choose - either the one that has MIDI Out/In, or the one that does not have MIDI connectors, but has a USB Type B connector. Will I be able to connect the keyboard piano to the computer via USB Type B and also use it as midi -keyboard? And which is better - midi connector or usb? Is there a fundamental difference?
So would his work with a synthesiser with the faders and knobs?
I have a question can you upload sounds to your keyboard then?
Instead of the sound bank already on your digital keyboard?
thank you sir this video was very useful, but can you tell me what is the software you're using in it! or someone please tell me.
Thanks for advice. I connected my digital piano Yamaha P125 via usb cable, it shows on Logic Pro, can play vat instrument but I also hear digital piano, when I slide volume down on my piano then also I don't hear vet instrument on Logic pro, how to fix this problem?
why cant play chords when using my Roland Juno Di piano? like what settings do i ned to change?
Thank you so much! Took me ages to find my answer
Can you still use the keyboard sounds on the DAW? or does the keyboard use the DAW's sounds
PookieBern :) My question exactly! Please answer!!
no you can't. MIDI is just data. To use your keyboard sounds, you need to record the outputs of your keyboard via the audio outs, using an audio interface.
Reuben Chng
So basically i cant use the sounds of my roland fa-06 with fl studio (still figuring out how to use the keyboard with fl anyway) without recording them?
PookieBern :) there's no way you can do that in your daw without recording it in
Not sure about roland fa-06 with fl studio but i can use my yamaha motif 6 sound in pro tools. i can use any midi data/track, or use other midi controller and still use my yamaha motif 6 as my sound module.
Me in 2020: “damn I need one for my old keyboard...”
Also me in 2020: “oh yea...Amazon...”
Can you do it the other way so I could play midi sounds from my computer into the keyboard?
I’m sorry but what exactly are you asking?
@@goodthe718 Basically I was asking if you could hook up a midi pianno into the mpu-401 interface on a MS-DOS/Windows 9x computer and use it as a general midi device but ive since actually found out you can. I have a cable that goes from the 5pin midi connectors on my Roland EP90 pianno and plugs into my 486 computer running MS-DOS and with a software driver it allows me to use the keyboard as a general midi device in old dos games.
Hi! Thanks a lot, really helpful and easy tutorial. One question though: once u connected the piano/keyboard to the computer and play the DAW, is the sound coming from the Piano/keyboard speakers? I want the sound to come from the Piano/Keyboard speakers instead of external speakers. How to do it? Thanks
@@jesseanningyoshihara3102 mee too
So if I have an audio interface I will only need to buy 1 MIDI cable and connect my old Casio OUT to my interface’s IN??
Thanks so much for this video! I plugged both the midi in and out, it wasn't working and i couldn't figure out why. Your video helped show that i should only be plugging in one of the two!
Will this work on an Ensoniq TS-10?
What all functions can we perform after connecting iPhone(GarageBand app) to keyboard ? Can we give input as we give desired sound input through PC and use keyboard as MIDI ?? And particular website from where we can download sound file pack?
I tried midi to usb and usb cables but I can't play more than one note at the same time and it has a 3-5 sec cooldown between notes when I try to use on reaper, I don't know if is because my piano is too old (it is a Clavinova clp 340) or something else. Is there something I can do to make it work properly?
Wchich keyboard do you have on the table right next to your white mouse?
Hi ! Great videos !
I would like to know why I plug my old keyboard in my scarlett 2i2, but in my Fl Studio 20 I can’t see the link of my keyboard appears in my midi inputs , I choose « generic controller » option but the link still not appears…. Do you have an idea of what I did wrong ? …. Or can you tell quickly the step I need to know for my old keyboard become a « generic controller » ? I hope you read this I need some help! Thank you !
when using as a midi controller will it be velocity sensitive?
Do I need to use generic mapping in cubase 5 to use a sound playing keyboard (yamaha psr 363) as a midi controller?
But does digital piano create latency if used with virtual DAWs like FL studio? Bcz m using my korg D1 digital piano with fl studio but there is always latency issue. Please suggest.
Wow So much information! in just a few minutes,thanks for share.
any korg driver instaled or not
Can you use the sounds from the keyboard though?
Will it work with synthesizer emulations or applications like Caustic?
Hi , I have a question
Why midi don’t play after disconnecting the digital piano ?
YO!!!! this is so crazy!! this was very helpful thank you so so much!! i have a keyboard and was consider to buy a midi, but now I don't have to! Thank you very much! 😭😭😊😊😊🌈🌈💕❤♥♥
i have a digital piano and its USB midi. It works fine for playing sounds through my computer (using Studio One for DAW). BUT, I want to use some of the keys to trigger events like record, rewind, play, stop, etc. I cannot figure out how to do this, please help if you can. Thanks.
I need to like change some keys to a certain instrument and other keys to other instruments how to do in software
hi Reuben. I've been searching for a lot of info about how to use my old Yamaha keyboard to play new sounds and trying to play my midi files on it.
