When linking your piano to a computer via a cable, this is most likely to be done with a common USB cable, usually USB-B to USB-A. There are two main methods that can be used for this - cabled, and non-cabled, or wireless connection. So let’s take a look at how to actually connect a digital piano to your computer. This can include access to previously unheard presets, easy control of effects settings and much more, transforming your tablet into a large colour touchscreen display for your instrument and making it far easier to use in the process.
A good example is Roland’s Piano Partner 2 app, which connects via Bluetooth to the company’s FP range of beginner digital pianos to provide access to some of the internal settings hidden within the piano, inaccessible from the front panel. Some manufacturers offer compatible apps that enhance the feature set of your piano or keyboard. In the case of instruments like the Roland Go:Piano, Bluetooth is used to stream music from an external device such as a mobile phone through the piano’s onboard speakers for you to play along to, which is a fantastic way to encourage teenagers and young children to learn the instrument - the modern equivalent of learning to play by playing along to songs on the radio. Audio data on the other hand is the actual sound of your playing converted into data and passed to your computer in real time.īut why would you even want to connect your piano to a computer in the first place? These numbers tell the computer when you played the notes, their pitch value, duration and how hard you played them. Short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, MIDI is a stream of data representing your piano performance converted into numbers. The two main types of information that can be passed back and forth from your piano to your computer are MIDI and audio. So this guide is here to show you exactly why you’d want to connect your digital piano to your computer, how to actually do it and what this enables you to do. Be it a Mac, PC or even a mobile device like an iPad or Android tablet, connecting your digital piano to a computer or other external device can open up new features and transform the way you use your instrument in a number of ways.
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