It needs to show up as a MIDI device under Linux. So native USB MIDI devices should work as is, and any USB MIDI cable should work as well, like a Roland UM-1. I'm using a cheap USB MIDI cable, but I've heard some of those are flaky, and can even damage some devices, so use those at your own risk. The USB end should plug into any normal USB port (not the SNAC port) you have available.
@@DougPlummer Note that this particular model of keyboard isn't required. I've also used a Yamaha MIDI keyboard with the same USB MIDI cable. I have used this keyboard in the NES, SNES, Genesis, ao486 (both DOS and Windows), and Amiga cores with the Miracle Piano software (haven't tried the Mac version yet), and it works with them all. Presumably, it would work as a MIDI input for X68000 and Atari ST as well. Whether you can use it to create music depends on what software is available for the core. The software required isn't particularly complicated. It just needs to accept MIDI commands and translate it to audio. Note that if you wanted to use it to connect to an MT32-PI, I believe you could do that directly without needing a core.
@@greyrogue2999 Thank you, I just got a Mister earlier this month and just working out what all is possible. I got the model with a DB9 connector for the GPIO port, I don't think I even have a USB that goes the the GPIO.
@@DougPlummer No, no. That's the SNAC port. The MIDI needs to connect to one of the USB ports. There is a micro USB OTG port on the DE10-NANO. That is usually connected to either a USB Hub, the USB board, or if you're using a custom board, it will probably have it's own USB ports. Any of those should work. Then you get one of those USB to MIDI cables I mentioned to connect to the MIDI ports on the keyboard. Those cables aren't specific to MiSTer. The Roland one is well regarded (if a little expensive). If the keyboard natively supports MIDI over USB, you don't even need that; you can just directly plug it into the USB Hub/board/port.
How did you hook it up? What cable?
It needs to show up as a MIDI device under Linux. So native USB MIDI devices should work as is, and any USB MIDI cable should work as well, like a Roland UM-1. I'm using a cheap USB MIDI cable, but I've heard some of those are flaky, and can even damage some devices, so use those at your own risk. The USB end should plug into any normal USB port (not the SNAC port) you have available.
@@greyrogue2999 Thank you! Can you also use the keyboard as a MIDI player for the DOS and X68000 cores?
@@DougPlummer Note that this particular model of keyboard isn't required. I've also used a Yamaha MIDI keyboard with the same USB MIDI cable. I have used this keyboard in the NES, SNES, Genesis, ao486 (both DOS and Windows), and Amiga cores with the Miracle Piano software (haven't tried the Mac version yet), and it works with them all. Presumably, it would work as a MIDI input for X68000 and Atari ST as well. Whether you can use it to create music depends on what software is available for the core. The software required isn't particularly complicated. It just needs to accept MIDI commands and translate it to audio. Note that if you wanted to use it to connect to an MT32-PI, I believe you could do that directly without needing a core.
@@greyrogue2999 Thank you, I just got a Mister earlier this month and just working out what all is possible. I got the model with a DB9 connector for the GPIO port, I don't think I even have a USB that goes the the GPIO.
@@DougPlummer No, no. That's the SNAC port. The MIDI needs to connect to one of the USB ports. There is a micro USB OTG port on the DE10-NANO. That is usually connected to either a USB Hub, the USB board, or if you're using a custom board, it will probably have it's own USB ports. Any of those should work. Then you get one of those USB to MIDI cables I mentioned to connect to the MIDI ports on the keyboard. Those cables aren't specific to MiSTer. The Roland one is well regarded (if a little expensive). If the keyboard natively supports MIDI over USB, you don't even need that; you can just directly plug it into the USB Hub/board/port.