I have a friend who plays his midi Excelsior accordion through his KN7000, with no problems whatsoever.

I recently sold him my KN5000 (to use in a different location) but when the accordion is connected in the usual way it takes two or three taps on each note of the acoordion keys before the KN5000 responds.

Would anyone know if this is a set up problem or possibly a fault in the KN5000?

I have had the KN5000 from new and this is the first time the midi functions have been used.

A quick check on the KN5000 MIDI.
Initialise the keyboard.
Set the Right 1 volume level to 0.
Select Program Menus, MIDI, Part setting.
Set Part 4 MIDI Channel to 1.
Exit menus.
Ensure that only the Right 1 part is selected and play a few RH notes.
There should be no sound.
Connect a standard MIDI cable from the KN5000 MIDI Out to the KN5000 MIDI In.
Ensure that Part 4 volume level is not muted or set to zero and play a few RH notes.
This time you should hear the Part 4 instrument (Piano?).
If the notes sound correctly then your KN5000 MIDI Out is working and it is probably a matter of settings.

There were a number of upgrades to the KN5000 operating system, but I don't know whether any of these were to correct MIDI problems.

Len

Len,
Many thanks for that info. I will pass it on to my friend and let you how it goes.
Regards,
Cleon