MIDI is, in a word, a godsend. This unassuming data-transfer standard is the magic sauce that enables drastically different music technologies, developed decades apart, to tell each other what to ...

The USB signals directly interface to IC 1, an FT232BM. The serial-transmitter and -receiver signals pass through IC 2 and IC 3 to transform the RS–232 signals to the MIDI’s loop current. You can use ...

The usual workaround is to use the 5-pin ports on your computer’s audio/MIDI interface, but this involves turning on your PC or Mac, and you might want to keep that out of the equation. In this use ...

Discover the best USB audio interfaces for musicians, mix engineers, podcasters, etc. to get a professional experience even in a home studio.

Now, featuring a USB-MIDI interface, it’s easy to use the keyboard to play virtual instruments on any modern PC DAW. As it’s a popular standard, it should work with most tablets and ...

The Radium also has a built-in USB MIDI interface that communicates 16-channels of MIDI data directly with your computer without the need for a separate MIDI interface. Two separate MIDI Outs send ...

It's also one of the more affordable two-channel USB audio interfaces on the market. By Al Griffin This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology.

If your interface doesn’t have 5-pin connectivity, you can still use a USB MIDI hub to achieve the same ends. These can provide more 5-pin ins and outs for you to play with too, which may be ...

These kinds of keyboards are not connected to audio interfaces, but rather straight into your computer – because, internally, they are their own USB interface. You don’t need an audio-interface ...