Midi to Audio in?

[Cupe]

My missus has a piano which only has midi out and she wants to record shit onto the PC

Can you get midi out to audio in?

[CBG]

no i dont think so. the whole reason MIDI is so effective is because its sending extrememly simple messages. i.e key, velocity, length etc.

if your running midi, that means the midi output is relying on an input to produce the sound. hence the term midi controller and hence why they are so cheap because all they are, are buttons

you would have to get midi to usb then record from there.

BUT i could be wrong.

[Cupe]

well this is an epic expensive electric piano

apparently she checked it out and the only output is midi

what the fuck?

[CBG]

thats pretty weird man. what if you want to run speakers off it?

It should have a usb out or a line out or something

[Cupe]

i'll have to get her to have another look

[Cupe]

It's got headphones out

So can you run a normal audio out to RCA with an RCA to audio in plug adapter and put it in the speaker input of a PC and pick up the audio that way?

[CBG]

mono to mono lead straight from the headphone out to ur mic input on ur pc

depending on what size jack that headphone out takes on the keyboad

so yeah. just one cable. then audacity it up

[Cupe]

so that would work fine then?

[CBG]

yeah, dont see why not man.

Its the same as plugging your laptop into an amp.

Headphone socket>Computer Mic In>Speakers (amplified)

This is the cable (most likely), unless the Headphone jack on the keyboard is a qtr inch.

Then you'll need to either buy a jack for the headphone end.

Make sure its balanced as well

[Cupe]

cheers brah

+rep

[eggssell]

depends on yer sound card though right as to quality. when yer Traktor scratch you can use that as a sound card to record w audacity

[CBG]

no worries. let me know if u have ne troubles

[Cupe]

i'll get her to buy one of those cords tomorrow and she can give it a burl

[CBG]

if she goes dick smith they'll know which one to get

[SM3RC]

Woooooooooot!

[CBG]

yeah...