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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Cheap MIDI USB interfaces

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2009-12-29

Michael Hawkins wrote:

> So I bought a couple of cheap MIDI to USB cables. These are the type
> that you can buy on ebay for about 5 bucks each and they're the type
> that don't require any additional software because they are supposed to
> work with the standard Windows drivers.

You know what would be good? Replacing the whole damn MIDI interface
with a USB-to-MIDI chip. I'm pretty sure it's just a case of getting
something like an FTDI and blowing the appropriate magic into it.

Gordon MM0YEQ