USB <> MIDI cable
2005-08-29 by Steve Meiers
FYI on MIDI to/from USB: I have a USB to/from MIDI adapeter cable (with a mini box in the middle) from Turtle Beach that I picked up at a computer shop for around $35. It came with Voyetra music software, which was ok for the package price. It has some good tools for file transfer, a simple to use sequencer, note score from MIDI printer, etc. I got it for my notebook, with no midi connections. If you need midi connections, that's one way. It's probably not a serious professional midi interface, but it has done everything I've needed, like push the sequencer stuff out to midi devices and send/receive sysex files and upgrades. It works for Mac and PC it says too. I use it on an HP notebook and my home built rack-mount audio workstation. But there are a lot of MIDI adapters out there, including Creative and other cheaper PC oriented ones as opposed to the more expensive musician oriented ones from the big players in the music biz. It depends on what you need. For a simple setup or just moving sysex around, the cheap PC adapter is probably enough. For real-time perforance, you probably want the better stuff. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs