In-line MIDI Monitor?

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2010/03/26 13:27:12 (permalink)

In-line MIDI Monitor?

I'm looking for some type of "in-line" LED type of thingy to diagnose whether midi is passing through the midi cable.  Google searches led me to quite a few DIY projects of this sort, but nothing I can just order and be done with it.  There are all kinds of free programs I know (and even Sonar has the monitor in the tray), but I have a need to monitor the cable directly.

Don't laugh, but I remember some kinda "Midi Spider" toy looking thing that you plugged into a midi output and the eyes would supposedly light up with data throughput.

Thanks Y'all!!


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    ohhey
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    Re:In-line MIDI Monitor? 2010/03/26 13:55:37 (permalink)
    CakeFan


    I'm looking for some type of "in-line" LED type of thingy to diagnose whether midi is passing through the midi cable.  Google searches led me to quite a few DIY projects of this sort, but nothing I can just order and be done with it.  There are all kinds of free programs I know (and even Sonar has the monitor in the tray), but I have a need to monitor the cable directly.

    Don't laugh, but I remember some kinda "Midi Spider" toy looking thing that you plugged into a midi output and the eyes would supposedly light up with data throughput.

    Thanks Y'all!!


    This thru box has an LED that shows power and blinks when there is activity.

    http://www.zzounds.com/item--MSLTHRU

    Here is the vendor page ...

    http://www.midisolutions.com/prodthr.htm
    post edited by ohhey - 2010/03/26 13:57:04

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    Re:In-line MIDI Monitor? 2010/03/26 22:42:01 (permalink)
    I have a MIDI SOLUTIONS T8 that indicates when MIDI traffic is present on a port. My TC Electronics M2000 goes as far as monitoring all 16 channels simultaneously and separately; The Cakewalk UM-G1 has a MIDI monitor light built right into it...

    Just a few...
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