CASIO MA 150 HOW TO CONNECT WITH A COMPUTER?

[RAJARSHI]

I have just bought a CASIO MA-150 keyboard which has a MIDI OUT jack ("Female type"). 

 

How can I Connect this to a computer?

 

PROBLEMS 1: Typical MIDI - to - USB connector not available in the market. 

 

PROBLEMS 2: A direct wiring from MIDI to USB does not lead to any recognition of MIDI (CASIO MA - 150) device

 

Tried to directly  make electrical connection from the MIDI OUT jack to an USB Port by various means, but Any of the MIDI ROLL PIANO software in my computer does not recognize this incoming connection (Plus horrible noise in my CASIO MA - 150 keyboard's built in loudspeakers if I try to make direct electrical connections). Also I have checked connected device in WINDOWS control panel - I didn't find any. 

 

I have tried to find CASIO driver files over the internet but it wont work. 

 

So, how could I make successful connection between my MIDI keyboard and the computer? 

 

please help me out, an early response would be highly helpful. 

[Chas]

I'm not familiar with the MA-150, however, a quick search for the user manual indicates that it uses the older 5 pin DIN MIDI connector, not USB MIDI (see pics below).

 

5 pin DIN MIDI uses a different (much older) connection protocol to USB MIDI, and your computer will not recognize it without a dedicated MIDI interface. Additionally,  5 pin MIDI requires no drivers to operate. Only some older USB MIDI devices need drivers, and most modern USB MIDI devices are "class compliant" and require no drivers to be installed by the user.

 

There are supposedly some 5 pin MIDI to USB adapters available, but from what I've heard they are often problematic/ unreliable/ don't work. 

 

Get yourself a small USB MIDI interface that has 5 pin DIN MIDI connectors and then you should be able to connect your Casio with your computer. 

 

[Just Alex]

I had this keyboard and used some cheap USB MIDI adapters from China and all worked fine.