LEKATO MIDI Cable, MIDI to USB C, Type-C MIDI Interface with Input & Output Connecting Keyboard/Synthesizer for Editing Recording Professional Cord Windows/Mac Studio -6.5Ft, Black

I am self taught when it comes to learning the piano. I use an app called Simply piano to learn. It suggested I used a Midi court to get more accurate note recognition so I tried out this product. It was a bit difficult to set up at first, but I believe my piano was a little finicky at first and not the cord. But since I've got it working I love using it. And I noticed that it had improved my playing skills. It's great for the money and the quality of the cord is good, even when my car chose to chew on it w few times. Sound quality is phenomenal, and once I figured out how to set it up right the compatibility was perfect with my piano. Would buy again.

Needed to connect ipad to keyboard for an app to recognize the notes more clearly. Worked like a charm

This is in light of reading other reviews here.One quick thing up front: I've seen conflicting info here about which MIDI plug (in/out) goes where. And yes, for dozens of years you'd plug a MIDI OUT cord into your MIDI IN socket on the instrument (and vice versa - that was the standard.Not sure if standards or changing or if this is just a single example, but their instructions are true to what worked for me: OUT goes into OUT sockets, IN to IN, not the old IN/OUT way I'm used to. For me it worked with the OUTS and INS being coupled respectively.First, I've used MIDI since the 90's and this wasn't particularly intuitive. The instructions are only a bit helpful (plus the printing is microscopic, not kidding, I had to use a magnifying glass to read them!). It took a few hours to get it going, mostly because only the sparest info is given. It was hard to tell if you needed the 2nd part (the dongle, not the tethered pair), didn't need it, or what. Eventually after seeing a good video that the company included in its order listing, I made progress. My overall goal is to use this so I can move my keyboard far from my audio interface box, yet still input into a DAW (I use the Apple two mostly), and then Airplay it across my house (or whatever space I'm at); the idea is not only to have MIDI control but actually use an onboard instrument in my DAW to sound back to my home pods - all without needing cables.Eventually I found that I do need the dongle plugged into my desktop Mac (I used a A-to-C USB adapter I had), and then plug in the two MIDI sockets to my keyboard, i.e. I needed all 3. 2) It took a little figuring out exactly how to GET Logic and Garageband to respond - and sound. Turns out yes it was simple, but too simple, and wasn't intuitive. First, I didn't need to do anything that the instructions said (i.e. go to Finder and Audio Setup blah blah, all that happened automatically, so that was a waste of time). Second, after perusing several internet explanations, I finally realized all I had to so was simply to make a new *software instrument* track (not MIDI instrument for my purposes), hit "R" or "I" in the DAW to hear real-time input, and it was automatically responding to the MIDI signal - but more importantly, playing the sound of the digital instrument I selected! All I had to do then is to go into the instrument library and select the one I wanted, and bingo, I was in business.So yeah, this little device works GREAT (very little latency when hearing your playback) and I'm happy with it. I just think it's simpler than the instructions made out. I think after a small learning curve, I'll find I use this thing a lot and with increased time and hassle saving. So far I'd recommend it... just know how your individual programs or hardware might need to be tweaked.

If you own a Yamaha Keyboard you will not be able to use it with this. Yamaha keyboards need proprietary Yamaha midi converters. You can find them used on eBay. I tried using this Midi converter before I knew about this and it did not seem to work. When trying to install the Yamaha Midi Driver it did not recognize the device. I am rating 4 stars since the light comes on in the adapter when plugged in, so the Midi Converter seemed to be working itself.

Used with MVAVE MIDI Chocolate controller and paired perfectly. No issues. Seems to be rugged and fits the aesthetic of my setup.

Muy buenos

This device connects MAYBE one out to ten times. No way I could ever try to use something that unreliable on stage. I tried contacting the company several times, but they never responded. Amazon customer support was equally useless. Pretty much, too bad, nothing we can do, not our problem, you need to contact the company. So much for the one year warranty.

Works as described. Note of caution for those new to this - I was never able to see this through bluetooth on my iPhone. But when I was in an app expecting that input, it just worked.