Disklavier

Hey Joel,

Try this:

Bluetooth Wireless MIDI on the Way from Midiman

 
Prototypes

At the Summer NAMM Show, Midiman displayed a pair of wireless MIDI 
interfaces based on the Bluetooth standard. If your PC has a 
Bluetooth card in it, you can connect to MIDI devices wirelessly! 
Theorectically, it is also possible to use a pair of these as an 
expensive replacement for MIDI cables.

Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range two-way radio 
designed to replace cable runs. For example, if you have Bluetooth-
equipped PC and PDA, you should be able to transfer data back and 
forth by just holding the PDA a couple of feet away from your PC. 
Support for the standard is still fairly nascent--Windows XP will 
not support it out-of-the-box. A Bluetooth card for laptop costs 
around $150. Furthermore, early reports indicate that Bluetooth 
radio may interfere with the popular 802.11 wireless standard since 
they both use the 2.4GHz spectrum.

http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM01/Content/Midiman/PR/Bluetooth-
MIDI-small.jpg

The prototype boxes Midiman had on display each had 2 DIP switches 
to select the radio channel, for a total of 4 channels available.

For more information, visit their web site at www.midiman.net.
 
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--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Janice Taylor/Joel Ronkin" 
<janicejoel@...> wrote:
>
> I have a question about connecting my new laptop to my du1a Mark 
III.
> 
>  
> 
> I understand I should get a Yamaha UX16 cable or equivalent to 
connect USB
> to midi in & midi out.  Now, my laptop has Bluetooth, though I 
haven't
> figured out how to use it yet.  Is there a way to make the laptop 
and du1a
> communicate wirelessly?  I've seen things called Bluetooth 
Adapters for
> sale.  Would they be relevant here?  If I connect cable's midi 
in/out to
> control box and some sort of Bluetooth adapter to the usb end of 
the cable,
> would it talk to the computer?  If so, are some adapters better 
than other?
> As you can probably tell, I'm better at operating a piano than a 
computer --
> and I'm not so great on piano!
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
>  
> 
> -- Joel
>