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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] problems with portakit

From: jesper <jesper@...>
Date: 2010-06-30

alfpaches skrev:
>
>
> Hi all
> The two portakit midi outputs seem work out. When I plug a midi cable in
> them the porakit screen changes incessantly from the one kit to another,
> from the kit to a sequence etc... It´s like the portakit is going crazy.
> Could it be because it needs a change of battery?. I´ve restored the
> initial settings but the result is the same. Thanks in advance

But... are those DIN-5 sockets really midi outs? Are you sure? I have no
porta kit, but I could easily imagine that they're "just" trigger
outputs to drive SDS-8 and similar.

(Not to be rude, but many people think that DIN-5 sockets automatically
means midi.)

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electronically yours, jesper

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