07-08-2020, 02:29 PM
Upon doing a little more looking after posting, it turns out that the new adapter coming to market (the CME WIDI Master) should be shipping very soon, at both a better spec and lower cost than the Yamaha adapter, and with what I suspect will be easier attachment given the MIDI port layout on the expander. I’ve thrown caution to the wind and pre-ordered a couple units.
For what it’s worth re: “out of the specs”: +5V on MIDI OUT and THRU have been part of the spec since the early 80s, with the 2014 update to the spec adding a 3.3V variation on that. It’ll be interesting to see how much this adapter actually tries to draw and which piece of hardware, if any of them, is actually in or out of spec.
For what it’s worth re: “out of the specs”: +5V on MIDI OUT and THRU have been part of the spec since the early 80s, with the 2014 update to the spec adding a 3.3V variation on that. It’ll be interesting to see how much this adapter actually tries to draw and which piece of hardware, if any of them, is actually in or out of spec.