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An even better MIDI extender?

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An even better MIDI extender?

PostThu Dec 14, 2017 7:59 pm

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From a company based in the UK 8)

LNDR is a master and slave pair that allows MIDI to be sent accurately in both
directions at the same time, across distances of over 500 metres (1640 feet)
using a standard CAT5 cable. This is over 33 times the distance achievable
using standard MIDI cables. The Master unit is mains powered using the i
ncluded PSU.

http://www.kentonuk.com/products/items/utilities/lndr.shtml

The manual:

http://www.kentonuk.com/kmanualspdf/lndr.pdf

Seems to be a lot to like here esp if itr works as stated.
Bi-directional MIDI, Hmmm and a max of 1600 ft apart.

A MIDI signal applied to the MIDI IN of the master will appear at the MIDI
out of the slave. Similarly a MIDI signal applied to the MIDI IN of the slave
will appear at the MIDI out of the master. You can send signals in both
directions at the same time.

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Re: An even better MIDI extender?

PostFri Dec 15, 2017 12:38 am

Artisan Instruments (the uMIDI people) sell an extender pair for ~$70 that uses RS-422 which by standard should be good to 1500 meters...

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Re: An even better MIDI extender?

PostThu Jun 07, 2018 2:25 pm

What kind of latency are we talking about (or is it negligible)? I didn't see any info on the website about it but I'm intrigued by these.
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Re: An even better MIDI extender?

PostFri Jun 08, 2018 11:04 am

Additional latency would be negligible with RS-422. The slow 31.25k rate for conventional 5-pin MIDI would remain. A better approach when possible would be to keep all MIDI traffic on USB and use RTP-MIDI for longer distances using ethernet. That gives a MIDI speed that is hundreds of times faster than 5-pin with negligible latency overall.

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