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VitAmen
11-18-2004, 12:16 AM
Hey there,

My memory may be playing tricks on me,but i remember there was a MIDI cable released for dreamcast by sega.

1)Can anyone confirm this?
2)Does anyone know where i can find one if it really exists?

Thanks
Yakumo
11-18-2004, 01:04 AM
Yes the midi cable does exist and yes it was available to buy in Japan. I bought one for somebody and took a few pictures of it that can be seen on http://www.dreamcastgallery.com. The midi cable was to be used with O.TO.I.RE. Dreamcast sequencer. I have the software but not the midi cable since I prefear using the PC for midis.
The cable can't be bought anymore and even when it was available it wasn't that easy to get therefore making it one of the most rare accessories for the Dreamcast.

Yakumo
VitAmen
11-18-2004, 01:34 PM
damn it...
ShadowofBob
11-18-2004, 10:07 PM
Nice pictures. I remember asking about having Yakumo purchase one a few months back, but I don't think he ever got a hold of one. I've always wondered what the box/cable would look like. Too bad there are so few of them.
unixphreak
06-23-2008, 08:05 PM
I can provide photos of the internal parts of the dreamcast midi cable if anyone needs the to possibly construct a cable for themselves. I hope this helps anyone.
radgoos
06-23-2008, 08:38 PM
please post them!
ASSEMbler
06-23-2008, 08:40 PM
Zombie thread....
Kami68k
06-27-2008, 12:01 AM
there is also a midi cable for the sega saturn by the same company iirc. I got this.
Yakumo
06-27-2008, 05:42 AM
I have the saturn one and HAD that Dreamcast one. I tooka few pictures of the Dreamcast one that you can see upon dreamcastgallery.

Yakumo
Dreamcast
06-27-2008, 05:56 AM
Despite the rarity, they often sell for almost nothing. The last one on eBay was boxed and under $20 (2100 Yen / 10 GBP) shipped.
Druid II
06-30-2008, 07:37 PM
there is also a midi cable for the sega saturn by the same company iirc. I got this.
The saturn actually worked through midi (the tech docs mention that its midi compatible, and I believe the dev tools worked on the same principle as well)

But now that I think of it, the DC too, since the AICA is a beefed up SCSP.
Adam_K
06-11-2010, 12:48 AM
Video about the MIDI cable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vwRtKknjqg
ASSEMbler
06-11-2010, 01:12 AM
If it's midi any keyboard will work.
Dreamcast
06-11-2010, 02:12 AM
A MIDI keyboard isn't even really necessary. If you have a sound card that has a 15-pin joystick / MIDI interface, you can get a 15-pin to 5-pin in / out DIN conversion cable (there are USB options as well). Using that with a PC application like Virtual MIDI Keyboard, you can use the PC's keyboard as a MIDI keyboard.
Storm
06-11-2010, 11:18 AM
Despite the rarity, they often sell for almost nothing. The last one on eBay was boxed and under $20 (2100 Yen / 10 GBP) shipped.

I've been looking* for one for several years now. If anyone finds a boxed cable for $20, buy it and I'll double your money. :-)

* For definitions of "looking" that involve setting up ebay alerts.
l_oliveira
06-12-2010, 12:45 PM
Hm ... with the Dreamcast schematics I posted here a while ago it's possible to make an "homebrewn" cable out of a Dreamcast MODEM as there's the pinout for the G2BUS port (expansion connector) there.
ASSEMbler
06-12-2010, 01:22 PM
Hm ... with the Dreamcast schematics I posted here a while ago it's possible to make an "homebrewn" cable out of a Dreamcast MODEM as there's the pinout for the G2BUS port (expansion connector) there.

Interesting.
Dr.Wily
06-14-2010, 10:09 AM
It will be interesting to test this connecting Dreamcast to a PC and play some MIDI files with a sequencer to hear how the dreamcats soundfont (provided by the software) is sounding.
ASSEMbler
06-14-2010, 12:37 PM
It will be interesting to test this connecting Dreamcast to a PC and play some MIDI files with a sequencer to hear how the dreamcats soundfont (provided by the software) is sounding.

I was thinking the same thing, except maybe with the devtool soft.
Yakumo
06-14-2010, 08:05 PM
It will be interesting to test this connecting Dreamcast to a PC and play some MIDI files with a sequencer to hear how the dreamcats soundfont (provided by the software) is sounding.

You don't have to. There are already Dreamcast games with midi data on the discs. One that springs to mind is a puzzle game by xl45 that begins with the letter D. Sorry but I can't remember the name off the top of my head. Anyway playing the midi files found on the disc on a PC results in some awful sound if you don't use the yamaha radio XG player
Dr.Wily
06-15-2010, 08:00 AM
You don't have to. There are already Dreamcast games with midi data on the discs.

No. I did not bother with midi files I can find on DC gd-rom. I would look at how is sounding the dreamcast spu hardware when we send midi musics through a mpu-401 and midi tracker.

See if this console is suitable as musical instrument for chiptune. If the hardware has a specific timbre or others sound effect stuff. I assume no, but it will be interesting to give it a try...

Plus, it will be interesting to see inside the cable.
unixphreak
02-07-2012, 11:19 AM
I will get more and a list of the labels for the components you cannot read.
R3Z1NAT0R
02-07-2012, 11:53 AM
Has anyone tried this with the Rez beta? There's midis in that game, and a debug mode that displays midi channel related stuffs...
APE
02-08-2012, 05:13 AM
Macro mode on a camera will take a better picture, if you've got a digital camera that is.
wombat
02-08-2012, 03:00 PM
Nice thinking there R3Z1NAT0R, it would be interested indeed to hear from someone if it's possible to use the MIDI-cable with the Vibes-beta.

Btw I was just looking/browsing for the cable, and I ran into this short introduction video about the OTOIRE; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9Mv80_7Bo (amazingly almost the whole program is in English!)