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Re: Euphoria Sound System?

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at TICNET.COM> Oct 13, 1999
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Nick,

Yes, I can connect my keyboard to the SB via MIDI cable. What do you mean by
"MIDI through socket?" The keyboard can receive MIDI commands from my PC,
which is probably what you mean, right?

Anyway, send the code. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
> [mailto:EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf Of Nick Metcalfe
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 8:56 AM
> To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: Euphoria Sound System?
>
>
> 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.
>
> --
>   Nick Metcalfe <metcalfn at alphalink.com.au>
>   http://www.alphalink.com.au/~metcalfn
>