MIDI CABLE PINOUT

MIDI Pin Out, Signal names, and MIDI Pinout Description
MIDI Interface Bus; [Musical Instrument Digital Interface]: MIDI defines the electrical and physical interface over a 5-pin DIN connector, on a 64 ohm cable. MIDI also defines the protocol used over the interface, which happen to be digital instructions and not music. The MIDI interface uses three different pinouts which are all defined on a 5
MIDI cable schematic pinout diagram @ pinouts
A MIDI cable should have pin 2 (Shield) connected on both ends. (to be symmetrical) A MIDI OUT port should have Pin2 grounded, a MIDI IN port should have pin 2 left NC. egarding disconnecting the earth at one end, this is a common bad practice.7/10(10)