Al Krow Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 A bit of a specialist topic, but in case it's of interest... The Roland UM-One Mk2 is the quality benchmark, but costs a hefty £35, or so, new. Came across this today on Amazon for 1/3 the price of the Roland: I've not used, but I suspect at that price will be tempted to give it a go (e.g. particularly if some of us end up with a replacement FI now that @Quatschmacher has completely rejigged the PC Editor and Manual!). A couple of points to note: There is no driver or cd installation for it, just plug in, the computer automatically adds it as a new device and you are ready to go, however: plug midi cable "IN" to midi device's “OUT” slot, midi cable "OUT" to midi device's “IN” slot. Which is both the seller's advice and backed up by user experience: "Works very well on my zoom gfx 8 effect pedal. Only one issue was I plugged the cables as labelled in and out to in and out sockets. But the program on my laptop I'm using for this could not detect the effect pedal, so I reversed it out cable wen into in and out cable went into out, and finally it was detected and now I'm able to modify my effect pedal." If any of you have tried this or alternative Midi to USB then please share your positive / negative experiences - be good to get some alternatives to the Roland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatschmacher Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: A bit of a specialist topic, but in case it's of interest... The Roland UM-One Mk2 is the quality benchmark, but costs a hefty £35, or so, new. Came across this today on Amazon for 1/3 the price of the Roland: I've not used, but I suspect at that price will be tempted to give it a go (e.g. particularly if some of us end up with a replacement FI now that @Quatschmacher has completely rejigged the PC Editor and Manual!). A couple of points to note: There is no driver or cd installation for it, just plug in, the computer automatically adds it as a new device and you are ready to go, however: plug midi cable "IN" to midi device's “OUT” slot, midi cable "OUT" to midi device's “IN” slot. Which is both the seller's advice and backed up by user experience: "Works very well on my zoom gfx 8 effect pedal. Only one issue was I plugged the cables as labelled in and out to in and out sockets. But the program on my laptop I'm using for this could not detect the effect pedal, so I reversed it out cable wen into in and out cable went into out, and finally it was detected and now I'm able to modify my effect pedal." If any of you have tried this or alternative Midi to USB then please share your positive / negative experiences - be good to get some alternatives to the Roland. Sounds like user error. The IN here is into the computer so of course needs to be plugged into the OUT port of the external device. Guess if you have an FI and it doesn’t work with it, you could return under distance selling rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammybee Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I've bought something similar in the past. Works fine with my mac and Triton/MPC combo, I'd imagine it's a similar if not the same chipset in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Another budget option: I'm using the £13 Bespeco BMUSB100 for the FI and it works fine (and I think is the cheapest one on FI list of devices they have tested that work), but there are a few that don't work: http://pandamidi.com/support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.G.E.N.T.E. Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I guess it might work in most cases but I tried to save some money in the past and I ended up buying twice. My Boss ES5 didn't work with the generic cable and even though I heard about this issue with boss I tried it anyway. Not a very smart move, I know 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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