MIDI to USB Interface

Look at the back of your digital piano, or portable keyboard. You can see the MIDI terminals shown in the photo. By using a MIDI to USB cable, you can connect your musical instrument to your PC and enjoy a variety of MIDI applications.

To connect, connect the MIDI IN terminal of the cable to the MIDI OUT terminal of the musical instrument, and the MIDI OUT terminal of the cable to the MIDI IN terminal.

Here are some USB to MIDI cables. As of 2021, some of these cables are no longer available because it has been a long time since I first wrote this article three years ago. I think the demand for such cables has already decreased.

Roland MIDI Interface UM-ONEmk2
		The driver can be downloaded from the Roland website. → Here It has a [COMP/TAB] switch, and when you connect it to a computer, you set it to [COMP], and when you connect it to an iPad, you set it to [TAB].
Yamaha USB-MIDI Interface UX-16
		[Discontinued product] It seems that only used products are available at present. The link on the left links to used products on Amazon. The driver can be downloaded from the Yamaha website. → Here
iConnectivity mio 1-in-1-out MIDI interface
		Discontinued product] It works with Windows standard without installing the driver. There is no need to install a dedicated driver.
M-Audio MIDI Interface 1 Input 1 Output USB Powered (16 x 16 MIDI Channels) USB Uno
		[Discontinued product] It seems that it is not available at present. The driver can be downloaded from the M-Audio website. → Here
CME U2MIDI Pro - Professional USB MIDI Interface
		CME is a company that originally made wireless MIDI interfaces. Here is the CME product page. If you look at the comments on Amazon, you'll see that they're a member of the MIDI Association, so you can rest assured.
No brand
		[LEKATO] No driver installation required. I use this because it's affordable.
		The same brand as above, LEKATO, is now also releasing products that are compatible with USB Type-C cables.
		[DigitalLife] It apparently comes with an 8m MIDI cable.
		I bought mine for about 400 yen. At the time it was unstable, so I bought six, but two of them were NG. Also, at the time it couldn't convert System Exclusive codes over three bytes. Now it's priced at just over 1,000 yen. So it may be stable now.