[sdiy] midi cable

[Chromatest Pantsmaker]

Christian wrote:

> I have made a DIY cable with two 5 pin DIN Sockets on either end, so
> that the two 5 pin DIN outputs of the PC link together.
> I am using a short length of cable (1 meter) with 2 wires and a
> shield. I link pin 2 to the shield and 5 and 4 to the other wires.

so it's one cable with two plugs on each end?  How many wires are you
using in the cable?  Seems like you'd have to be using 5 if not 6 to
make it work.  And of course remember that the 'out' of one, goes to
the 'in' of the other...

Kinda funny, I was just thinking about this very thing yesterday. 
Running music software on a Mac laptop, and running midi-triggerable
video sequencing software on a NT Laptop.... the Mac would trigger the
video.... just a dream of course..
-ben