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Re: Euphoria Sound System?

• Posted by Nick Metcalfe <metcalfn at ALPHALINK.COM.AU> Oct 13, 1999
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C. K. Lester wrote:

> Nick,
>
> I've got a Soundblaster Live! Value card. And a MIDI keyboard (Casio
> CTK-811EX). Could I help?
>

Hi, C.K.  I assume you can connect your keyboard to the SB with a midi
cable.  This is perfect if the keyboard has a midi through socket   I
will send you the code to try.



Raude Riwal wrote:

>

> I have a SB-AWE32 pnp (with a Yamaha DB50XG daughterboard).
>  I can try it out if you want. sounds interesting anyway.
>
> Riwal Raude
> rauder at thmulti.com
>

Hi, Raude.  Unfortunately, just having a daughterboard wont help.  There
needs to be a way to transfer midi messages direct from the output to the
input with a loopback arrangement, and the "feature adapters" on the sb
cards wont do this.  A midi adapter of some kind is required, but thanks all
the same.


The midi adapter cables for the SB cards connects through the game port on
the SB.  Simple cables can be bought or better yet, easily made.  All that
is needed is the right plugs and some twin-core shielded cable.  This
arrangement works and is great to hook up one device or so, but is not very
suitable for heavy-duty or high traffic setups.  Much better results are
achieved with a little more circuitry.

In truth, all that is really needed is some kind of connection from pin 12
(output) to pin 15 (input) of the SB's joystick port for the loopback, but I
would advise strongly against experimenting with bits of wire or the like
unless you're very sure what you're doing.

I have more construction details for any of these adapters if anybody's
interested.

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  Nick Metcalfe <metcalfn at alphalink.com.au>
  http://www.alphalink.com.au/~metcalfn