[sdiy] midi cable

[John L Marshall]

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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