E MU EM8780 Professional USB Bus powered Midi Interface with 1 in 1 out and Midi Status Indicator Lights

Customer Reviews

Nice option for older equipment

2008-04-08
If you have older musical equipment with a MIDI physical interface and want to connect it to your current computer, this is an excellent option. It is very compact, scarcely larger than just the cables, and the activity lights are a very useful option.

If you don't have current equipment with MIDI connectors, however, you probably won't need this. Most newer electronics will support the MIDI protocol via a USB or Firewire interface.

The PERFECT Midi solution

2008-03-27
If you're in need of a well-made, easy-to-use Midi Interface, look no further than the E-MU EM8180. It works. Period.

Currently I am using Logic Pro on a PowerMac Dual 1.8 G5 with 2GB of RAM. Previously I'd composed music on a Sony Vaio, which utilized a totally different Midi Interface connector. Obviously I needed a USB-powered Midi device for my Mac, and immediately found the E-MU EM8180 on Amazon. Very simple, very easy to hook-up, and begins working right away.

Highly recommended.

Better price than compeditors

2008-03-11
This MIDI interface is priced much lower than any other competitor I have found. Works well, and is plug-n-play on most OS. Would have liked to see cable gauge a bit heavier on the din-connector end, but this does no seem to affect performance. Good product for a Good price.

USB to MIDI Interface

2008-02-21
works as advertised, a quick and simple solution to bring midi in and out of a computer.

Inexpensive Basic MIDI Interface

2008-02-17
This basic midi interface works great. I used it to connect my E-Mu Proteus keyboard with my Mac. The connecting cables are long enough to give you some flexibility with placement of whatever it is you're connecting.

This really wasn't what I thought it was....

2008-07-10
Well it was but it wasn't it doesn't do exactly what I thought it would do I wanted this to try to pull recorded music off my Yamaha keyboard but instead it only hooks up to a computer to record new music that you play not prerecorded stuff that you already played.

It Just Works

2008-06-28
Bought this to connect a Kawai MP9000 stage piano to a macbook pro using garageband. Works perfectly!

Very Simple to use

2008-05-02
My computer does not have a MIDI port so I was looking for a simple, inexpensive way to connect my MIDI controller/keyboard and the EM8780 is exactly that. I am running Windows Vista and did not have any trouble with the drivers. I use Finale and did not have to do anything to the settings for the MIDI input to be recognized. This is a great product.

Nifty way to drive & receive MIDI signals from USB port

2008-04-28
The cable provided a nifty way to drive and accept MIDI signals when you only have a USB port on your computer. I did notice a bit of lag in the action when pressing a key on the Roland MIDI keyboard and then hearing the sound from the speakers on the computer. But considering that I had no other method at hand for using MIDI with my computer it works pretty good.

worked perfectly first time

2008-04-26
I plugged it into my Yamaha PSR - 340 keyboard, then into my Mac computer and started playing and recording instantly. It works every time. And it works great with Mac's Garage Band. Of course it works, that's the joy of a Mac and the new leopard system. Sorry to all you who went with Vista.