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MIDI interface?
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This one is the serial-to-MIDI interface you're looking for.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FastLane/
Incidentally, I have an old MidiMan (now M-AUDIO) MiniMacman Mac serial-to-MIDI interface I bought years ago for use on my parents' Power Macintosh Performa 6220CD. I still use it with my old Quadra 650 from time to time along with Master Tracks Pro.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FastLane/
Incidentally, I have an old MidiMan (now M-AUDIO) MiniMacman Mac serial-to-MIDI interface I bought years ago for use on my parents' Power Macintosh Performa 6220CD. I still use it with my old Quadra 650 from time to time along with Master Tracks Pro.
The Fastlane above, while an excellent interface offering 3 MIDI outs, one in and a printer/modem port passthrough, is pretty overpriced. There are simple one in one out interfaces available which are pretty cheap. A Google or ebay search for macintosh midi -usb that's minus usb should find you what you want. The 1x1 interfaces are pretty easy to find, and to build.
Hell, I remember when I bought my miniMacMan new from Guitar Center years ago....that was about 80 bucks or so and it was only one port in and out. This is a bargain IMO for a brand new device for older serial-based Macs (at least what I could find so far with serial ports for the Mac). Remember that USB's commoditization brought down the price of USB devices down a lot.
BTW, great tip on the search procedures....I wasn't aware of that.
One thing to consider with the single in/out MIDI interfaces is that if you daisy-chain too many of them you'll eventually experience a MIDI delay. This is why you want to use interfaces with more than one set of ports.
Here's another with 4 ins and 6 outs, and internal patching, going cheap for what it is. Shipping to where you are could be a bit.
Fancy 15 ins and outs? Spend 5 Ben Franklins on this
The MacMan looks like a bargain.
Also, what machine and OS will you be using this with?
Fancy 15 ins and outs? Spend 5 Ben Franklins on this
The MacMan looks like a bargain.
Also, what machine and OS will you be using this with?
Oh I was just wondering if you were using a machine with PCI slots. In OSes 8.6 and above, there is USB support, so you have the option of using a PCI card and a USB MIDI interface. If the interface has drivers for that OS. Overall, a serial interface is probably easier.
