Holy thread revival, Batman!
Was there ever a conclusion to this? I'm in the same position with a yamaha ypt210 I got hold of. The pc can output to the keyboard fine, but the keyboard outputs the "note on" signal but doesnt do the "note off" signal. After some research I've found this is possibly due to "active sensing" and the keyboard not receiving a return signal from the midi adapter so not sending any more signals of it's own until it times out. Then itll play 1 more note. The yamaha cable is now obsolete but Roland sells a cable with active sensing, so I'm wondering if that will sort it out?
I wont hold my breath for a response, but it's worth a go!!
Thanks
This is the first time I've ever even
heard of such an odd problem. It's been twenty years, I guess, since I last used a DAW to interface with MIDI.
At the time I was using IIRC just the cheapest Edirol USB-MIDI device, to go into Steinberg's .... I forgot what it was called, but it was basically a bit of software dedicated only to hosting VSTis and effects. And yes, I remember MIDIOx very well.
Out of curiosity, what's your equipment on the other end? USB-C (could be a problem, not fully standardized yet is my understanding), or just USB-A into a Mac or PC or Linux box, I'm guessing is more likely.
I've never heard of "active sensing," but assuming that's the way Yamaha designed the MIDI for the YPT-210, then, I'd guess an interface that supports that protocol (which seems like a bizarre, one-use way to have things set up, except as an added feature that could be disabled) might work. IIRC Roland/Edirol and Yamaha have some different ways of implementing things like polarity on expression pedals, so who knows.
But, it would be better to just strip out the active sensing, either through menu-diving on the board, or through using a "dumb" interface. Why would the keyboard want a signal back from the DAW (or vice versa)? At best, you'd be duplexing the path, so any latency inherent in the MIDI standard would be multiplied.
That's an odd design, so, if that's what it is, shame on Yamaha. It's probably in the manual somewhere, if you can decipher it.
I have to think Yamaha
must have included some way to defeat this little "feature." If it's your main keyboard, and you need to go into your computer, I know that there are people who make pretty inexpensive MIDI "inter-interface" boxes that can defeat this kind of thing for pretty cheap. But if even MIDIOx can't remap it, I'm not too sure I'd hold out too much hope. You could automate a signal returning to the Yamaha upon receiving note-on, and that would probably work, but it doesn't seem too ideal. Or, maybe just doubling up, taking a second MIDI cable from the interface into the "in" on the Yamaha (or vice versa).
Topic: Midi Connection Problem (Yamaha YPT-210)