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Question posted by sobhadara on March 10th, 2013

Can I Connect Psr S500 To Midi Interface Of A Digital Piano?

I want to connect my current PSR S500 to a digital piano MIDI interface and use the accompaniment features and other features of PSR S500. Currently I am considering Kawai CN-24 for digital piano. Is this possible? Regards, Sobha

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Answer #1: Posted by sghose on May 15th, 2013 5:17 AM

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Yes you can. You need a MIDI cable. Connect it to MIDI out of Kawai and MIDI IN of PSR S550. you have to take care of MIDI OUt channel no of KAWAI and MIDI IN channel of S550.

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