I’ve spend hours trying to get this to work and thought it’d be easier just to ask. I feel like I’m doing everything right, but I’m just not getting MIDI in from my keyboard. Using Dev. 12.2 firmware. The weird thing is that it was working for an instance, then stopped and I can’t get it to work again. I was using TRS to Din, and plugging the MIDI TRS directly from my Launchkey into MM input 1. I assigned the Pitch Jack on the EnOsc to MIDI Note 1. In VCV Rack it was working fine. I also tried dev. version 12.3 just in case that may have worked. No luck though.
thanks for any pointers on this!
P.S. If I wanted to use the USB-C port, would I have to have a keyboard that would plug have USB-C MIDI out, or will my computer show MM as a USB destination? How does MIDI work with USB please?
The 3.5mm ports (like the one you’re using) can’t receive MIDI — they only receive audio or CV. To connect a MIDI device you’ll need a USB connection. You could use a MIDI device with a USB output, or a DIN-to-USB adaptor like this one, or if you can get the MIDI into your computer you could pipe it back out via a USB cable.
I see. Thank you! I didn’t know there was such a device like the DIN-toUSB! Thanks for the link and info about the ports.
I can send the MIDI from my computer over USB, but how do I send it? I don’t see a MIDI destination in my DAW for the MM when I connect the USB-C cable. (I tried a couple cables, Including one that works fine on my Disting.)
I’m not sure it’s right that a computer can only be a MIDI host — you can configure a Mac as a MIDI client in a network session using the built-in Audio MIDI Setup app, and apparently there’s Windows software that can do the same thing. But I always find MIDI config tricky and I would not want to try something like this even if it’s theoretically possible.
So, yeah, @gkillmaster I would suggest a DIN-to-USB converter or a keyboard with a USB out.
Yeh, thanks! I got the idea it could be done easily due to the image below in the documentation. But I guess it’s referring to a midi controller with a USB-C out for MIDI.
Since BT latency for MIDI is highly acceptable (unlike audio), I used a CME MIDI Bud Pro to stick it to the MM (connected using the adapter that came with it) and a BT MIDI keyboard. If your MIDI device does not have BT, you can use another CME device called the WIDI Master for the MIDI 5-pins
