EMU XMIDI 1X1 USB MIDI Interface
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Manufacturer: EMUModel: 70EM878106000
Product features:
- Plug and play functionality
- Ultra fast
- Bus-powered
- Total portability
- Status indicators
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Customer Review: Perfect for home studios
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most important facets of a home studio for me is how quickly I can get set up to do some recording. This simple interface helps enormously. I leave the MIDI cable attached to my Yamaha P-155 and when I arrive with my MacBook Pro all I have to do is plug in the USB end and the two dongles needed for Ivory pianos and Cubase (That's the crazy part, especially when one dongle is shaped like a large plastic key). There's no power (and associated cables) to worry about.This arrangement is also very useful for an outside gig.
With the new MacBook Pro (Quad-core) you can install an SSD (I use a 120 GB Intel X25-M) in the Optical drive bay for the Mac OS and Cubase projects, leaving you with the hard drive bay for a 7200 RPM large capacity drive to partition for data and instrument samples. This combination makes for zero latency - hit a key - hear a note - amazing.
For audio recording (I don't do this very often) I use the E-MU 0404 which is great also. Remember to put the MacBook Pro into 32-bit kernel mode first though. There are very few 64-bit drivers out there. You can use a terminal command string to force 32-bit mode on startup. The MacBook Pro comes with 64-bit kernel set up as default. You don't need to think about this for the Xmidi however, it works right out of the box using Apple core MIDI.
There should be no confusion about which MIDI connection to use. When you come out of the MIDI (OUT) connection on your instrument you need to go to a MIDI IN connection. This is clearly marked on the Xmidi 1x1 adapter and anyone who uses MIDI regularly is probably used to this convention. Still, I can understand that some newcomers might expect that the MIDI OUT on the cable should be connected to the MIDI OUT on the instrument - it's a reasonable assumption however it would be contrary to normal MIDI conventions.
I've seen some complaints about the lack of indicators but I can't say I agree. There is one white indicator light on the USB end which lets you know that you are getting a MIDI signal (It flashes as it receives MIDI signals). This is really all you need. I agree that the Amazon model is really the "TAB" version of the product (the latest) even though they show a picture of the old and the new. I think they should clear this up because I was not sure which product I was going to receive. I would much rather get the latest version which fortunately is what they sent.
So I give this product five stars for making my life easier and for being plug and play with no latency.
Description of EMU XMIDI 1X1 USB MIDI Interface
The updated EMU Xmidi 1x1 is a plug-and-play USB MIDI Interface. Featuring a new look,the Xmidi still provides ultra-fast MIDI input and output (16 MIDI channels in/out) to your computer. The Xmidi 1x1 is bus-powered for total portability and offers status indicators for input signal, output signal and power. EMU Xmidi 1x1 features 1 MIDI in/1 MIDI out USB 1.1 USB bus-powered Ultra-fast MIDI response Active-Sensing messages filtered MME, DirectMusic and CoreMIDI supported Multiple device support AmericanMusical is an authorized dealer of EMU products.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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