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Um , in fact my TC Electronic's manuals show that normal MIDI cable is a 5->5
cable where pins 2 , 4 and 5 are the ones needed (the center one and two pinds
which are the closest to the center) and a usual computer DIN<->DIN cable with
all pins connected (not the cables with only 3 runs inside) work fully fine.
Ray.

Reggie wrote:

> 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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