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using another input keyboard w/ reface cs

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 luis
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hello,
i'm considering buying a reface cs, but I would like to know if it is possible to use another keyboard as input instead of the built-in mini-keys.
thank you
luís

 
Posted : 26/09/2016 8:52 pm
Bad Mister
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Yes, of course, make sure the other keyboard has MIDI ports.

 
Posted : 26/09/2016 9:18 pm
 luis
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thanks!

 
Posted : 27/09/2016 11:28 am
 luis
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one more question: can the reface cs work as a midi controller? I mean, can I connect it to a pc, iphone or ipad and use sampletank's (or other app's) library?

thanks for your help

 
Posted : 29/09/2016 9:39 pm
 luis
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hello,

can the reface cs work as a midi controller? I mean, can I connect it to a pc, iphone or ipad and use sampletank's (or other app's) library?

thanks for your help

 
Posted : 29/09/2016 9:54 pm
Bad Mister
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Yes. The reface can all be used as MIDI controllers. They come with both USB and standard 5-pin MIDI (via an included breakout cable).

 
Posted : 29/09/2016 10:58 pm
 luis
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Bad Mister wrote:

Yes. The reface can all be used as MIDI controllers. They come with both USB and standard 5-pin MIDI (via an included breakout cable).

Thanks so much!

 
Posted : 30/09/2016 10:07 am
Martin
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Just wondering .... If I would own two RefaceDX keyboards how could I connect them together directly? USB cable? MIDI cable? How?

 
Posted : 06/10/2016 7:09 am
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You could connect them using midi:

Reface#1 midi out to Reface#2 midi in

When you play Reface#1, it will now play the sound from both Reface#1 and Reface#2 (unless you switch off local control on Reface#1).

If you use a DAW, you could connect them virtually, both through USB to the computer. Or a combination of USB and midi. It depends on what you want to do, and how you want to do it.

 
Posted : 06/10/2016 8:35 am
Martin
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Martin wrote:
Reface#1 midi out to Reface#2 midi in

Sure, I am smart enough to understand that without asking. But this requires 2 Reface-MIDI breakout cables + one (or two if I want to connect in both directions) normal MIDI cables. I am sure it works, but it sounds like asking for problems. I was hoping a special USB or MIDI cable would exist to allow a connection with only one single solid cable.
P.S: The mini-midi-connectors-with-adaptor-cable were not a great design choice in my opinion. Very much non-standard. I hope Yamaha will have enough spare cables in stock when we need replacement somewhere in the future.

 
Posted : 06/10/2016 5:52 pm
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I agree, not a great choice. Do we know what the part number is?

 
Posted : 06/10/2016 6:46 pm
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