PCtoPC midi connection
Damian Allen
Is there any way to connect to PC's together so that midi can be transmitted
from one to the other? Through a parallel null modem connection for example.
Or is the only way by slapping a conventional midi port on each computer?
Michael Olsen
Hi,
when I bought my Yamaha CS1x synth, it came with a driver which enabled the
COM port to be used for MIDI out to the synth.
After some experiements I found that I could connect 2 pc with this driver
and a null-modem cable.
What I cannot remember right now is whether it was possible to do a 2-way
communication or only one-way. Probably it was, but no guarantees.
You should be able do download the driver from http://www.yamaha.com/
It's called "YAMAHA CBX driver", and comes for Windows 3.x and Windwos 95.
Hope this helps,
Michael Olsen
m...@sonictimeworks.com
Gabriel Sierra
It would be good to know what you intend to do. If you only want to pass the
midi info, just copy the file into the destination computer. Today sequencers
can handle many midi channels so syncing two computers for midi only is a little
too much for a simple chore. However, if you want to pass files in an efficient
way from one computer to the other you may network them. To do that, you may get
a network card such as tricomm and hook the two machines together. You will need
to configure some things, but it will work great for that purpose. The good
thing is that locating info in the other computer is as easy as calling it in
the Network Neighborhood and opening the folders, a one person job. It uses
RJ-45 connectors and cables so you can set one computer in one room and one in
another and do business as usual. The operation is transparent, and does not
interfere with the other person's job. Of course there are alternatives such as
PC link to transfer files, but they are much slower. A tricomm card can be as
$40 in your local tech store. Using a network, you may have one computer to do
tracking and mixing, and another to handle mastering chores or CD burning.
Copying the files to the other machine is as easy as a drag and drop, and there
they are. I use networking at my work place. The other day, my machine was so
corrupted by applications left by the person who was previously in the position
that the machine needed a full reformat. I asked a co-worker to open a folder in
his computer to store my valuable stuff meanwhile the job was done. Going back
from there was fast and easy.
Tell us what you want to do to find the more efficient way.
Gabriel Sierra
Moondancer Recording Studios
moo...@prtc.net
Damian Allen
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>It would be good to know what you intend to do.
My intention is to pass real-time midi data, so that one computer acts as a
virtual synth, say re-birth or mellosoftron, and the other runs Cakewalk for
the audio sequencing. My two machines are already networked via a parallel
null modem
Damian Allen
one. Seeing how I already have a data port via my networking, it seems like
it shouldn't be too much of an ordeal to transmit the data that way.
>Why aren't you using a MIDI port again????
>That is what it was designed for.
>You can put several in one computer.
>Or but a midi splitter.
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>Joseph Campisi
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