# Android Midi over USB

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468 "2020-03-19T09:03:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sanderei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sanderei](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Sanderei)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468/1 "2020-03-19T09:03:47Z")

</div>

Hi guys

I’m new to sonic pi, and wanted to use my phone / tablet for it. I set the option to MIDI output and enabled usb tethering, but didn’t work. Does anyone know how to solve this and get everything up and running?

Greetings,  
Sanderei

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468/2 "2020-03-19T10:12:46Z")

</div>

Hi Sanderei and welcome to in-thread

Can you give a bit more information about your setup. What computer are you running Sonic Pi on, and what version of Sonic Pi are you using? Are you trying to play a midi file on your tablet/phone and get Sonic Pi to recognise the midi input? Are you trying to use a virtual midi keyboard on your phone/tablet to drive Sonic Pi?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sanderei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sanderei](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Sanderei)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468/3 "2020-04-09T23:00:43Z")

</div>

I’m using sonic pi on a raspberry pi 3b +, version 3.1 because you can’t update to 3.2, I’m trying to use a virtual keyboard on my android tablet (Lenovo tab M10 fhd plus gen 2. What a name)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468/4 "2020-04-10T08:42:49Z")

</div>

Ah. If you are using the Raspbian supplied Sonic-Pi 3.1 that does NOT support midi, even though the documentation suggests it does. Unfortunately it is only a partial build of Sonic Pi. The good news is that I have just released  
a build of version 3.2.2 which should work fine on your Raspberry Pi 3b+  
You can download it from [http://r.newman.ch/rpi/sonic-pi-3.2.2](http://r.newman.ch/rpi/sonic-pi-3.2.2)

Let me know how you get on.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sanderei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sanderei](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Sanderei)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/android-midi-over-usb/3468/5 "2020-04-11T11:24:28Z")

</div>

Thank you! I’m installing sonic pi now, and I’m gonna experience how that goes.