You will find various MIDI apps on your Android device. You need to download a good app for playing music after you have connected your MIDI keyboard to the Android phone or tablet.

You can choose the default layout or select one from the list. Tap it, and you will see a list of keyboard layouts. You will see an item “ Select keyboard layout“. For this, you need to open the notification drawer of your Android device. Also, set up the keyboard to “local” so that the sound on your keyboard is muted and you can play music using the keyboard on your Android device.īefore you start playing you should set up the keyboard layout. On your keyboard’s Music Input screen, play the highest and lowest notes so that Synthesia knows the number of keys on your keyboard. At this stage, go to the Musical Devices option on the Settings. Your keyboard will then show up in Synthesia or other apps.

Now the connection should be established.

However, if this doesn’t happen, then you should select the ‘ cogwheel icon’ on the top right side of your device and then open MIDI/USB.

At this stage, your keyboard should be detected automatically.

Then connect the adapter’s Micro USB end to the Android device.

Take the cable that you have connected to the keyboard and to the OTG USB A to Micro USB adapter or OTG USB C to Micro USB adapter depending on your device.

You should connect the MIDI end of the cable to the keyboard. If the keyboard has a MIDI port, you will need an OTG adapter or a MIDI to USB cable.

You should connect the end of USB B to the keyboard’s “ TO HOST” port.

If your keyboard has a USB to HOST port, then you will require a USB TYPE A to USB TYPE B cable.

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