1 Nov
2009
1 Nov
'09
11:47 a.m.
hi everyone!
i'm playing with my shiny new BCF2K, and i'm going to use it some
distance from my machine, so i'm going to try a midi link instead of USB.
what is the maximum length of midi chain that you have used without
problems? i read somewhere that no more than 15 meters are recommended,
which strikes me as pretty short even if it's unbalanced.
my idea is to abuse a cat5 cable as a triple midi loom - do you think
that could work? pinout would be as follows:
1 midi 1 signal
2 midi 1 ground
3 midi 2 signal
4 midi 2 ground
5 midi 3 signal
6 midi 6 ground
7 common +5V
8 common +5V
best,
jörn