MIDI Solutions makes an adapter box called um, the Breath Controller
(!) that will accept a BC1-BC3 adapter and produce CC2 -- or any
other CC, if the user prefers.
It gets power from the MIDI cable, which is nice.? Unfortunately,
it's an older device, and only works reliably with '5V MIDI,' not
the 3V ports that most modern music gear have.? MIDI Solutions
re-designed some of their most popular boxes to accept 3V, but the
Breath Controller never made the cut.
What's 5V MIDI?? Kind of a long story, but the original MIDI
standard (1.0) showed a reference circuit that used TTL logic and
was powered by 5V.? Manufacturers used the exact circuit, or a very
close copy, all through the '80s and early '90s.? It was possible to
siphon off a tiny bit of 5V from the circuit to power circuitry.?
Later, as electronics moved to lower voltages, manufacturers started
to use 3.3V and 3V MIDI designs.? Technically, MIDI doesn't need
voltage, just enough current to drive an optocoupler, so these
circuits work for MIDI transmission, but can't provide power for
boxes that were designed for 5V.? (Sometimes they kind of work,
which is it's own set of problems!)
Regards,
-BW
Bruce Wahler
Halfmoon-Switch.com?
bw@...
978.597.7008
?
On 3/16/2023 8:44 AM, Lee Borrell via
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The dx controllers don't produce cc2 directly. They produce a
varying voltage, and the dx makes the cc2 from it. I have two of
them.?
I have my dx11 on ebay with controller.?
There are other devices making Cc2 but I can't recall the
names.?
Lee
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 9:00, walter wood via groups.io
