@@devanbumstead By the way, as I was watching your video the first time, I thought, "He's a brother in Jesus." Sure enough. The spirit of the Lord told on you. :)
Thank you very much! This is very helpful. I bought the same exact stuff from redco. There's not a lot of help out there for these kind of cables. You're a pioneer of sorts! Thanks for taking the time to share!
The MIDI spec shows the signal wires always go to PINS 4 & 5. DO NOT put the cable shield ground onto PINS 4 or 5. You may end up shorting out your MIDI signal to the chassis ground, causing a ground loop and damaging your equipment. Use the insulated\colored signal wires for signal PINS 4 & 5. PINS 1 & 3 are not used. PIN 2 goes to the cable shield\ground. If there is a connector for the housing\barrel ground I would split the braided shield to connect it to both PIN 2 and the housing ground connection. Good luck!
Kostya Korolov Not sure about all this but I just know all my cables worked perfectly the first time and have been working perfectly on my whole rig for the past several months. I connected all the pins because there are certain MIDI connections that do utilize other pins (not any of my pedals currently but just in case for the future).
Devan Bumstead The video demonstration will work fine for everyone as long as they follow the exact diagram as shown in the video with PINS 4 & 5 connected straight through using a pair of the insulated wires and the cable shield \ ground connected to PIN 2, which happens to be also correct in the video. PINS 1 & 3 are ignored by the receiving device according to the MIDI standard. All though PIN 2 / ground is also generally ignored by the receiving device I wouldn’t take any chances. I wouldn’t connect the ground\cable shield to anything but PIN 2 and the connector ground terminal. If they are connected as shown in the video it should work fine for most MIDI devices. Other 5-pin DIN devices may have alternate wiring requirements which is why I wouldn’t use a generic 5-PIN DIN cable in my MIDI device without first confirming the pin configuration with a tester.
kostya, i was told i could use balanced audio cable to create midi cables is that correct>? phil rees also says a balanced microphone cable is sufficient, i am confused though as they only have two wires inside don't they and we have to wire 3 pins? i assume we wind up the ground sleeve and solder that as the 3rd ?
I’m no electronics expert by any means so you may possibly be correct. However, from personal experience I’ve made all my midi cables with this method for several years (and for many other people) and no one’s had any issues.
On It Video Production Charleston SC That’s correct, the same colors should connect to the same numbers on each lug. But you do need to pay special attention to the numbers on each plug. If you’re soldering a male connector to a female connector it can get tricky. It appears that you reverse them but it’s just because they are a mirror image of each other.
PERFECT video demo for this. Thank you very much. Well done!
Thanks! Haha, I ended up using this video to remind myself how to do it for my latest pedalboard build. I was thankful too 🤣
@@devanbumstead By the way, as I was watching your video the first time, I thought, "He's a brother in Jesus."
Sure enough. The spirit of the Lord told on you. :)
@@jeffreyvanhorn1996 Haha! Brother, that's awesome. I'm honored you sensed that. Praise Jesus!
So helpful! Thanks Devan!
Thank you very much! This is very helpful. I bought the same exact stuff from redco. There's not a lot of help out there for these kind of cables. You're a pioneer of sorts! Thanks for taking the time to share!
Glad it’s helpful!!
Thanks for taking the time make this well-made instructional video.
The MIDI spec shows the signal wires always go to PINS 4 & 5. DO NOT put the cable shield ground onto PINS 4 or 5. You may end up shorting out your MIDI signal to the chassis ground, causing a ground loop and damaging your equipment. Use the insulated\colored signal wires for signal PINS 4 & 5. PINS 1 & 3 are not used. PIN 2 goes to the cable shield\ground. If there is a connector for the housing\barrel ground I would split the braided shield to connect it to both PIN 2 and the housing ground connection. Good luck!
Kostya Korolov Not sure about all this but I just know all my cables worked perfectly the first time and have been working perfectly on my whole rig for the past several months. I connected all the pins because there are certain MIDI connections that do utilize other pins (not any of my pedals currently but just in case for the future).
Devan Bumstead The video demonstration will work fine for everyone as long as they follow the exact diagram as shown in the video with PINS 4 & 5 connected straight through using a pair of the insulated wires and the cable shield \ ground connected to PIN 2, which happens to be also correct in the video. PINS 1 & 3 are ignored by the receiving device according to the MIDI standard. All though PIN 2 / ground is also generally ignored by the receiving device I wouldn’t take any chances. I wouldn’t connect the ground\cable shield to anything but PIN 2 and the connector ground terminal. If they are connected as shown in the video it should work fine for most MIDI devices. Other 5-pin DIN devices may have alternate wiring requirements which is why I wouldn’t use a generic 5-PIN DIN cable in my MIDI device without first confirming the pin configuration with a tester.
kostya, i was told i could use balanced audio cable to create midi cables is that correct>? phil rees also says a balanced microphone cable is sufficient, i am confused though as they only have two wires inside don't they and we have to wire 3 pins? i assume we wind up the ground sleeve and solder that as the 3rd ?
OGASI Pretty sure XLR cables have 3 wires + the ground so you should be good!
Great video! Thanks!
For cables longer than a few inches shouldn't be better to have a twisted pair for (signal) pin 4 and 5?
I’m no electronics expert by any means so you may possibly be correct. However, from personal experience I’ve made all my midi cables with this method for several years (and for many other people) and no one’s had any issues.
Can you create a video how to soldering 9 Pin Mini-Din Male to Aux
Thank You
Obrigado..
Does the opposite end of cable have same color direction? You don't reverse right?
On It Video Production Charleston SC That’s correct, the same colors should connect to the same numbers on each lug. But you do need to pay special attention to the numbers on each plug. If you’re soldering a male connector to a female connector it can get tricky. It appears that you reverse them but it’s just because they are a mirror image of each other.