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R.D.
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I recently bought a synthesizer from a friend and didn't realize until I got home that it didn't have MIDI connections. Is there anyway of cracking into the synthesizer and wiring the speaker wires to a direct box?
RhythmRmixd
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It's possible, but it won't be easy.
Tifstorey
Guinea Pig
I think it would be easier just to sell that and buy another synth. Save you from a lot of work, and potential electric shocks!
MichaelM
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Wouldn't it be easier to use a line out? Or even headphone out into a DI?
ssscientist
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You could do it the way the ancients did it, and mic a keyboard amp...R.D. said:
AlChuck
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You have a synthesizer with no line outputs?
Who made that? Or, more to the point, who would ever buy something like that?
Who made that? Or, more to the point, who would ever buy something like that?
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Atterion
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Yeah I'm confused too. MIDI connections have absolutely nothing too do with audio. The thing must at least have a headphone output, and you can get an adaptor cable to run from that to whatever you're plugging into. And if it is that cheesey that it doesn't, it probably isn't worth recording (other than as a novelty, in which case you could always stick a microphone up to the little speakers).
And yes you could hook up a 1/4"TRS socket from the leads for your speakers, but I can't guarantee it's gonna sound any good.
And yes you could hook up a 1/4"TRS socket from the leads for your speakers, but I can't guarantee it's gonna sound any good.
ssscientist
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Boys, boys!
The thread starter didn't say anything about not having line outputs -- his post says it lacks midi. That means, although he will need to spend more to access the golden realm and shining seas of the big world of midi, it's still a useful piece.
Sort of.
The thread starter didn't say anything about not having line outputs -- his post says it lacks midi. That means, although he will need to spend more to access the golden realm and shining seas of the big world of midi, it's still a useful piece.
Sort of.
true-eurt
Maneater
I was going to ask about my Yamaha general MIDI because there is a phone/output Jack and a USB JACK but not a MIDI Jack...Guess I am too much of a musical Id-jut, but I will read the manual one more time first....I probably will be back though... 