kingcake wrote on 2024-12-30, 03:52:I literally said it in the first post. […]
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kingcake wrote on 2024-12-22, 22:01:
I literally said it in the first post.
I just want something with DIN connectors I can hook to a PC MIDI interface. Why people keep saying USB is baffling. The reading comprehension on this site has fallen to the level of it being borderline unusable.
I see why Phil left.
A PC can be that thing with a PC MIDI interface. In fact it could be the same PC that your MIDI interface is on. It might even be the same MIDI interface. Or maybe not - how about disclosing what hardware you actually have to stop us guessing (and then getting offended if we guess wrong).
What you want is a synthesizer that accepts MIDI input. If you want a piece of kit, go buy a Roland SC-55 or clone thereof. Of course, that's not going to be cheap, let alone free.
But you probably already have what you need to test your interfaces without spending a single cent. What you want is a synth that talks MIDI and fundamentally that's just a bit of software. You can get that software in a separate box, but if you don't yet have that box, you can also run it on your computer. Just about every OS from Windows 98 onward comes with a built-in General MIDI synth. And that synth can accept MIDI from the MIDI in from your MIDI interface, at least, if your interface has MIDI in.
So you can do this:
MIDI playback software on PC -> output to MIDI Out interface -> wire to MIDI In interface -> tell MIDI synth to accept input from MIDI In interface -> GM MIDI music if your interface works!
If a MIDI interface only has MIDI out, you need two interfaces, one of which has MIDI In, but the same principle applies. You can also have the MIDI synth running on a different computer and put one interface (with MIDI In) in that computer and the MIDI out with the playback software on the other one.
Or again, just ignore all this and get that SC-55. Just don't complain it's not cheap.