1 Apr
2004
1 Apr
'04
10:03 p.m.
Hey everyone,
I remember back in highschool my band director bought a really
simple 2x2 ISA MIDI interface for the band's computer. Does anything
like that in PCI exist? I've looked around and didn't find anything
that simple (ie, cheap ::-).
What are people doing for this? The USB MIDI adaptors all seem
really overpriced (they seem to start at around $40 for 1x1). I don't need
the portability and would rather save the money. Maybe I should just find
a pair of SB Lives used?
Thanks for any tips!
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2 Apr
2 Apr
4:23 a.m.
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 16:57, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
Hey everyone,
I remember back in highschool my band director bought a really
simple 2x2 ISA MIDI interface for the band's computer. Does anything
like that in PCI exist? I've looked around and didn't find anything
that simple (ie, cheap ::-).
What are people doing for this? The USB MIDI adaptors all seem
really overpriced (they seem to start at around $40 for 1x1).
I bought my Midisport USB 2x2 for $20 US on Ebay. Works great for what I
need.
I don't need
the portability and would rather save the money. Maybe I should just find
a pair of SB Lives used?
OEM SB live cards are also about $19.00 US. Or at least thats what I get
mine for. Ebay is probably littered with them for almost nothing.
R~
Thanks for any tips!
1:47 p.m.
Hallo,
Russell Hanaghan hat gesagt: // Russell Hanaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 16:57, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
But you'd need a gameport-midi converter, which adds cost. I'd go the
USB route for midi. Those small midi things often come in handy.
ciao
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I don't need
the portability and would rather save the money. Maybe I should just find
a pair of SB Lives used?
OEM SB live cards are also about $19.00 US. Or at least thats what I get
mine for. Ebay is probably littered with them for almost nothing. 
2:10 p.m.
Frank Barknecht wrote:
But you'd need a gameport-midi converter, which adds cost. I'd go the
USB route for midi. Those small midi things often come in handy.
ciao
I'd go with the USB solution also. It's flexible.
I sort of have a very vague, lost memory that maybe in one of the older
MIDI books, like possibly Craig Anderton's book, or maybe something even
older, that there was some solution for hooking a MIDI connector to a
parallel port and doing MIDI from some small DOS program. I certainly
don't know if there's any port of stuff like that to Linux though.
Good luck,
Mark
3:12 p.m.
Hallo,
Mark Knecht hat gesagt: // Mark Knecht wrote:
I'd go with the USB solution also. It's
flexible.
I sort of have a very vague, lost memory that maybe in one of the older
MIDI books, like possibly Craig Anderton's book, or maybe something even
older, that there was some solution for hooking a MIDI connector to a
parallel port and doing MIDI from some small DOS program. I certainly
don't know if there's any port of stuff like that to Linux though.
You also can buy Parallel-to-Midi adapters, I think. But USB of course
is easier.
BTW: I would stay clear from the M-Audio midi devices, not because
they wouldn't work (AFAIK they do) but you'll have to fiddle with
firmware loaders and such. Edirol or Audiotrak don't need firmware IIR
and thus are much closer to "plug and play" installation.
ciao
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