keyboard help!!

[faberglass]

hi guys just gt mine keyboard last week ,and found out that in order to transfer things to mine keyboard i nid to use a plug which i dunno wads it is call can any1 help me!! and the headphone cant be plug in ,which i wonder y isit only compatible with keyboard headphones?thx newbie here

 

[soft]

what is the brand and model of your keyboard?

what is the thing you want to transfer?

 

[faberglass]

yamaha PSRe303.I would like to trasfer music from mine com, as for the headphones thing i still can plug it in!! and i knw that that is the usb MIDI cable .

 

[Jereth]

You probably need to buy the adapter for the headphone jack cause probably your headphones are those mini-jack kind yeah? Look around in electronics/hardware shops..

For the midi interface you can either get a usb one like the yamaha ux-16 which is abt $140 from yamaha.. saw it at $125 ground floor of sim lim square tho. There are cheaper ones from m-audio and some other brands but I'm not familiar with the pricing. Or you can be a cheapo like me and just get one of the much cheaper midi to gameport cables, but this requires you to have a soundcard with the gameport input.

Cheers..

 

[Cheez]

M-audio 1x1 USB midi interface will suffice your needs. Should be less than $100. USB cable connects to you PC. Midi out of interface plugs to midi in of keyboard.

If you want to do sequencing ("recording" notes into midi - in layman terms), then you'll want to connect midi out of keyboard into midi in of the interface as well. You'll need a software for that and you need to make sure your PSR "local" is turn off - otherwise you'll hear 2 notes (echoing).

I guess you just want to upload midi files into your PSR. Then just follow the first connection above.

 

[faberglass]

thx all of ur valuble advices,wow didnt expect that the midi usb cable is so expensive ...

 

[l0u5y]

I have a psr-e403, wat i did was connect my keyboard to my laptop using a usb-6pin firewire cable.

 

[Cheez]

Faberglass, a midi cable is cheap. Probably cost you a few dollars, depending on the length and the quality (nowadays, they come in gold-plated). But you don't need a midi cable (which is basically 6 pins on both ends of the cable). You need a midi interface, which will cost slightly more.

 

[soft]

faberglass, there are 2 things to note.

1. recording audio - this is like using a tape recorder / mp3 recorder to record someone talking. basically, it is recording sound + performance.

2. recording midi - this is using computer/sequencer to record the sequence of one's performance. this is recording performance only.

you should find out more about midi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface

i took a look at your keyboard and understand that there is a USB port to connect to the computer. is this the cable you are looking for?

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA...D%253D65207%2526CTID%253D205100,00.html#CompC

 

[Cheez]

James, the link you provided is the PSR E403 (which is what l0u5y has). Faberglass has the PSR E303 which does not have a USB port.

 

[soft]

hi Cheez

you are right! i looked at the wrong keyboard.

 

[l0u5y]

i tink all psr series are has an usb port if im not wrong.

 

[Cheez]

No problem James!

l0u5y, not all PSR has USB ports.

 

[faberglass]

Thx all dudes,
btw mine keyboard does not includes a usb port.... :mrgreen:

 

[persentio]

:?: what do you mean by 'transfer' stuff to your keyboard? It shouldnt be an available function unless it has a floppy disk drive or USB port.

About your headphones, is there even a headphone jack on your keyboard? If so, take note of its size. It could be a 1/4" (less common) or 1/8" plug. So you'll need to buy a headphone with the right plug size.