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If we are talking about a male/female extension then a normal 5 pin din
will do, because it will have the correct pinout on the other end.

The problem you are talking about would occur if you were to use a
normal 5 pin din cable as your normal midi cable.




In article <5.0.2.1.2.20010402135802.00a04a70@...>, Bruce
Wahler <bruce@...> writes
>At 06:48 p 4/2/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>>1. Use any 5 pin din extender cable male one end female the other, Look
>>in curry's, Dixons, Maplins, Tandy etc. or your local PC store if you
>>are outside of the UK.
>
>This may not always work, as the cable used for audio applications seems to 
>have different shielding or pinout -- something.  I've had difficulties 
>using some DIN cables for MIDI applications, particularly at long lengths.
>
>Hosa makes a double-female MIDI adapter which can be used to connect two 
>MIDI cables together.  Most music stores out my way (Boston, MA, USA) seem 
>to stock Hosa products.  I keep a pair of these in my "gig box" in case the 
>stage setup requires very long connections.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>-BW
>
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See ya,

Reggie