Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!news From: rit@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Jean-Francois Rit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Midi interfaces that don't work with 68040 Message-ID: <1991May6.185143.12460@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 6 May 91 18:51:43 GMT Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: rit@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Jean-Francois Rit) Organization: Robotics Lab. Stanford University Lines: 54 I have tested for you the following low cost midi interfaces on a NextStation running 2.1. And they don't work: - Opcode midi translator - Altech's 1x3 More precisely, they work in the midi out direction but not the midi in (i.e. you can't use a midi controller). Here is how I tested it. I am completely new to midi so I am putting some effort into describing the set up so others can try to duplicate it (with other interfaces) or correct my conclusion that the midi interfaces do not work. Set up: Hard: Nextstation - B serial port --- "Next 040 to some serial devices" cable -- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- serial port - Midi Interface - In -------- Out - TR 505 Drum box | | - Out -------- In --- Soft: Drum box sends and receive on ch 10. Nexstation runs ensemble. - Input set to anything but midi 10 (or you have a nasty loop bug) Instrument set to midi out ch 10 When you play the Ensemble keyboard, the drum box sounds (so it works in that direction ) - Input set to midi 10 Instrument sent to anything but midi out When you play the drum box, nothing happens (you should hear the Next instrument). I tested the serial cable on a printer and a terminal, the drum box and the midi interfaces on a macintosh. They all work. NexAnswers advertizes the Opcode Studio 3 as working, but I have been unable to test it. Being a company, I doubt they would advertize non-working products even if they know about it because it does not generate good publicity. I would like to hear about any midi interface that you tested on a 68040 Next Machine. J-F Rit