Frans van den Berge Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 wires. Wich is the same inside a midi cable. Philips pushed an old connector because they had many in stock. Basics of midi is a serial protocol using 3 wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans van den Berge Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mackie-HDR-24-96-24-track-recorder-editor/401745609514?hash=item5d89e7832a:g:GDAAAOSwwFlcmN3X This recorder can be connected to the D8B and give you a full blown recording system. Wich allso can interface with your daw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans van den Berge Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 This is the back of a Mackie HDR2496. It has ethernet and you can connect a mouse and a keyboard. Together with your daw it can share it's harddisk. So you can grab the audio files from it. The D8B will take full controll over the HDR2496 . It may serve you. Allso to flip the whole system if you ever decide to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans van den Berge Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 http://www.probox-controller.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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msmcleod Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Bear in mind the two serial ports are not MIDI ports, and do not send/receive MIDI data. They use their own communication / handshake protocol. You'll need something to translate the MCU MIDI protocol (or whatever protocol you opt for, e.g. CC #7 + MTC commands), and the communication protocol the D8B understands. DocBradley's source code has some code to do this translation - I'm not sure how complete it is though, but from what I can tell it does at least get as far as the handshake and sending out/receiving fader information. If I was to approach this, I'd use a raspberry PI 3 with 2 x USB to Serial converters, and 3 x USB MIDI cables. The MCU protocol requires each bank of eight to have it's own MIDI IN/OUT ports, hence the 3 USB MIDI cables, and the 2 x USB to Serial converters to talk to the D8B. Of course you could bypass the raspberry pi altogether and use serial ports on the PC, and use a MIDI loopback device. However, finding USB to Serial devices that actually work in Windows 10 might be a challenge. The StarTech stuff is usually solid, but it's pricey. Also I've found writing software that writes to the serial port is more tricky in Windows 10. Doing low level stuff like this is a breeze on the raspberry pi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckebaby Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Frans van den Berge said: This is the back of a Mackie HDR2496. It has ethernet and you can connect a mouse and a keyboard. Together with your daw it can share it's harddisk. So you can grab the audio files from it. The D8B will take full controll over the HDR2496 . It may serve you. Allso to flip the whole system if you ever decide to upgrade. The d8b is very similar, has a mouse, keyboard, hard disk. how is this one different ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckebaby Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 6 hours ago, msmcleod said: Serial devices that actually work in Windows 10 might be a challenge Im still using Windows 8.1 if that makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frans van den Berge Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 rs422 to usb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I found the StarTech usb interfaces are the best for Windows: https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/1-Port-USB-Serial-RS232-Adapter-Cable~ICUSB2321F They're a bit more expensive than the generic USB->Serial cables you get from eBay, but (a) they work and (b) you'll get support from StarTech if there's any issues. AFAIK they do both RS232 & RS422. I'm pretty sure the d8B is RS232, but best to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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