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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

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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h-MIDI



--- 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
>