Midi and Sound Card problem

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I have a Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum sound card. The front plate of the sound card has two inpouts called Midi In and Midi Out.

So silly me figures I would buy two midi cables and run the cables from my keyboard out to the soundcard midi in and the keyboard's midi in to the soundcard's midi out.

Problem is, the midi cables fit into my keybaord's midi ports but they do not fit into my sound card's midi ports. The sound card has the round ports with the pins, but the round port is smaller than the midi cable end.

If this helps, the sound card has midi DIN labelled on the front plate.

How can i get my keyboard to connect to my sound card if the sound card ports are two small for standard midi cables?

Someone also mentioned that perhaps i should be using my joystick/midi port instead. Now I'm really confused:

Questions

1) How come my midi cables do not fit my sound card midi DIN ports? Do i need an adapter or something?

2) It is beter to use the ports referenced above or should i be using the joystick/midi port? If so, what does the cable look like.

Inituitively, it seems that using the midi ports in the front of the sound card makes better sense- after all, why would they make spoecific midi in and out ports that sit in front of the card's plate? Problerm is, can't connct the cables.

Any help would be much appreciated
 
Cross forum posting is not appreciated on this site.

I answered your post in the other forum
 
Sorry:

I thought the subject matter was appropriate in each forum that I posted it to. There is always the posssibility that one expert may not be found on another forum. In any event, i thank-you for your reply and I apologize if I violated any rules. It was not my intent.
 
brzilian said:
Cross forum posting is not appreciated on this site.

I answered your post in the other forum

It seems perfectly obvious to me to put this question in two forums. I don't see the need to be a jerk about it. I'm new here too, but now I know more about the rules. I will look back at the site rules to make sure I don't get scolded like a puppy that just pissed the carpet.
 
npearce said:


It seems perfectly obvious to me to put this question in two forums. I don't see the need to be a jerk about it. I'm new here too, but now I know more about the rules. I will look back at the site rules to make sure I don't get scolded like a puppy that just pissed the carpet.

Take it as you wish, but if you interpreted my post as some kind of put down to Cal's post then you have your own issues to deal with...

I answered his question in the other post and merely pointed out what is taken as common net-ediquette on this site.
 
NP

Hey:

I'm not offended at all. Actually, you guys have always been helpful. ;-)
 
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