My daughter and I are using this to connect an old Yamaha P-90 electric piano to our laptops (flavors of MacBook Pro) as a MIDI controller for GarageBand (and, eventually I suppose, more sophisticated software, but let's start at the beginning). Worked like a charm once I figured out (from two other reviews posted here) that the "In" plug needs to go in the piano's "Out" port and vice versa. The other way doesn't work at all (silent failure). After that, the whole point of this is to get out of the way and let you use the other tools you're connecting with it, which it does.

I had trouble finding the right type of cable needed for a MIDI connection with my new computer. They allowed me to return several cables, at their expense, until we found the right one. Hunter- their support guy, was absolutely terrific in assisting me and making things work. Sweetwater is a first class company. Thx, Hunter!

Very helpful—and patient in working out my situation-i had no knowledge in how i was going to get my keyboard music transfered onto my computer-and the exact sound i wanted-it was achieved—thanks andrew

I have the older version of this, the one that is just USB-A not USB-C.

This thing works great without drivers on Mac and also works well with an MPC, I haven't tried it with anything else.

You have to connect the "out" midi DIN to your keyboards "in" and the "in" to your keyboards "out". That part was a little confusing.

Also note that this is mainly for connecting to your computer (or a device like the new MPCs that do midi over USB).

If you are trying to connect a midi keyboard to another midi keyboard (sometimes I control my Vox Continental 73 with my Arturia) then you may want to consider using standard midi cables, or check to make sure that one of the keyboards can do midi over USB.

When upgrading to OS Monterey, midisport stopped working. I-connectivity did the job.

I have a cheap old Yamaha Keyboard (PSR-195) that I bought in the nineties. It has MIDI in and out ports so I thought I would take a chance with this cable. You need to plug the "in" jack into the "out" port and the "out" jack into the "in" port. It worked right out of the box on my MacBook M1 without any software drivers or additional setup. Now I can play my cheapo keyboard through my audio interface and studio monitors, as well as use the keyboard as a midi controller for GarageBand. The USB-C to USB-A adapter also comes in handy because of the lack of USB-C ports on the MacBook. If you don't have a hub for additional ports for your MacBook, you won't be able to charge the MacBook while you are using the midi interface with the audio interface, but if you have a recent MacBook you probably figured you need to spring for a hub for additional ports.

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I grabbed the mioXC so I could use it with my Mac (which only has USB-C ports) and an old E-Mu sampler that only has DIN MIDI ports. It works perfectly with SysEx dumps and dense MIDI streams and I like the little USB-C to USB-A dongle that lets me plug the interface into my Windows box as well.

This is a simple interface that allows me to connect my old Roland Octapad SPD-20 (1998) to my computer so I can use it to trigger sounds on my computer. I had tried a cheaper cable and had little luck. After talking to a Sweetwater tech, I decided that this was the right choice for me. It works great and natively has a USB-C connector!

If you're looking for a connectivity solution you've found it. It works with my second generation iPad Pro and is automatically recognized. I've used it to transfer sysex data from the sonicware Liven 8Bit Warps to my computer and back to the Warps. I've used it, in conjunction with a raspberry pi acting as usb midi host, to connect a novation launch control xl to an audiothingies micromonsta for expanded knob control. For those devices that you need a usb Midi cable solution this is it. The cable is also quite long which is nice.

Some warnings and frustrations. You only get the cable in the box. No manual or quick start guide. There's not even a "find the manual here" link on the box. It's a MIDI cable how hard could it be right? It's literally labeled MIDI In and MIDI Out. Well, it matters where those go and it's not in to in and out to out. You have to connect out to in and in to out which in hindsight makes sense. You'll understand when you see it, but I took that labeling to mean "THIS ONE GOES TO MIDI IN/OUT" it just made sense at the time. Even finding the manual was a bit of a journey. In my searching I found that the company iConnectivity itself does not really keep its software up to date. It (I think) does not apply to this device, but for any other iConnectivity devices you may be looking for just be sure to research the utility software side and that your device, like an iPad with the latest iOS, is supported.

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