Replacement for 3.5mm -> MIDI adapter cable?

heyotwell · Post by **heyotwell** » Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:00 am

I bought a used Electribe 2, which works fine but the MIDI dongle adapter was a replacement, not the original factory one. It seems to work fine when I plug the E2 directly to a Roland JD-xi; it sends MIDI as expected and works fine.

But when run the E2's MIDI out to a MIDI Solutions Quadra Thru box, it doesn't work at all. The Quadra's MIDI data-received light doesn't flash, so no data's arriving there. When I run the JD-xi's MIDI out into the Quadra, it sees MIDI data just fine. So the Quadra Thru box works.

The Quadra is a passive box--no power supply, so it expects power from the MIDI in source. Plenty of people seem to use them just fine with their E2. So I wonder if my non-factory MIDI dongle is a dud, or if it's somehow limiting the power the Quadra Thru box gets?

Has anyone bought a replacement anywhere that works?

NON · Post by **NON** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:13 am

There are so many who have problems mend Korg's own MIDI plugs

My recommendatio is to forget Korg's own MIDI plugs and throw them in the garbage. Ask a friend or make your own self.

I was at the local music shop at home to complain about the MIDI connectors.
We measured them up and found that the signal was correct.
When I got home and tried them up against the Electribe it did not work at all!?
I have done on my own two new MIDI cables and it works really well.

I would have to measure a little more in terms of MIDI connector from Electribe but I suspect that Korg have managed to connect MIDI connection wrong inside the Electriben, or have done so with the meaning that it will not be able to use "normal" MIDI cables.

Poumtschak · Post by **Poumtschak** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:30 pm

NON wrote:I would have to measure a little more in terms of MIDI connector from Electribe but I suspect that Korg have managed to connect MIDI connection wrong inside the Electriben, or have done so with the meaning that it will not be able to use "normal" MIDI cables.

It's a known fact that Korg choose to use an inverted wiring scheme for these, compared to what has emerged as a de facto standard.

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=96000

Go figure why.