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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Series 3 / MFX keyboard / Unknown Interface

2004-03-22 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

> Hi there Harald !

Hurray :) You found it :-)

"The MFX keyboard sends real-time, timecode, SysEx control commands and
forwarded music-keyboard MIDI packets to the CMI MIDI D input."

> Thanks to everyone who has chipped in ideas so far : thanks very much !

You're welcome. Quite a coincidence I just read it a few days ago.

> 2) Connect the MFX keyboard via the mini-centronics interface
>
> 3) Plug the interface box into the CMI's Midi, Printer, and RS422 port
>
> The only bit im missing is the wiring for all the cables : Harald : I will
> try to find
> a standard cable type for this type of port first, and source the
> components.
>  If I
> cant work it out myself, Id love to take you up on your offer of testing
> the pins,

Good luck, you may want to try a second-hand Apple computer store, they
have lots of scsi stuff !

> but I feel it is likely to be a standard cable (why would fairlight rewire
> a
> standard cable after all)

That makes sense.

> Ill report back and let you all know how it is going !
>
> Thanks for all your help, and stay well,
>
> Arron

Thanks alot ! :)

regards,
Harald.

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