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ThoR

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well, not really shure if this is the correct place to post this, i've just bought a new PC (had to update the old one :P) and couldn't find any that came with the good old joystick port T_T

i just want to know if any of the USB to MIDI dongles out there works with midibox or there are limitations / exeption / etc.

thanks in advance

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well, it's onboard SBLive 24-bit soundcard, so it has no gameport T_T (haven't seen those in a while). my question was about something i read on the forums about EUSART MIDI ports. i just don't want to spend 50$ on something i'll have to trow away (plus didn't even build the midibox yet, i started to make a checklist of "what do i need to buy" and noticed lack of MIDI port on the pc xD)

Thanks in advance

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I don't know what the EUSART MIDI is about, but if you just want to add one or two midi ports to your PC, I can also recommend the midisport 2x2! Worked with one for a couple of years, and it never let me down ;) (upgraded to a midisport 4x4 lately since I needed more in/out)

If you search a bit, you could be able to get one second hand quite cheap

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Thorsten "timing tested" a few a while back IIRC, and indeed it did get one of the worst ratings. I actually have one myself, which has done OK, but it usually only does controller stuff, so I can't comment on it's timing. I've also seen it disappear a few times (used to do it a lot on the Mac), but there's probably too many sources for that to blame the MIDISport drivers.

Always wished there was more DIY MIDI i/o available, especially post 2K/XP. :'(

George

PS@ThoR- I think dj3nk may have been referring to internal connections(?). Sometimes the built-in circuits will have dual row headers inside where you can connect for stuff like MIDI/SPDIF/ or for front panel ports on your case, even though the port isn't built into the board. You could also maybe use a cheap PCI card, just for the MIDI/game port (assuming you're desktop) and disable the sound device.

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Well, you can buy the gameport / joystick / midi / whatever-you-want-to-call-it from creative if you have an SB Live or audigy - that's what I had to do. Basically it's a 15-pin socket on a ribbon cable hooked up to an IDC plug. I bought mine direct from creative, but it looks fairly simple to make your own and stick it through an old PCI backplate.

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We could probably use the LTC module for RS232 to the PC , or a parllel interface, and a bunch of IIC_midi to make a really awesome MIDI interface... It's finding someone to write the driver.

I wonder if anyone would know what it would cost to pay someone to write them?

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Im just tryin to guess:

1. there are open source java OSC servers , one should customize to use mainboard ports or the ones on low cost PCI(x) expansion.

This would eventually secure the whole thing, cause a normal OSC server is vulnerable from outside network.

2. this OSC server can forward MIDI from any seq. app. , and its multiplatform too.

3. as well as midi , one has timestamped OSC msg-s with quite low timing uncertainity

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