[sdiy] midi cable

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I have 2 cables for a defunct keyboard/video/mouse
switch which have a male 5 pin DIN on each end.
They are about 3 feet long.  I must admit that 
I use them for MIDI cables to go between sound
modules.  I do not know if they are truly up to
MIDI 1.0 spec, but they do work and don't cause
noise in my studio.

"John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net> wrote:
>You know all of those old AT style keyboards that are on their way to the
>landfill? Cut the coiled cord off and attach a DIN-5 to the other end.
>Instant MIDI cable that stays out of the way.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
>To: Rob Mantel <rmantel at nitline.net>
>Cc: SynthDIYmailinglist <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] midi cable
>
>
>> If you just need MIDI... you can get away with as few as two wires...
>> no shielding. This will not allow ALL MIDI functions (but I'm not sure
>> which ones use the extra pins) Help me here guys... is it MIDI sync or
>> something ???
>>
>> IMHO... if you are not running MIDI cables through HELL (or tying them up
>with
>> low level audio in nice tidy looking and electrically WRONG WRONG WRONG
>> bundles...
>>
>> ... shielding is not necessary.
>>
>> H^) harry
>>
>> Rob Mantel wrote:
>>
>> > I need a bunch of midi cables, but since those are not cheap to buy, I
>> > though I should probably make them myself to save some money to use for
>more
>> > fun things. Anyone any advice on what would be a good bulk cable to buy
>> > (strong, flexible, black, correct shielding)? I always have a hard time
>when
>> > looking though a catalog to really imagine what the cable will look like
>> > when I have it in my hands. An allied stock # would be perfect, since I
>have
>> > to order more stuff there anyway.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Rob
>>
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