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Can anyone tell me what voltages comes out the MIDI in port on what pins of the Herbert? I'm considering modding something to phantom power it.
I'm interested in use with a 5-pin cable, so pins 1 & 7 won't be connected. So it implies from the manual that pin 3 is + and 6 is - (or with a 5 pin cable the 2nd and 5th pin), but only says it's 9-12V AC or DC. From what I can tell it does 12 VDC on pins 1 & 5 of my cable, so hence pin 2 and 6, not 3 & 6 as stated in the manual. Probably a mis-print then, but I want to make sure I'm not missing something as I really don't want to screw anything up.
The thing I want to power wants 9V AC tbh, so I'm yet to find if it'll all play nice via 12V DC and a bridge rectifier but figure there's no point taking the other end to bits and analysing it til I know what supply I definitely have. What comes out 1 & 7? I'm guessing 12V DC too? I don't have any 7-pin cables and am loathe to stuff a multimeter in my MIDI in port in case I splay the pins out.
Don't worry, I'll be drawing quite a bit under the max 800 mA current limit mentioned in the manual!
I'm interested in use with a 5-pin cable, so pins 1 & 7 won't be connected. So it implies from the manual that pin 3 is + and 6 is - (or with a 5 pin cable the 2nd and 5th pin), but only says it's 9-12V AC or DC. From what I can tell it does 12 VDC on pins 1 & 5 of my cable, so hence pin 2 and 6, not 3 & 6 as stated in the manual. Probably a mis-print then, but I want to make sure I'm not missing something as I really don't want to screw anything up.
The thing I want to power wants 9V AC tbh, so I'm yet to find if it'll all play nice via 12V DC and a bridge rectifier but figure there's no point taking the other end to bits and analysing it til I know what supply I definitely have. What comes out 1 & 7? I'm guessing 12V DC too? I don't have any 7-pin cables and am loathe to stuff a multimeter in my MIDI in port in case I splay the pins out.
Don't worry, I'll be drawing quite a bit under the max 800 mA current limit mentioned in the manual!