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u USB MIDI
In addition to the DIN MIDI ports, your SKX PRO also has two (2) USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports - one
marked TO FLASH DRIVE, the other marked TO HOST. USB and TO FLASH DRIVE are covered in more
detail in the USING MEMORY chapter of this Guide.
In recent years, USB has become the standard interface for connecting computers and instruments to
peripheral devices as well as to each other. In the late 1990's a standard was adopted to allow MIDI
transmission over USB.
t Some USB MIDI Basics
Unlike 5-pin DIN MIDI connections, USB MIDI allows two-way communication between devices using a
single cable - one cable carries both MIDI IN and MIDI OUT data. Also, the bandwidth of a USB MIDI
connection is much higher than a DIN-MIDI connection. This means that a single USB cable can support
16 virtual MIDI ports with 16 channels each for a total of 256 MIDI channels, as opposed to a single
physical MIDI port capable of only 16 channels.
USB MIDI is useful primarily if you want to interface your SKX PRO with a DAW (Digital Audio
Workstation). on a computer. Although it is possible to connect two MIDI instruments (such as two SKX
PRO’s) together, doing so requires the two instruments to be connected to each other via a special
interface device or “router.”
t Connecting the SKX PRO to a computer via USB MIDI
If you want to use your SKX Pro to control a DAW, you can do so by connecting the USB HOST port on
the SKX Pro to an open USB port on your computer.
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