OVERRIDING MIDI pt.II

[Tony Clark]

> This may be a crazy question but.. couldn't MIDI IN and MIDI Out be in
> the same cable? One connector from unit to unit. That is the current
> MIDI implementation using the same 5 pin connector. I have seen mods in
> the past that used the unused pins in the connector to supply DC power
> to a Synth such as the CZ101. 
> 
> Dempsey

   It "could" be done that way, but there's a drawback.  And that is, 
you'd need a Y-split cable in order to "chain" your MIDI devices 
together.  The current scheme prevents the need for any such funky 
cables.

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I can't drive (my Moog) 55!
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Tony Clark -- clark at andrews.edu 
http://www.andrews.edu/~clark
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