Which Cable?

[SB24Svn]

Hey all,

I have an electric piano, which has a midi in/out. I want to hook it up to my PC to use with Reason. Do I hook it up to a USB port?

Whatever I have to do, I need the right cable to do so. Which do I need?

Any help appreciated.

[Zandro]

http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/history.htm

Or, if you're interested in using a proprietary connection of the interface, how 'bout this? http://www.rm.com/FE/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD344979

[SB24Svn]

Thanks for the reply.

http://www.rm.com/FE/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD344979 looks good, however I would still need some cable to hook it then to my electic piano?

I saw this:

http://www.rm.com/FE/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD344968&position=1

This seems an all in one straight from PC to piano. I assume this would do the trick?

Thanks for your help.

[johnrowley]

Usual cheapest way is a midi cable to Gameport (joystick) connector which is midi in/out on one end and other plugs into game port on sound card which still allows you to plug in joystick. Yamaha now do a usb to midi box of tricks with installation cd which uses usb port and has midi in/out cables on the box, cost is more expensive at around £46 whereas a midi cable is around £16.
Hope that helps.