MIDIfy – MIDI 2.0-Retrofitkit

Your vintage piano now plays MIDI too

Play a synthesizer from the keyboard of your Rhodes or Wurlitzer, layer a software sound underneath it or record your performance as MIDI. MIDIfy picks up the movement of the keys without touching them, so the feel and the sound of your Rhodes stay exactly as they were.

MIDIfy is available for Rhodes MK I and MK II with 73 or 88 keys and for the Wurlitzer 64 as a retrofit kit.

High-resolution MIDI

Over USB, MIDIfy supports MIDI 2.0 with 16-bit velocity and 32-bit polyphonic aftertouch. For MIDI 1.0 devices and software that support the CC 88 velocity prefix (e.g. Modartt Pianoteq), you can enable 14-bit velocity in the web interface.

Set MIDIfy up for the way you play

You reach the settings straight from your browser over MIDIfy's own Wi-Fi. There is no separate app to install.

• Velocity: Set how your Rhodes responds to soft and firm strokes, with a choice of response curves.
• Splits and layers: Divide the keyboard into up to three zones, or stack several sounds on the same keys. Store your settings in four presets.
• Polyphonic aftertouch: Modulate individual held notes with extra pressure on the key, where your synthesizer or software instrument supports it.
• MIDI controllers: Assign MIDI CCs to connected controls such as the sustain and expression pedal.
• Calibration and updates: A wizard walks you through calibrating every key. Firmware updates go in over USB.

The web interface at a glance: velocity, zones, aftertouch and more.

Installation and removal

Keeping installation as simple as possible was a basic premise throughout the design of the system. In the video below I take you through fitting it.

The complete installation step by step, including calibration.

Would you rather have MIDIfy fitted for you? Write to me for a workshop appointment.

Do you have a Wurlitzer 200 or 200A?

There is a separate installation route for these models. It is still experimental. To the Wurlitzer manual