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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Desktop Audio and Video => Topic started by: Sparky on June 11, 2016, 12:35:14 PM

Title: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Sparky on June 11, 2016, 12:35:14 PM
Hi,

I picked up a Roland MT-32 and I'd quite like to hook it up to my A600 ... is anyone making/selling midi interfaces these days ?
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Spektro on June 11, 2016, 05:01:58 PM
Quote from: Sparky;809861
Hi,

I picked up a Roland MT-32 and I'd quite like to hook it up to my A600 ... is anyone making/selling midi interfaces these days ?


Not that I know of, if you are looking for new interfaces. Creating a new interface for classic Amiga sounds like a perfect job for Sakura IT (https://sakura-it.pl/index.php) :)
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: bbond007 on June 11, 2016, 05:56:04 PM
Quote from: Sparky;809861
Hi,

I picked up a Roland MT-32 and I'd quite like to hook it up to my A600 ... is anyone making/selling midi interfaces these days ?

For a minute I was thinking of my Sound Canvas that I tried to Hook directly to the A1200 via the serial port...

Then I remembered that the MT32 does no have that port :)

Anyway I had hoped to make it work without midi adapter, but what i suspect I needed was a new MIDI driver with a few tweaks.

There are some plans on Aminet to make one yourself. http://aminet.net/search?query=midi+interface
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: paul1981 on June 11, 2016, 07:29:25 PM
Quote from: Sparky;809861
Hi,

I picked up a Roland MT-32 and I'd quite like to hook it up to my A600 ... is anyone making/selling midi interfaces these days ?


Only eBay and Amibay...
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: strim on June 12, 2016, 08:11:18 AM
Quote from: jpera;809872
Not that I know of, if you are looking for new interfaces. Creating a new interface for classic Amiga sounds like a perfect job for Sakura IT (https://sakura-it.pl/index.php) :)


There's this one guy on AmiBay (http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?80217-Last-Amiga-MIDI-Interface&highlight=midi), that was recently selling a bunch of brand new interfaces. Even if home made they looked pretty cool. I was going to cooperate with him to produce a "professional" version, but some serious life problems got in my way and the project kind of died (as some of you probably noticed, most of my projects are on hold now). So sorry, but no new MIDI interfaces from Sakura are planned currently.

Anyway I'd ask that dude, maybe he still have a few interfaces stashed somewhere.
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Spektro on June 12, 2016, 10:03:37 PM
Quote from: strim;809902
There's this one guy on AmiBay (http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?80217-Last-Amiga-MIDI-Interface&highlight=midi), that was recently selling a bunch of brand new interfaces. Even if home made they looked pretty cool. I was going to cooperate with him to produce a "professional" version, but some serious life problems got in my way and the project kind of died (as some of you probably noticed, most of my projects are on hold now). So sorry, but no new MIDI interfaces from Sakura are planned currently.

Anyway I'd ask that dude, maybe he still have a few interfaces stashed somewhere.


I'm sorry to hear that. That diskers' home-made interface looks good indeed.

Sorry for hijacking your thread Sparky, but I can't resist asking this. Strim, have you though making hardware for the Commodore 8-bits? I'm asking because I'm interested in this MIDI interface: https://sourceforge.net/projects/hermidi/
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: krashan on June 14, 2016, 09:23:49 AM
I'm almost ready to release the first batch of my MIDI interfaces. First production unit is already assembled and tested. It has been demonstrated on AmiWawa meeting (Warsaw, Poland) last Saturday working with Novation 49SL Mk II keyboard controller and Roland SD-50 sound module. We have tested MFPlay, OctaMed Soundstudio and PianoMeter.

Features of the interface are listed on my hardware page (http://krashan.ppa.pl/hardware/).

I will publish photos of the interface this week. Will sell on AmiBay. The price will be 18 EUR/20 USD + postage.
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: krashan on June 14, 2016, 09:29:43 AM
doubleposting, please delete
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Sparky on June 14, 2016, 12:13:02 PM
Quote from: Krashan;809969
I'm almost ready to release the first batch of my MIDI interfaces. First production unit is already assembled and tested. It has been demonstrated on AmiWawa meeting (Warsaw, Poland) last Saturday working with Novation 49SL Mk II keyboard controller and Roland SD-50 sound module. We have tested MFPlay, OctaMed Soundstudio and PianoMeter.

Features of the interface are listed on my hardware page (http://krashan.ppa.pl/hardware/).

I will publish photos of the interface this week. Will sell on AmiBay. The price will be 18 EUR/20 USD + postage.


Awesomeness ... will try to grab myself one :-)
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: krashan on June 17, 2016, 04:42:36 PM
Quote from: Sparky;809971
Awesomeness ... will try to grab myself one :-)
I have updated the page (http://krashan.ppa.pl/hardware/) with some photos (http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/hardware/ka12_en.html)
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: bbond007 on June 17, 2016, 04:47:23 PM
Quote from: Krashan;810073
I have updated the page (http://krashan.ppa.pl/hardware/) with some photos (http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/hardware/ka12_en.html)


beautiful

I may need to eBay my vintage one...
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Sparky on June 17, 2016, 11:07:19 PM
Quote from: Krashan;810073
I have updated the page (http://krashan.ppa.pl/hardware/) with some photos (http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/hardware/ka12_en.html)


Thanks .. looks good!

Let us all know when we can throw some money at you :-)
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: mahen on June 18, 2016, 01:46:28 AM
I'm half off topic but I just tested a Roland Sound Canvas with my MiST. It works out of the box with its built-in midi ports. So this is not a modern MIDI interface but an interface built in a "modern" Amiga replacement. Tested it with Octamed Soundstudio, Bars'n'Pipes, Music-X, Sonix. Would love to get a Doom or ScummVM port to work with it but couldn't so far.
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: krashan on August 21, 2016, 08:40:10 AM
Quote from: Sparky;810090
Let us all know when we can throw some money at you :-)
The time is now. I have them on sale on AmiBay, can also sell directly with PayPal, SEPA or Bitcoin payment.
Title: Re: Any "modern" midi interfaces ?
Post by: Sparky on August 22, 2016, 02:21:49 AM
Quote from: Krashan;812845
The time is now. I have them on sale on AmiBay, can also sell directly with PayPal, SEPA or Bitcoin payment.


thanks!

Dropped you a message over there!