1 Nov
2009
1 Nov
'09
2:11 p.m.
Hi,
On Sunday 01 November 2009 16:47:44 Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
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
If you want to make use of the drilling of the pins in cat5, it should be
1+2 Midi 1
3+6 Midi 2
4+5 Midi 3
7+8 Midi 4
Why do you want to carry 5V? According to my docs, Midi is just Signal+ and
Signal- and shield. Which, when carried over Cat5, should be all on the
shield.
I made myself some adaptors Midi->XLR->Midi a year ago but never actually used
them to date.
Have fun,
Arnold