Transferring MIDI files to the internal memory of an older Yamaha keyboard

[wildetudor]

Hello everyone,

I want to transfer some MIDI files from my PC to the internal memory of my Yamaha EZ-200 keyboard. This is easily done with newer keyboards (such as Yamaha NP-V80), however the EZ-200 doesn't have a USB port, only MIDI ports, and so I bought a USB-MIDI cable, which links my computer (USB) to the 2 MIDI ports (in&out) of the EZ-200. The settings of Yamaha "MusicSoft Downloader" (the software used to copy files from a PC to a Yamaha keyboard) displays the connection as a "USB Audio Device", however I cannot browse the keyboard's internal memory in order to copy MIDI files over. This is without having installed any drivers yet, and without Windows prompting me to install anything upon connecting the keyboard to the PC.

I then downloaded and installed the Yamaha USB-MIDI driver (https://download.yamaha.com/usb_midi/index.html), however it says that no keyboard is connected. This driver is, however, meant to be used with a different cable than mine (this one https://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/en/instrument/Keyboard/EZ-200/category/Accessories/product/1013803?currency=USD), although the two cables seem to be essentially the same (1 USB port to 2 MIDI ports).

Was anyone able to make such a connection to an older keyboard? I am wondering whether getting this Yamaha "UX16 USB-MIDI Interface" cable would enable me to access my keyboard's internal memory. I know the EZ200 *is* capable of having files copied to it, because it appears in MusicSoft Downloader's list of models!

Any help with this would be tremendously appreciated!

[oxy60]

Nope and you won't be able to do that. You might be able to use that keyboard as a tone generator using standard midi connections. I like the midi forum at notation.com.