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Here’s a quick connection guide for your new reface!
Get connected in a few easy steps!
CABLES
All reface keyboards feature a USB TO HOST MIDI port connection to your computer or iOS device. For both connections you’ll need a USB “type A to type B” MIDI cable that looks like this:
This is the same type of cable that many printers use. For connection to iOS devices, you’ll need either a USB to Lightning or USB to USB C adapter:
HARDWARE SETUP
COMPUTER
Connect the USB TO HOST port on reface to your computer’s USB port using a “type A to type B” cable.
IOS DEVICE
Connect reface to iOS with the aforementioned USB cable and a
lightning to USB or
USB C to USB adapter.
SOFTWARE SETUP: DRIVER DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION
You’ll need the Yamaha-Steinberg USB MIDI Driver to connect reface to your computer. Get the applicable driver here:
After downloading the file, follow the included installation instructions.
LINKS TO GO DEEPER
About the author
Yamaha Synthesizer Product Specialist Blake Angelos has over thirty years of experience with music hardware and software. An expert in music technology, Blake has conducted numerous clinics, master classes and presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. In his role as Product Specialist for the Synthesizer Department Blake appears in many product videos and artist interviews, writes many articles for YamahaSynth.com and co-hosts a regular Podcast called “Behind the Synth”.
Before his work with Yamaha, he taught music theory and jazz studies courses at Arizona State University; managed a technology-focused music store in Seattle and was a production supervisor at Microsoft, where he led a team that developed groundbreaking interactive music content for the Microsoft Network. Blake holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Blake currently resides in Bellingham, Washington with his family, and between his travels around the world for Yamaha, he performs as much as possible with several jazz and creative music groups in Bellingham, Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest.