Greetings lowdebt4me,
There is a device called WIDI that send midi two way between the pairs of units. You can connect with MIDI or USB. They also have a small USB dongle that will act as one of the pairs but you have to buy two units in a set and buy the USB dongle separately. I have used these and they are reliable. The only problem is that the documentation is not great and the configurator is a little confusing. I wrote my own to set up communication parameters and will share it with anyone who uses WIDI. My configurator is a simple command line program that you can run as a batch file also so you can set up your computer to establish the WIDI connection when it boots and or put an icon on your desktop that sets it up.
Personally, I use a WIFI network with Airport Express to receive audio encoded MIDI.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 9:08:31 AM, you wrote:
I don't think one of those Bluetooth adapters will work. All of the ones I can find are designed to enable a computer to hook up to a bluetooth-enabled device, not vice-versa (except for some printer adapters). I think the bluetooth adapter would have to have some unique code that it transmitted to the computer in order for it to be paired up.
I was wondering if something like this might work instead: http://www.midiman.net/products/en_us/MidAir.html
It looks like it is a 1-way device, designed to send Midi data from a keyboard to a computer. I wonder if it could be hooked up the other way around, so that data could be sent from the computer to the disklavier....
Any ideas?
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> I don't think the midi connection has any power. The midi-to-usb cable I bought off of Ebay is powered by the USB port on the laptop. The cable has a little hardware attached to it (in the middle) that has 2 lights on it. The lights are lit when connected to the laptop but are off when only connected to the piano. I assume that means no power.
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> You may find a USB hub that can accomplish what you are trying to do but I'm not sure. To me getting a refurbished laptop that comes with a wireless card for $350 is the way to go. I have bought over 15 laptops for myself and my family from this guy on Ebay:
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