Just Discovering Midi Bluetooth best device

[LazerBeakShiek]

Out of the midi bluetooth devices the best one I found was the Yamaha BT-01. It is powered off the unit's midi port directly. No batteries. No charging.

Yamaha's bluetooth midi has been found / identified, and worked on every computer and operating system type I tried.

Fore's S1 worked well also. And is a more budget friendly option. Less simultaneous features. No 'in' and 'out' at the same time(sounds dirty but it's not).

1st place Yamaha BT-01

2nd PLace Fore S1

Not Roland's
Not M waves

NOW ASK WHAT MIDI CAN DO FOR YOU!

 

[Papanate]

Neat - is there an advantage? And do you have to get one for every midi device? How does it differentiate the channels and instruments?

 

[LazerBeakShiek]

You can now control your old rack gear wirelessly, have it hooked into your interface on insert feeding the DAW on your PC. Midi has kept old rack units relevant in this future. An editor program on your PC, runs a 'custom graphic user panel, CTRLR panel(Win). or MIdiDesign(MacOsx). or Midi Quest($$$). Etc.

One for each device your need to control in that session. Yes, I have one on midi channel1 and another on channel2 for another device.
Bluetooth midi cannot do sound yet, just information.
USB midi CAN do Sound+ information
dust off that old tablet/cel phone, it is still good for something.


Its fun. Everyone's doing it. They even say it's good for you.

 

[LazerBeakShiek]

it is cheap, 4 in/out units are like $60.

differentiates channel via options in the software. 1-16.
the equivalent of a wifi dongle/ or modem(really old) for rack gear, to be use with software programs on your PC.

 

[PitchTempoAndriy]

For Papanate's channel question, the destination port and the MIDI channel are separate choices. With two independently connected adapters, a DAW can send to adapter A/channel 1 and adapter B/channel 1 without mixing the instruments. If devices instead share one MIDI stream through MIDI THRU, give them different receive channels; that can avoid an adapter on every box, although it leaves part of the setup wired.

Also, MIDI over USB still carries MIDI messages. Some USB instruments additionally provide an audio interface, but that is a separate capability. A Bluetooth MIDI adapter won't bring the rack unit's sound back into the DAW; its audio outputs still need an audio connection.

This overview explains ports, channels and USB transport: https://source.android.com/docs/core/audio/midi_arch

 

[LazerBeakShiek]

I like how you can use the old ipads and laptop as hardware editors over bluetooth.

It is fun to play with the parameters via bluetooth midi, wirelessly. In a graphical environment.