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First post, by Jo22

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Hello everybody, just found an interesting article (PCB included) from 1997.

It's about an external MIDI amplifier/adapter board for the DB50XG (and probably any other waveblaster compatible card).

English títle "Yamaha DB50XG stand alone soundcard" by T. Scarff.
German title "Synthesizer mit Yamaha DB50XG-Karte" by T. Scarff.

You may find it in the online archive (in English language).

It was also published in German elektor magazine (p.20, 7/97).
And can be found on the official CD-ROM archive "1002 Schaltungen" (1002 Schematics, Amazon).

I'm sure there are also other language versions around (see Elektuur from Netherlands).

Anyway, it's nothing spectacular. 😅

I just thought it would be interesting for one or two of you MIDI fans out there. ^^

PS: A simpler version of such a device (no pass-through) can be found here (also with PCB):

http://www.compuzik.de/DB50XG.html
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Reply 1 of 4, by Cloudschatze

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I sourced and built this design several years ago. Alas, as with several other expensive and fleeting interests, I really never got around to doing anything with it. It was a fun project though, and I still have all of the parts necessary to build a second unit.

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Reply 2 of 4, by keropi

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Nowdays one can buy this: http://www.serdashop.com/MIDIBOARDCHILL

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Reply 3 of 4, by yawetaG

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Or just buy a second hand Yamaha synth module with XG capability (since MIDI is a standard that is not limited to Roland stuff):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_MU-series