How to get MIDI output from a Keyboard that only have a USB port.

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Hi, i have a Yamaha PSR-E333 Music Keyboard. This keyboard haves available windows driver to create a virtual MIDI Keyboard in windows. that means that midi signal passes in the usb cable because i can use a virtual music software on Windows to play with my laptop live. I would have to connect a sound module on my keyboard that is not windows based and it needs to be connected on a MIDI Output of a keyboard to make sounds.

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My question is:

Is there a Way i could use Arduino to intercept MIDI signal on the USB port of the Keyboard and convert it to a standard MIDI port for my module to get the keys signals. I kknow there exists some modules that you can connect on your computer usb port and you can connect a midi keyboard on it but i dont find anywhere the opposite that a USB only keyboard to convert to MIDI because it would need a driver which is compatible with the keyboard signal. i hope somebody could guide me in my researches,

Thank you very Much

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Is there a Way i could use Arduino to intercept MIDI signal on the USB port of the Keyboard and convert it to a standard MIDI port for my module to get the keys signals.

There is. You need a USB Host shield and you need to write the appropriate driver software. Getting the shield is easy. Writing the driver is not.

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I think teensy boards have some nice usb/midi libraries.