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First post, by scroeffie

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i bought a roland sc55 what cables do i need to buy and where can i buy them or make them
thanks

Reply 1 of 14, by Shponglefan

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Normally you should just need a standard MIDI cable to connect it to a MIDI adapter to the SC-55.

What are you using in your computer as a MIDI interface? Depending on what you're using, you might need a 15 pin joystick -> MIDI adapter.

You will also need audio cables to connect to your speakers, mixer or sound card input, depending on how you are routing audio.

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Reply 2 of 14, by scroeffie

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my p1 and 486 both have a soundblaster pro 2 but i dont think its supports midi

Reply 3 of 14, by Shponglefan

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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-17, 16:01:

my p1 and 486 both have a soundblaster pro 2 but i dont think its supports midi

No, I don't believe it does. MPU-401 compatible MIDI support started with the SoundBlaster 16.

You'll need something that support an MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface in order to connect the Roland SC-55 to a computer.

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Reply 5 of 14, by Gmlb256

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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-17, 16:01:

my p1 and 486 both have a soundblaster pro 2 but i dont think its supports midi

SBPro2 supports it thru SB-MIDI, but compatibility with software is much more limited.

scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-17, 16:22:

wil this work with a soundblaster pro 2 https://github.com/PickledDog/hardmpu-wt

Yes, it is a stand-alone MPU-401 compatible card that has a gameport for external MIDI devices.

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Reply 6 of 14, by Shponglefan

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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-17, 16:22:

wil this work with a soundblaster pro 2 https://github.com/PickledDog/hardmpu-wt

Yes. As long as things like port addresses and IRQs are configured so there is no hardware conflicts, any standalone MIDI interface will work alongside a Sound Blaster Pro 2.

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Reply 8 of 14, by DeathRabbit679

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Holy crap, glad I read this thread, had no idea sb pro didn't support mpu-401, I was about to swap out my audician32 for a sb pro now I think I'll try to figure out how to add it alongside and do the tarantella of the IRQs and the DMAs

Reply 9 of 14, by scroeffie

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but where to buy a quality cable ?

Reply 10 of 14, by AppleSauce

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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-19, 09:28:

but where to buy a quality cable ?

Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty well

There's plenty of them on eBay.

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Reply 12 of 14, by DeathRabbit679

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AppleSauce wrote on 2023-10-19, 10:12:
Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty we […]
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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-19, 09:28:

but where to buy a quality cable ?

Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty well

There's plenty of them on eBay.

s-l1600 (29).jpg

Thanks for the tip on these, I snagged one just to try it, seems to work great tested two sound cards and midi modules. I've got a good second option if something gets the one I'm using now.

Reply 13 of 14, by AppleSauce

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DeathRabbit679 wrote on 2023-10-25, 04:11:
AppleSauce wrote on 2023-10-19, 10:12:
Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty we […]
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scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-19, 09:28:

but where to buy a quality cable ?

Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty well

There's plenty of them on eBay.

s-l1600 (29).jpg

Thanks for the tip on these, I snagged one just to try it, seems to work great tested two sound cards and midi modules. I've got a good second option if something gets the one I'm using now.

No worries , its always good to have spares.

Reply 14 of 14, by scroeffie

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DeathRabbit679 wrote on 2023-10-25, 04:11:
AppleSauce wrote on 2023-10-19, 10:12:
Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty we […]
Show full quote
scroeffie wrote on 2023-10-19, 09:28:

but where to buy a quality cable ?

Back before I got an mpu 401 and I used an sc88 with the db15 to midi cable this was the cable I used , seemed to work pretty well

There's plenty of them on eBay.

s-l1600 (29).jpg

Thanks for the tip on these, I snagged one just to try it, seems to work great tested two sound cards and midi modules. I've got a good second option if something gets the one I'm using now.

can you open up the db15 part does it have electronics inside or just cable to connector ? i was going to make my own cable

https://github.com/PickledDog/sb-midi