[sdiy] cheapo midi to din

[Dan Gendreau]

Dominic Tarr Wrote:

> I was wondering if the midiclock (i.e. the 24 PPQ signal) could
> be used to control DIN sync gear, if no other midi data was sent?
>
> would you need to adjust the voltage levels or any thing?
> would the pulse be long enough?

Apples and Oranges. There are no "levels" that can be directly converted
from midi to sync. The Midi clock actually encoded as serial data. You
really need to use a microcontroller to monitor the midi clock and render it
as a DIN SYNC signal.

The good news is that several list members have done this already...

There is Colin Fraser's project:
http://www.colinfraser.com/m2d/m2d.htm

There's the Blacet Midi to Sync chip:
http://www.blacet.com/MSdata.html

There's even a little company out there that sells completed converter boxes
for $30:
http://www.dinsync.com/

Hope that helps,
-Dan G.