GELRHONR USB MIDI Cable Adapter, USB Type A Male to MIDI Din 5 Pin in-Out Cable Interface with LED Indicator for Music Keyboard Piano to PC Laptop Support XP/Windows7/8/10/Vista-6.5Ft

for my beat making and other studio needs

MIDI might be the worst standard out there but at least it’s simple and almost impossible to screw up. Whoever made this accomplished the impossible. It is lacking the optocoupler for the MIDI input and is incredibly susceptible to ground noise. I immediately heard the ticking from this awful connection upon plugging it into my synthesizer. I cannot stress enough how simple and inexpensive this component this should be to implement and source, and yet this manufacturer entirely ignored it.

I’d have to say I was skeptical at first but MacBook recognized it immediately, along with ableton Live, and An old Casio. Start and stop midi no problem with this easy to use device. If you don’t know how to control external midi equipment, this is Day one and this is the cord you need

Seemed nice, but did not work with my keyboard

fits well

This product absolutely can not translate midi over USB. You need something else. The idea is nice, the execution not so much.

The unit has no driver. It functions without one but different keyboards work differently. One keyboard locks up notes. This same keyboard works fine with the M-Audio adapter.It works well with another keyboard which also works well with the M-Audio adapter. All my other keyboards work with the M-Audio.

I had a dream...a dream of hooking up my old iPad into my system, and utilizing all the great softsyth apps in my studio. I had an old Arturia Player 25 keyboard, so I got the Gelrhonr MIDI interface, a USB breakout, and a little Behringer u-Phoria UM2 to run the audio into my mixer, hooked it up, and....nothing happened.To make a long story bearable, the Gel let me play the softsynths with the Arturia, but I got no sound at all; or, I could play the virtual keys in the apps, and get sound, but couldn't use MIDI. I couldn't play the Arturia, and get sound out at the same time. I tried everything I could think of, including buying a mini TRS to 1/4" TS splitter cable (bypassing the UM2), a different hub, etc., but nothing worked. I finally came to the conclusion that I might need a different MIDI interface.I ordered up an iConnectivity mio; same basic size and function as the Gel, a tiny bit more expensive (ok, $36 vs $10), and swapped it out, and suddenly everything just worked. I have no idea what they could have done to screw up such basic functionality, or why MIDI would shut down the audio, but quite simply, it did. The mio, on the other hand, worked perfectly, so I sent the GELRHONR back, and that's the end of that.Regarding the ratings:5 stars for "Easy to recognize." I suppose. It looks like a 1x1 MIDI interface; not exactly a style contest here.1 star for "Value for money." It must work for somebody, right? And it *is* inexpensive, so if it works for you, then it's certainly a lower price than the mio; but it doesn't work in all scenarios, in which case it's worthless.2 stars for "Quality of material." I don't really have a quibble with the construction, until I factor in the fact that the construction includes the software and programming, which clearly didn't work.