KindredHyperion Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Does anyone know where I can hire about 30m of midi cable from? And would this work without repeaters every so often? I've had a look around but I can't find anywhere that have this for hire. Sale will do if it's not too costly. I'm going to be using a midi keyboard to control Arkaos VJ from the back of the venue, but unfortunately the computer the software is running off is in a rack at the front. Adam
timmath Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Your going to have less problems extending the output of the computer on VGA cable if there is any possibility of moving the machine FOH. Otherwise I think Studio Spares sell midi line drivers, I doubt may places will have them in 'hire stock' Regards Tim
bruce Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 The midi spec specifies a maximum cable length of 15m (or is it 50 feet?) Longer cables may well work - especially if you use decent cable -but they're out of spec, so should not be relied on. You can get midi line drivers - the Philip Rees ones come to mind, but there are several others - which can extend this up to hundreds of metres. Bruce.
James Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 The midi spec specifies a maximum cable length of 15m (or is it 50 feet?) Longer cables may well work - especially if you use decent cable -but they're out of spec, so should not be relied on. You can get midi line drivers - the Philip Rees ones come to mind, but there are several others - which can extend this up to hundreds of metres. Bruce.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Charlie Richmond has frequently mentioned that he has run MIDI over a km without repeaters He has a section on the subject on his show control website
KindredHyperion Posted July 18, 2005 Author Posted July 18, 2005 Actually, VGA would be very useful too, so we can have a monitor. What's the specified maximum length for that?
david.elsbury Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 Not sure of the 'proper' length but we use a 30m VGA xtn at church and it works just fineIf you have problems you could try a line driver/amp at the start of the run.Just make sure the cable has coax cores for red green and blue and not just plain wires. David
djw1981 Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 I have used a 50m run from laptop to projector with no noticable problems (ie still good image quality etc, so no obvious loss of signal.
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