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steinberg pc-midi 3 (1995?) 48 channel midi interface

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TheKernal:
P.S. The MIDI3 does connect to the printer/parallel port on the Atari, but you must use a db-25 cable as opposed to a standard printer cable. The db-25 and printer cable look identical, so it's impossible to tell the difference. Best best is to make sure you buy a db-25 and one that is sold as such. (db-25 means all pins are connected).

The db-25 cable is also relevant if you intend to hook up a Musicquest 2port/se to a PC. Again a standard printer cable won't work.

TheKernal:
Further info from the net:

The MROS driver is STMI3_5.DR. It needs to be renamed to .DRV

The jumpers inside need to be moved towards the printer port to be ST mode.

In Cubase lite (1.0) you can't use it. In Cubase 2.0 You can use all 3 outs but not the input. In Cubase 3, all 3 outs and the input can all be used.

Power supply rating is 9 Volt DC / 150 mA / 1,35 VA.

chrisNova777:
thanks for sharing your additional info Kernal! ;)

thekernel1:
Hello again, here's another update that you may find interesting....

Apparently the poor timing that I talked about earlier improves significantly when using an Atari Mega STE, TT or Falcon. This only works when the Mega & TT are running in 16mhz mode however. Unfortunately, I don't have any of these computers to test this.

Also, I've just taken delivery of another PC-MIDI3 and the jumpers to change from PC to Atari are soldered in on this version! - previous one's that I've had featured traditional plastic jumpers that were easy to move. Looks like I'm going to have to fire up the soldering iron to make this one Atari compatible.

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