Ralf11 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Is it technically possible to implement bluetooth midi via a firmware update? And maybe even Midi 2.0? such a great update could also be paid for in my opinion. Greetings from Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Not possible via a firmware update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf11 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 thank you very much for your fast respond. There still has to be room to improve for the next version of this great product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Ralf-even if you could upgrade to midi 2.0 on given instrument-you would find no benefit-so far-unless you had some type of software or other hardware that also has midi 2.0. It is meant to be a new communication protocol between devices-not a be-all/end-all to improve functionality within one instrument operating by itself-at least from what I understand. See this: https://www.midi.org/articles-old/details-about-midi-2-0-midi-ci-profiles-and-property-exchange and even though the spec has been finalized-on paper-it will be awhile before there will be much additional equipment/software with it-implementation will take quite awhile. As I recall from the early days of midi spec 1.0-and my equipment-even when it was released-there were bugs and problems that needed to be sorted out before it became a stable, usable and flexible protocol, once the hardware and software was in place to actually use it. And i suspect the first stages of implementation will take place in the more costly and complex professional environments although Roland has already released an 88-key controller with midi spec 2.0-if it has nothing to connect to, I don't see any real practical benefit-yet. Correct me if i am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf11 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Thank you jokeyman for your detailed explanations. Now i absolutely agree with you. I thought that Bluetooth Midi could be possible through a firmware update, since Bluetooth (audio) is implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Even if you could-I've tried bluetooth audio speakers with a bluetooth transmitter connected to my Privias-for remote monitoring away from my studio-and the audio delay was definitely quite pronounced, so audio works for monitoring, but with a delay. I don't know if there is an add-on bluetooth system that would enable you to go midi-Yamaha makes a wireless bluetooth midi setup, but I haven't tried it, i don't know how it works-you might want to do some more research there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf11 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thank you for the experiment setup and your support Jokeyman! Maybe my question was too imprecise. My wish would be that a USB cable for Chordana Play for Piano would be unnecessary, if Bluetooth midi were implemented. But as Mike Martin answered, that's not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike71 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 There are specialized IC to manage BT audio and they can't be reprogrammed to support BT MIDI and the opposite is true. https://www.hackster.io/joebowbeer/usb-ble-wireless-midi-adapters-25dd31 Of course with an Arduino and some shields you coul build an USB-MIDI to a BT-MIDI adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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