I wonder if you could please help me, I've connected all as you show on your video, but I guess there's some setup on my piano I'm not doing. My KB has a midi function that includes templates for assigning the send/recieve channels, controlling KB, etc. Is there some standar pattern I must follow to do this? I thank you in advance for your hellpfull answer
How to make the YAMAHA P-35 to the computer via MIDI? The cable is connected, but it does not work .
Hello Francis, did you figure this out ? I am very interrested by the answer because I want to buy a P35 an use it from time to time as a midi controller. Thanks a lot
Most probably you bought a cheap cabel
@@reubenchng so ive tested all out (midi in//midi out | midi out//midi in) and so on. ive got the cheap black cable.im using a technics sx-kn6000 but it will not work.
@@reubenchng also im using fl studio 20 producer
Hey there. I have an old yamaha dx7IIFD and i want to use it as midi controller and as an instrument the same time.So, should i get an audio interface which also has midi in and out or a usb cable to midi will do the job. Because a lot of people say that old synths(like my yamaha dx7IIFD) don't work with usb to midi cables. Or they work but with high latency. So what do you suggest me? Should i get an usb to midi cable or i need to get an audio interface which also has midi in and outs. Thanks in advance..
My keyboard doesn't have a MIDI In or MIDI Out is there any other way I can connect it to my laptop?
Thanks for showing how to use it as a MIDI. Do you also know how to
record it in the DAW ? ( using the original sound of the piano or
strings etc and send this sound as a recording into the DAW (ableton)
thatd be absolutely amazing if youd know that! XXXXXXX
you would need an interface and usually a guitar cord connection into the interface, then record it onto an audio track.
if i use the Yamaha NP12WH it function?? it doesn't have midi out and in but only a power cable and a usb cable so if i connect the usb to the computer is the same you show in the video??
Please can you explain how to successfully connect my usb keyboard to my Rubix 22 audio interface and/or with my TR8S, so I can record what I am playing on the keyboard, on my Mac Pro PC, via installed Soundflower or any other computer sound recording software.
Hi. I tried to connect my digital keyboard to my computer to use it as a midi keyboard and i success. On my daw i record a track using it but when i playback the track, the sound came from the speaker of the keyboard. Can i make the sound to come from the monitor instead from the keyboard speaker?
My keyboard does not send any midi signals to the computer when connected via a Midi-Interfacekabel. Must I do some extra settings on the hardware?
Sir i have a same keyboard korg pa50... bt it doesnt get connected to flstudio ... plz help
HELP!!! i have a casio WK 1630, but when i connect it to ableton only 2 keys work! the rest do other things :(
My Keyboard's midi in and out are blocked by the plastic cover from the manufacturer. What does that mean?
I own an old Xin Yun XY322 keyboard
It might have been asked already. But I have a Yamaha YPG-235, so I’m wondering if that will work will FL Studio.
I am trying to do the very same thing with an old synth I have. It seems to work fine if I only press one key at a time. If I press multiple keys upon release it only releases the first key I lift my finger up and the rest acts like a new press and remain held down even though I lifted my hands off keys. If I release them at a slower rate (like, I dunno, a key a second) also seems to work fine... What could be the problem? The keyboard or the USB adapter ?
Your video is very useful.. but can I midi map my keyboard?
do u need midi sound moudule too?
thank you for the video
but I have a korg micro arranger and i couldn't map anything to midi in abelton life, I don't have the very same cable you have but i do have a midi to usb cable and both red and yellow lights are on when conected but never the green!!!
help please
how to reduce the latency .. can i do it on the DAW itself
Thinking of getting the novation Mininova but does anyone know if it can doubles as a midi controller? I found mixed answers
Hello, I have an old Ensoniq SQ1 Plus, I tried setting it up as a midi controller through Logic Pro X but I am not getting any sound. There are a bunch of midi settings in the keyboard but not sure if I have them correct. I am using a similar USB to Midi cable like the one you have.
Can you help me figure this out? Thanks
Can We Use PSR S 970 as Midi Controller in Studio One 5 by connecting with Scarlett 8i6 midi out and inputs..Can we use pads in keyboards as alternative to the midi controller pads...
Yes you can
Can we use this cable for connecting a digital keyboard to pc for fl studio purposes?✋
My Keyboard has only MIDI OUT port and i bought a USB to MIDI cable but its not working. In my DAW Ableton it shows USB2MIDI but when i play nothing happens. Is that the cable related issue?
And what if I have a midi keyboard which does not have mod wheel on it (connected to an external USB sound card via MIDI cable) and have a midi keyboard (connected directly to PC via USB) which has a mod wheel - can I use the mod wheel on one keyboard while I am playing/recording on the other? Using Cubase 7 LE.
Thanks!
So I have a 90s Yamaha Clavinova. I'm using an m audio USB uno device and I'm getting latency, not alot but enough to be annoying. I have a 25 key USB controller that gets virtually no latency. I've messed with the buffer size in ableton and it doesn't get rid of it. Could this be because of the hardware in the old midi keyboard?
bro i have a yamaha keyboard , but do we need any drivers for it or it would work directly by connecting by these cables?
It would work directly. The driver should be automatically installed with the cable.
If there is not Midi In/Out Can i use computer to see the notes?