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Did anyone ever make anything like this? Particularly something that retailed between 1984 and 1987.
Daniel L Newhouse
Did anyone ever make anything like this? Particularly something that retailed between 1984 and 1987.
Daniel L Newhouse
What do you mean by a "MIDI sync port"? A standard MIDI port will carry all the timing/clock signals, no need for a separate port specifically for the sync data. If you're after analog DIN-sync (as on Roland drum machines, etc.) or tape/click sync, then yes, there were plenty.
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I am talking about the wikipedia description of the MPU-401. I don't know what Sync was used for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPU-401
Daniel L Newhouse
There's the problem - that's not a MIDI port at all; even though wikipedia calls it "MIDI SYNC", it is wrong. It's a Roland DIN-sync output, 24 pulses per quarter note, all analog signal. It's the same sync method that's used on e.g. Roland TR-808s or TB-303s.
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K, I once made a list of Roland drum machines that had MIDI Sync connectors for the fun of it. The wikipedia gives the pinout of the Sync DIN rather readily now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_sync
What I would really wish of this thread is
1) some sort of shot of a MPU-401 with the sync DIN cable
2) pinouts of MIDI In and MIDI out
Then I'd stare and wonder if any pin of Sync ever was placed on an In?
Daniel L Newhouse