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Just a quick one....starting to enter the world of midi with the ES-8 and some of my pedals.
I know we all try to buy decent guitar/patch/speaker cables, but is there a similar approach to midi cables or doesn't it really matter? There are some for like £3-4 with great reviews.....then some Roland cables, then the over priced versions.
Any opinions?
Cheers!
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if you have an ES8 on a flat board with no slots like a pedal train then you will need Straight out of the ES8 to RA at pedal end, which will be cheaper from us at any rate, as the S plugs cost a lot less.
http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/midi-patch-cables/
Whatever you do, don't make your own. What a bloody ballache that turned out to be.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
Rugged as possible vs Cheap as possible.
I have to make up multiple pin plugs at work sometimes. Not something I'd choose to do in my own leisure hours.
Ball ache to solder, but much better for the OCD in me
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Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I am one of those weird people that actually finds making up cables very relaxing! Never so happy as when I had a big drum of m'core and a bag full of 15pin D conns' ! (DINs? Piece of piss!)
No, MIDI cables are nothing special but beware, you need pins 4 and 5 for the data so you CANNOT use 3 pin DINs. Sometimes you can get a hum loop so it is worth making at least one with pin 2 disse'd one end. MARK IT UP!
If you want to have a go...Use a DIN socket in a vice to hold the plug and use some ~3mm OD silicone sleeving to slip over each pin as you solder it.
Dave.
Forgot. There is/was a 'crossover' DIN cable that was needed for tape to tape copy. In theory these should still work for MIDI but be aware. You might find some very cheap old PC keyboard DIN cables on The Bay. They work.
Dave.