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Pro Tools LE and USB Midi?

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Soundburst

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Oct 4, 2006
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Hey guys , I bought an MBox 2 mini which has no Midi port.

My electric piano does have midi ports though, so my question is, can i use a Midi to USB cable to connect my Piano to Pro Tools and have it show as a standard Midi device?

Or does it strictly have to be Midi to Midi to be noticed as a midi device. Thanks in advance.
 
scottlinux

scottlinux

macrumors 6502a
Sep 21, 2005
691
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Hey yeah Pro Tools will recognize any system midi device. Doesn't have to go through Pro Tools hardware.

Anything like the Yamaha UX16 midi-usb adapter will work.
 
CanadaRAM

CanadaRAM

macrumors G5
Oct 11, 2004
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On the Left Coast - Victoria BC Canada
the midi has to be connected to some kind of Audio Interface.
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No, MIDI and Audio have nothing to do with each other.

However, you DO need a interface to translate between USB and MIDI -- you can't just use a simple cable. Beware of "MIDI" cables that are designed for PC soundcards and plug into the DB-15 Joystick port on the soundcard (the soundcard has the MIDI interface built in, the cable is just a breakout cable). These are specific to PCs and will not work on any Mac.

MIDI Keyboard <--> MIDI-USB Interface <--> Mac

Popular brands of interfaces are Edirol and M-Audio
 
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