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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: bbond007 on September 03, 2011, 03:01:10 AM

Title: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: bbond007 on September 03, 2011, 03:01:10 AM

Want to try to hook my Roland MT32 to my A1200 to play some Sierra games.

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: XDelusion on September 03, 2011, 03:09:59 AM

Well there is good news.

You will find these on Ebay all the time and you should never have to spend more than $5 for a basic one that will do exactly what you want it to do.

Sadly, I see none posted at the moment, at least no externals, but keep your eyes out.

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: magnetic on September 03, 2011, 03:18:12 AM

$5??? dont think so..

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: XDelusion on September 03, 2011, 03:47:37 AM

How much have you been paying...

...and why have you been paying more? :)


Now mind you, for the heavy duty external midi adapters with all the extra features, you are going to pay more, but all in all you can get the basic ones with In/Out/Pass  Trough for dirt cheap! You can even build your own if from plans on Aminet.

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: save2600 on September 03, 2011, 04:07:18 AM

I'd expect to pay $10-$20 for an original ECE something or other from back in the day. Has a fancy passthrough switch in the front. lol

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: Karlos on September 03, 2011, 10:35:26 AM

There are schematics for building your own MIDI interface on aminet. The parts alone shouldn't cost you more than a few dollars as all it really consists of is some optical isolation.

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/MIDI-2.0 looks like a good place to start...

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: XDelusion on September 03, 2011, 10:43:33 AM

While trying to find you a good example I found this curiosity....

http://aminet.net/package/mus/midi/strobe

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: Karlos on September 03, 2011, 10:46:03 AM

I forget what it was called now, but there was also a utility to read the pots on your proportional joystick and have them generate MIDI controller messages of your choosing.

Kinda like the old vector synths from back in the day.

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: XDelusion on September 03, 2011, 11:31:51 AM

Quote from: Karlos;657616

I forget what it was called now, but there was also a utility to read the pots on your proportional joystick and have them generate MIDI controller messages of your choosing.

Kinda like the old vector synths from back in the day.

Sounds like fun! I've been looking for something like that in the archives but have yet to find it.

Have you heard of the MindEye? Now that's something I'd love to have!!

http://www.nightvzn.net/portfolio/web/amiga_monitor/archives/1_5html/mindeye.htm


As for the Aminet guides to build your own MIDI Device:

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/MIDI-2.0

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/SwG-MboX

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: x303 on September 03, 2011, 12:40:41 PM

What you want is this one: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/amas
I still have one hooked up to my 1200 and it still works.

Title: Re: WTB Amiga MIDI Interface
Post by: bbond007 on September 04, 2011, 03:43:37 PM

Quote from: Karlos;657612

There are schematics for building your own MIDI interface on aminet. The parts alone shouldn't cost you more than a few dollars as all it really consists of is some optical isolation.

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/MIDI-2.0 looks like a good place to start...

I'll end getting it to work, by the time I'm finished (with circuit and enclosure) I'll have $200 in tools and leftover parts. That is how those DIY projects always work out for me...