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I'm going to buy a MIDI USB interface on Thursday. I don't need 
anything fancy. I see Yamaha has one for $40.00. Anybody got any 
suggestions? Money is definitely an issue.

Thanks

Rainbow Jimmy

Hi Jimmy,

I use a pair of the Midiman 2x2 USBs (the lime green ones), and they have worked very well.  I'm sure there are other options -- and maybe even some 2x2 horror stories -- but they have served me very well.  You can even gang up to four of them on the same computer for an 8x8!  Unfortunately, they are $20-30 more than the Yamaha you're talking about.  Perhaps the Midiman 1x1 (~$35-40) would be a good candidate.  OTOH, everything I've ever owned by Yamaha has been good quality, so I really can't say that the Yamaha isn't the way to go.

At 12:27 PM 6/1/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I'm going to buy a MIDI USB interface on Thursday. I don't need 
>anything fancy. I see Yamaha has one for $40.00. Anybody got any 
>suggestions? Money is definitely an issue.

Regards,

-BW
--
Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions\ufffd   http://music.ashbysolutions.com
978.386.7389  voice/fax
bruce@...

Yep, that's what I use as well. The only problem with the midiman interfaces is that you can't use them as through-boxes unless they are hooked up to a computer. on the 8x8 for example, you can't disconnect it from your computer, take it to a gig and use it as a simple 8x8 midi through-box even though it has a little "USB/through" button on it that works perfectly when hooked up to a PC.  On the 2x2 this really isn't a problem since you only have two devices, but I thought I'd bring it up anyways since it's the one thing people don't like about midiman.
 
 
 Has anyone ever gotten the serial host interface on the CS6x to work? I bought the cable but have been unable to get it working under 2000 or XP.  

Bruce Wahler <bruce@ashbysolutions.com> wrote:
Hi Jimmy,

I use a pair of the Midiman 2x2 USBs (the lime green ones), and they have worked very well.  I'm sure there are other options -- and maybe even some 2x2 horror stories -- but they have served me very well.  You can even gang up to four of them on the same computer for an 8x8!  Unfortunately, they are $20-30 more than the Yamaha you're talking about.  Perhaps the Midiman 1x1 (~$35-40) would be a good candidate.  OTOH, everything I've ever owned by Yamaha has been good quality, so I really can't say that the Yamaha isn't the way to go.

At 12:27 PM 6/1/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I'm going to buy a MIDI USB interface on Thursday. I don't need 
>anything fancy. I see Yamaha has one for $40.00. Anybody got any 
>suggestions? Money is definitely an issue.

Regards,

-BW
--
Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions�   http://music.ashbysolutions.com
978.386.7389  voice/fax
bruce@ashbysolutions.com



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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Kenneth Apa <sushiunit@y...> wrote:
> Yep, that's what I use as well. The only problem with the midiman interfaces is that 
you can't use them as through-boxes unless they are hooked up to a computer. on 
the 8x8 for example, you can't disconnect it from your computer, take it to a gig and 
use it as a simple 8x8 midi through-box even though it has a little "USB/through" 
button on it that works perfectly when hooked up to a PC.  On the 2x2 this really isn't 
a problem since you only have two devices, but I thought I'd bring it up anyways since 
it's the one thing people don't like about midiman.
>  

This is an excellent point and why I've been planning to add an Emagic MT4 instead 
of buying another midiman. That said, I picked up a tmidiman 1x1 to have something 
on hand which could easily b moved between my Win machines. Came with a copy of 
Cakewalk somethigorother too - which is handy if you  have no sequencer to begin 
with I suppose.

Jon

>  
>  Has anyone ever gotten the serial host interface on the CS6x to work? I bought the 
cable but have been unable to get it working under 2000 or XP.  
> 

Have you checked with the CS6x list here at Yashoo! Groups? Is that list still active?

Jon

Uggg....Sorry about that. I'm on both lists, and got confused. 

Jon <jondl_2000@...> wrote:--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Kenneth Apa <Have you checked with the CS6x list here at Yashoo! Groups? Is that list still active?

Jon




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