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Does YC has a midi interface that's not only for local midi?

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With this I mean, does YC pass thru midi that is coming from the midi in DIN port to the computer? 

Like on a Montage, you can connect it to a computer and select "Montage port 3" and receive midi from a keyboard that is connected via the DIN socket on the Montage.

 

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Posted : 24/06/2025 3:08 pm
 Toby
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Dunno - how do you feel about asking an AI?

The Yamaha YC series keyboards do not have a dedicated MIDI Thru portHowever, the YC can function as a multi-port MIDI interface by utilizing the USB connection and the 5-pin DIN MIDI connectors. You can send and receive MIDI data via USB, and when the MIDI Port setting is set to OFF, the USB port 2 can be used to send and receive MIDI to the 5-pin DIN jacks, effectively acting as a MIDI thru. 

 
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    The YC's MIDI Port setting (found in the menu under General > MIDI Settings > MIDI Port) determines how the MIDI signals are handled.When set to ON, both USB and MIDI (the 5-pin DIN jacks) are active for transmitting and receiving MIDI data.

     
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    When the MIDI Port setting is set to OFF, the YC's USB port 2 can be used to send and receive MIDI to the 5-pin DIN jacks.This effectively allows you to use the YC's MIDI terminal as a second set of MIDI ports for external devices, acting as a MIDI thru.
     

 

We don't have any YC's so have no idea if the above is even close to accurate. Figured it wouldn't hurt anything to just pass it along in case you can make sense of it. 

CAVEAT - we haven't had much luck getting accurate data from some of the AIs out there when it comes to features or functionality. Most of the time they combine info from different sources about instruments/models entirely different than what was asked about. And sometimes asking exactly the same question on two different days results in two opposite answers.

But, just as often, those wrong answers have links to useful info. So we find AI to be a useful source for 'where do I find info about ...' questions.

 
Posted : 24/06/2025 4:40 pm
Jason
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Owner's manual shows Port 2 with a caveat (see text at lower left of figure).

 

This post was modified 4 weeks ago by Jason

Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R

 
Posted : 25/06/2025 8:36 am
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Ok, thank you.

 
Posted : 25/06/2025 9:02 am
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