Midi connections

[Joe_Fox]

Looking for advice from someone who knows stuff about music recording.

I've got an electric piano but it has no midi out socket. It only has a 3.5mm headphone jack socket.

I want to use an app that listens to what I'm playing but most apps require a midi connection.

How can I convert headphones to midi?

No x-box involved by the way.

 

[Jeff]

How can I convert headphones to midi?

You can't do it easily. Midi is digital data, headphones are analogue. Midi is telling an instrument what to play, and how to play it, rather than the actual sounds.

There are programs that might do what you want, such as this one: http://www.digital-ear.com/digital-ear/index.asp

You might be better off buying a basic midi keyboard.

 

[glyn]

The original post was sent five hours ago yet no mention yet of a sofa?

 

[Joe_Fox]

Could I run the headphones into a midi interface and then output from that as midi?

 

[Jeff]

Could I run the headphones into a midi interface and then output from that as midi?

No.

Midi is not the same thing as audio. Midi is a list of instructions, like a recipe. You can't convert a cake into a recipe for a cake...

 

[Joe_Fox]

So I can't use something like this? https://www.mannys.com.au/behringer...INpzhxc2qXrDl3gNjoo3PljZUUY24LtxoC140QAvD_BwE

 

[Jeff]

So I can't use something like this? https://www.mannys.com.au/behringer...INpzhxc2qXrDl3gNjoo3PljZUUY24LtxoC140QAvD_BwE

No. That converts analogue audio to digital audio.