Reference Guide

1274 Hardware setup

Connect your MIDI equipment

If you are using a MIDI interface (such as an MPU-401 or Sound Blaster MIDI option) with an

external MIDI keyboard, you need to connect the equipment using MIDI cables.

It is possible to connect your equipment in some rather complex ways that may cause problems. If

you call for technical support with a problem concerning equipment that doesn’t seem to be

responding, we’ll probably suggest that you reconnect things in one of the ways listed here before

we explore the problem further. Also be sure to check the “Troubleshooting” on page 1251 chapter

before calling us.

There are two methods that fit many circumstances. The one you choose depends on whether your

keyboard has:

• All three types of MIDI jacks: In, Out, and Thru

• Only two types of MIDI jacks: In and Out

If you have only one keyboard, read “If your keyboard doesn’t have a MIDI Thru jack” on page 1276

(regardless of whether you have MIDI Thru or not).

If your keyboard has a MIDI Thru jack

If your keyboard has three MIDI jacks—In, Out, and Thru—then use the following diagram.