mb944 Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Hi folks!These days, it seems that Serial ports Are phasing out on laptops, or maybe I'm just a lucky winner without a serial port on mine ;DI need to get an extra midi port on the damn thing. Any ideas for an LTC -->LPT mod ?I saw that Midiman Used to sell parallel port midi interfaces. Does anyone know where schematics/drivers for such design might be?Thanks in advance for any advice,Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Rabbit Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 I have one of those Midiman LPT Interfaces. The problem is, that they don't supprt them anymore... NO Fckn.. DRIVER >:(Greets, Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seppoman Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hi Alex,the Out of the Core is serial regardless of Midi or LTC option, so you would need to build some serial/parallel converter, and probably write your own Windows driver. Way too much effort.If you need a cheap parallel Midi interface I can recommend the old MotU product line. I´ve got a MotU Pocket Express (2 In, 2 Out, SMPTE) from eBay for 20 Euros. Lately I exchanged it for a Micro Express (4 In, 6 Out) which cost me 35 Euros. Both have Win2k/XP drivers and a parallel port. Seppoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb944 Posted May 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 thanks sepoman,I'll keep an eye out for some!best regards,Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I have one of those Midiman LPT Interfaces. The problem is, that they don't supprt them anymore... NO Fckn.. DRIVER There is an old windows driver that suits win95 to winME, see http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.driversI have the serial version, and it has a crappy driver. (half works on one PC, dosen't work at all on another)It could be easy to clone, as its really just 3x PIC16C54-XT/P, (with a few other components) but whats the point in cloning something that dosen't work?What does the paralell version have inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogic Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 forget about parallel port, easiest solution is to buy COM->USBconverter and install drivers for COM port as if you have COM portI have toshiba laptop which has no COM ports, only USB.this works excellent, however I am not sure if there is anylatency involved ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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