Plug in your keyboard or piano to test your MIDI connection and check the message that appears below.
To test the MIDI connection of your piano or keyboard, follow these steps:
1 – Open this page in one of the following browsers: Google Chrome, Opera or Microsoft Edge.
2 – Connect your keyboard to your device to test the Web MIDI connection. The connection is made with a MIDI-USB cable.
3 – Once connected, look at the message that appears. If the message stays the same as before you connected your piano (“No MIDI input detected. Plug in a MIDI keyboard.”), your MIDI connection is not recognized by the browser. If the message changes to “MIDI keyboard detected! You can now use the La Touche Musicale piano learning app!”, your MIDI connection has been recognized. You can now connect your piano to your device to use MIDI software such as La Touche Musicale.
Sometimes the browser does not recognize the Web MIDI connection. If this happens, please check the following:
– Make sure you are running the test in one of the following browsers: Google Chrome, Opera or Microsoft Edge. Other browsers such as Safari or Mozilla Firefox do not support this MIDI connection technology.
– Your piano or keyboard may require a driver to be installed on your device. Some keyboard models (usually older ones) need a driver to be recognized by the device they are connected to. To find it, simply look up your piano’s technical documentation online; it can often be downloaded from the manufacturer’s official website (Yamaha, Korg, Alesis, etc.). You can also run a specific Google search: for example, type your piano model name followed by “driver”. You will easily find information on the subject. Always use the documentation from the manufacturer’s official website when looking for a driver.
– If you run this MIDI test on an iOS device (iPhone or iPad), the connection will not be recognized, because iOS blocks Web MIDI technology on all its devices. Run the test from an Android device or a computer instead (Mac or Windows, both work).
– Your MIDI-USB cable may be faulty. MIDI-USB cables sold online are often cheap, and some are defective: they do not provide a reliable connection between your piano/keyboard and the device you are using. In this case, the best thing to do is to check the ratings of the different models on retail websites. Read the customer reviews for each cable model carefully and choose one with good reviews.
– Your cable may have been connected incorrectly during the test. If you are using a MIDI-USB cable with round connectors, make sure you have connected the “IN” connector of your cable to the “OUT” port of your piano, and vice versa (“OUT” to “IN”). If you plug “IN” into “IN” or “OUT” into “OUT”, the connection cannot be made.
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A MIDI connection lets you connect your piano or keyboard to the tools on your computer. MIDI data is transferred from your instrument to your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.), and you can then record the notes and chords you play. The connection is made with a MIDI-USB cable.
To take this test, you will need:
– A device (smartphone, tablet or computer) with an internet connection;
– A piano or keyboard with a MIDI connection;
– A MIDI-USB cable to connect the two devices.
To run this test, first open one of the following browsers: Google Chrome, Opera or Microsoft Edge. Then connect your piano or MIDI keyboard to your device and check that the recognition message appears on the page. If it does, your instrument has been recognized and you can use it via MIDI with any kind of software (DAW, piano learning app, etc.).
Your device may not be recognized. Make sure you are using Google Chrome or Opera, that you are not running the MIDI test on an iOS device, that your MIDI cable is not faulty, that your piano model does not require a driver, and that your cable connections are set up correctly.
Once your Web MIDI test is successful, you can use your piano or keyboard with any DAW software or learning app. For example, in the La Touche Musicale app, you can connect your instrument via MIDI to interact with the app and learn piano at your own pace by playing the notes and chords of thousands of songs. The app waits for you to play the right notes on your connected piano before moving on to the next ones.
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