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Re: Euphoria Sound System?

• Posted by Raude Riwal <RAUDER at THMULTI.COM> Oct 13, 1999
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I also have a farfisa keyboard that I once connected to my card. I never use
it
cause I am a saxophone player, not a pianist...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Metcalfe [SMTP:metcalfn at ALPHALINK.COM.AU]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 3:56 PM
> 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