| >I want to make some sort of converter box that will accept
>6 or 7 1/4" instrument jacks and tie them together into one
>MIDI output. I've never seen a MIDI cable or jack so I don't know
>how many wires it has.
Electronic Musician had a series of microprocessor based kits to do
this (based on the motorola 68705p micro processor - from 1990 or 1991).
>Does anyone know how I might go about wiring something like this (or
>is it even possible)? Because you have more than one cable being channeled
>to one MIDI cable, I didn't know rather some special components would be
>needed in or to compensate for a loss of signal. The instrument inputs are
>coming from drum triggers (if that is significant), and the MIDI output
>is going to a drum machine.
I have no idea what you are asking here. MIDI is a digital signal, not
analog voltage levels. You have to translate the data into the right bit
patterns.
>I would appreciate any insight anyone has on how to wire something
>like this.
There is a lot more to it than this.
Jens
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| The key question you've asked is "is it even possible?"
In a nutshell "no", at least as you've explained it.
It sounds like you have a bunch of drum triggers and you want to
capture them on a sequencer or get them to fire the appropriate
sounds on a drum machine. You absolutely do NOT want to merge these
signals. What I think you want to do is feed them to a box like the
Roland PAD-8 or the Alesis D4 which will, upon detection of the trigger
signal generated by hitting the pads, generate the appropriate MIDI
message. This will in turn cause the drum machine to make a noise.
You may want to stop by your local music store and pick up one of the
numerous "Intro to MIDI" books available. No offense intended, but it
sounds like you could use a better understanding of what MIDI is all
about.
There's also the IMDOWN::COMMUSIC conference where all the music nerds
hang out. It's pretty much dedicated to MIDI...
Edd
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