Midi cable insulation

Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:10 pm   

Anyone happen to know what a common insulation midi cables use? and
possibly it's thermal resistance? This is not standard instrument
cable insulation as it is much softer.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:10 pm   

"Jenkins" <phreon111_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps find some on Beldon or whoevers site if you can & look at the spec
sheet.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:49 pm   

"Jenkins" <phreon111_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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Not sure of the reason for the question. Midi cables I've purchased
generally use economy twin-core screened cable, the situation's no different
to other audio cabling. The screening is often fairly marginal. Midi is a
noncritical hardware protocol, junless you're going for long cable lengths,
you could use any common screened twisted pair.

I've never looked, but given the general intent of midi hardware, I'd be
surprised if temperature specs are ever considered. If you make your own,
you can use whatever cable you want.

Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:35 am   

Jenkins <phreon111_at_gmail.com> wrote:

Whatever happened to be lying around, perhaps? IIRC correctly, MIDI is
current loop serial data at around 32 kbps. Probably 5V or so of drive
signal. How much insulation do you want/need?

Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:08 am   

Flexible cables in general are often (foamed?) neoprene rubber. The
microphone and MIDI cables I've handled feel very much like neoproene
welding cable, among other sorts.

On a semi-related subject, fiber served, vinyl and silicone jacketed litz
cables are nice and flexible; teflon and tape served cables are a PITA to
wind on transformers, or really, use just about anywhere..

Tim

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