I just (today) bought a stage piano for my newish home studio. It has a USB port to connect to a computer and use with a sequencer (Cubase).
I have an audio interface with only one midi in/out, and it's taken. And, it would be really convenient to connect the stage piano to Cubase via usb.
My question is, would I run the risk of MIDI timing issues somewhere down the line? Essentially, I would have two midi interfaces connected to my computer. One via firewire (my audio interface) and one via USB (the stage piano).
A colleague of mine says no problem running the piano via USB, but I thought I'd check here for a second opinion.
Some years ago, MIDI via USB was basically asking for trouble. I'm not sure whether that's changed or not.
Two MIDI interfaces on one computer
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Hi,
I just (today) bought a stage piano for my newish home studio. It has a USB port to connect to a computer and use with a sequencer (Cubase).
I have an audio interface with only one midi in/out, and it's taken. And, it would be really convenient to connect the stage piano to Cubase via usb.
My question is, would I run the risk of MIDI timing issues somewhere down the line? Essentially, I would have two midi interfaces connected to my computer. One via firewire (my audio interface) and one via USB (the stage piano).
A colleague of mine says no problem running the piano via USB, but I thought I'd check here for a second opinion.
Some years ago, MIDI via USB was basically asking for trouble. I'm not sure whether that's changed or not.
Thanks for any advice.
Brooks