Re: Connecting QY100 to Computer Via USB to Serial Adapter?
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You are right and I added that factor into my research before buying one. One Amazon review by a musician stated that it worked ok for SysEx and I took a punt on his word being correct and so far it hasnt been an issue for me. A full QY is a small xxxkb file IIRC. I made an error with the name. It was TIE not TiTo. Anyway here is the link since I can confirm this works with a Mac and QY70. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01487ZA3C On Monday, 2 March 2020, 14:56:48 CET, prea <prea@...> wrote: Cheap USB-to-MIDI are excellent! The only problem is that many of them have small buffers and cannot sustain high transfer rates, that is, cannot do SYSEX dumps. Unfortunately, as far as I know it doesn't exist a list of "working" converters, I've seen also converters sold on eBay for 5�... IMHO, any USB-MIDI cable in the price range you cited (>15�) can do the job. On 02/03/20 14:51, squishy via Groups.Io wrote: > I forgot to add that I use a TiTo USB-MIDI interface. That was a 15� > amazon purchase. Works grand. I chose that though bcoz of MscOS > constraints. > On Monday, 2 March 2020, 14:48:18 CET, squishy <squishmusik@...> > wrote: > > > FYI: I use a QY70 with my Mac. It connects fine via OSX core MIDI Audio > Setup app. I then use the freeware app SysEx Lib to save/send QY70 bulk > dumps between Mac and QY. But this is all Ive attempted. > > On Monday, 2 March 2020, 01:49:11 CET, jbjorklun via Groups.Io > <jbjorklun=[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the advice Prea - it is appreciated. After looking into this > some more, it sounds like there are 3 general ways to approach > connecting the QY100 to a computer: > > 1) Serial - adding a physical serial port ... via a serial model add-on > card (or pci adapter) + then a serial cable + a serial midi i/o > > 2) USB -? using any compatible USB midi device > > 3) USB serial - adding a USB device that adds a serial port that's > connected with a cable to a serial midi interface (thereby converting > the serial device to USB basically) > > It sounds like you're ~ following option #2, and I'm going to try option > #3 (which seemingly should also work)... I guess the biggest question > now is what software to use for receiving and storing the Data Filer data? > > The user guide doesn't mention anything about this, but I assume there > must be something on the computer side to accept the data stream... > > So if anyone has any suggestions / recommendations for this (especially > on the Mac side), that would be much appreciated. > > Thanks again, > Jim > > > > On Sunday, March 1, 2020, 7:03:51 AM CST, prea <prea@...> wrote: > > > Hi Jim although coupling vintage with vintage is fascinating indeed, I > recommend using a cheapish MIDI-to-USB adapter: I also tried for both > 100 and 700, and something like this > solve the > problem.Keep the switch on 100's back set to MIDI.I'm conveniently using > this and a Windows 7 laptop with the 100 Data Filer. > > Best > > |
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