Midi mysteries (or why does it not work?)

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Hello everyone!
I’m new to this community; I just received the Play+ two days ago.
My problem is that I can’t control my external synths via MIDI.
I obviously followed the user guide to the letter and checked that my pads are assigned to the correct MIDI outputs.
I also checked my MIDI cables and 5-pin TRS-to-MIDI connectors with my Keystep and the APC64. Everything works as expected with all three synths, but I still can’t get any signal out of the Play+ to the outside world.
I hope this is just a good old-fashioned beginner’s mistake, but I really don’t see what could be wrong.
I’m also a little worried because I bought the Play+ second-hand (from a store, with a warranty). It’s in very good condition, but… you never know what life it had before…
Is there a way to check if the Play+'s MIDI output is working properly?

Controlling my external synths is one of the main reasons I bought this beautiful item, and the MIDI assignment seems pretty simple… I’m not sure what to do…

Thanks for your help!

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Hi and welcome to the community.

Are you using the Polyends trs to din adapter? Play+ uses midi type b, so chances are good you have the wrong adapter.

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Yep, that’s it!

My adapter is a BOSS BMIDI and I was pretty sure it was a B type (as recommended). Apparently I was wrong ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ !!

One rookie mistake: done! … One thousand to go!

Thanks for the reply! :+1:

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