I've been looking at soundcards a lot lately (not much fun, but neccessary) It has come to my attention that many soundcards come with a MIDI port (also can be used for games?).
Can this be used to connect a midi keyboard? If so how? (I'm looking at the post, looking at a midi connection cable, thinking that theyre not the same shape...)
Any thoughts would be good
Thanks
Peter
Peter,
Yes these can be used as a MIDI interface. You can get a special cable
for about $20 that will hook up to the game port and give you MIDI in
and out. Word of warning, if you can afford to get a USB MIDI interface
get one, I have had alot of problems with sound card MIDI interfaces.
They are pretty good at sending MIDI data, but have trouble with input.
USB midi interfaces start at around $40, and will handle MIDI correctly.
Rich
Thankyou. I don't intend to do huge amounts with midi, so I guess I'm not really prepared to spend $40 yet. However, if I find that I need better handling of midi I shall certainly look into getting a USB connector.
Peter
