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heartbone
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I have my Yamaha connected to my computer and the hardware is recognized fine.

I can play a MIDI file on my computer and have it play on the keyboard.
I don't have a clue how to do the reverse.

Does anyone know how to turn the output from a MIDI keyboard into a MIDI file?

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Jeku
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Posted: 5th Mar 2007 23:33
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Seems to me if you can do it from computer to your keyboard, it should work the other way around with the same MIDI cable and some basic composing software. There are freeware MIDI composing tools out there (can't think of them off the top of my head), and pricey ones like Reason (which I recommend). I've done it before, from a keyboard to the computer, and it worked great.

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Freddix
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first of all, you must have 2 cables that'll connect your computer and your Yamaha in cross mode:
Yamaha MIDI IN <-> Computer MIDI OUT (make computer command the yamaha)
Yamaha MIDI OUT <-> Computer MIDI IN (make the yamaha command the computer)

With that, you'll have in your Yamaha to choose a MIDI CHANNEL ( from 1 to 16 and generally 10 is for drumkits)
On your music software, activate the same midi for records
Start records and play on your yamaha.

It may work this way.

One more thing to know.
If your Yamaha own a sequencer, you'll have to choose 1 midi channel per sound channel. Same on your computer so you can record 1 channel and after, record another one with the previous recorded ones playing at the same time.

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heartbone
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I have the hardware (UX-16) and the drivers seem to work.

I am missing some software.
I am creating hobbiest freeware and I don't have the funds to spend on expensive software.

I am hoping to learn of any free or shareware that actually reads the MIDI stream and can create the files.
However I am starting to believe that it may not exist.
All the MIDI authoring software that I've seen so far is manual input .
I'll have to find some editing software, but first I need to create the MIDI files.

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Kentaree
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Try modplug tracker, iirc that can take input from a midi device

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Freddix
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try "renoise"

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heartbone
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Thanks.

I'll investigate and post what I find.

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Try http://www.anvilstudio.com/, the software is pretty good, it's free, and has great addons (printing scores and the like).
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