[sdiy] slightly OT MIDI query

[Seb Francis]

Plug the OUT of the QY10 into the IN of your PC and vice-versa.  You 
won't do any harm plugging it in wrong, so if you're not sure which is 
which then just try it.  And yes, MIDI is hot-pluggable.

Seb


anthony wrote:
> OK I admit it, I'm a MIDI noob. I have never ever work with MIDI gear, 
> but I just recently purchased a Yamaha QY10 on eBay. I got it with the 
> intemtion of dumping the MIDI into Cubase or Fruity Loops. So just 
> this day I received the PC Josytick/MIDI adapter cable that I also 
> bought on eBay. Hooray, indeed, but now looking at the ends of the DIN 
> plugs I see one with the word "IN" and an arrow pointing out and 
> another one with the word "OUT" ALSO with an arrow pointing out.
>
> My question is do I match up the wrods on the plugs to the identically 
> named ones on my QY10 OR are they labeling what they are on the PC 
> end? If they'd made the arrows point in different directions I think 
> the answer would be obvious, but with both arrows poiting the same way 
> it's confusing.
>
> Also I'm assuming MIDI is hot-pluggable? No?
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