Does this have MIDI in and out ?

[Jakes Daddy]

Hi,

Just in the process of building my MB project (most of the parts have arrived, some of the kits built already, all coming along very nicely  :) ), and it dawned on me last night that my PC does not have MIDI in/out ports !! (doh !)

What I do have however is an M-Audio Oxygen8 keyboard which has a pair of 5 pin dins which look like MIDI in/out but suspisiously are not labeled as such:

Am I right in thinking these are not MIDI in/out that I can use with my MB project ??

Assuming I can't use them, can anyone suggest a cheap USB MIDI port ? (my PC does not have a game port as otherwise I'd use that !)

Cheers

JD

[Jakes Daddy]

I have found plenty on flea bay such as this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-MIDI-CABLE-INTERFACE-FOR-CUBASE-SONAR-etc_W0QQitemZ110093870283QQihZ001QQcategoryZ123445QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That would do the job I assume? But cheap'n'nasty though?

Cheers

Nathan

[Screaming_Rabbit]

Am I right in thinking these are not MIDI in/out that I can use with my MB project ??

RTFM, I just did it online ;)

... Yes, you're right. It's only a MIDI OUT coming from the PC side.

Greets, Roger

[audiocommander]

but suspisiously are not labeled as such

right!

In this case, the Midi Data is coming:

- from the controller (left: "MIDI-OUT Keyboard")

- from the computer (right: "MIDI-OUT USB")

The problem is though, that you don't have no MIDI-In, wich means you can get data to your MB but not from it.

The eBay link seems a bit expensive to me, look here:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=midi+interface&x=0&y=0

Best regards,

Michael

[Jakes Daddy]

The eBay link seems a bit expensive to me' date=' look here:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=midi+interface&x=0&y=0[/quote']

Hmm, its cheaper, but by the time they've added shipping to the UK, it bumps the price back up again !

[audiocommander]

I'm not from the UK. I posted this link to show you that alternatives do exist ::)