Re: [OT] midi/gameport to usb/parralel convertor

[Harry Broomhall <haeb@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:06:35 +0100, you wrote:

>My sisters laptop only has usb/serial/and parralell inputs, but she
wants to
>plug a midi keybourd into her laptop so she can play it and use the
included
>software with it on her laptop.
>Any ideas?
>Keybourd is "Evolution MK-261"
>Software is "Evolution" and some other name that i cant
remember
>
>PS Need to know fast cuase it's her birthday on the 2nd of july, and
guess
>what she wants... :P
>

  MIDI on laptops tends to be a bit expensive (like almost
everything
else on laptops!).

  Having looked up the Evolution on the net (I'm not familiar with
that unit) I can see one major gotcha.  The keyboard is *powered*
from
the soundcard, which is highly non-standard.   You will probably
need
an external power adaptor.

   As for gettinng MIDI on a laptop, as long as the laptop has
the
standard card slots then there are a number of adaptors available from
music specialists.  I *believe* there is also a USB to MIDI
adaptor.

   A look in the the following magazines might locate
suppliers:

Computer Music
Future Music
Sound on Sound.

   Regards,
          Harry.



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