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08 Sep 2009

MIDI leads

Filed Under : Rants

Posted By : Bad Horsie (Mick) | Comments : 18

Surely it can't be THIS hard to find one??????

I've been trying to find a 20 foot MIDI cable. I want to try and use my Line6 X3 Live as a controller for my Switchblade amp. I know a guy in the U.S. that has done this successfully and is able to use some of the x3 effects (whammy etc) that the switchblade doesn't have.

I have tried everywhere I can think of locally. NOBODY does 20 footers. I can get a 3 metre cable, but I want to stand somewhere AWAY from my amp.

Does anyone know where I can get such a beast?

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Comments

# Posted by THE STIG - 08/09/2009, 18:42 (GMT)

google search mick, get googling

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 08/09/2009, 18:44 (GMT)

I did! I must be googling the wrong thing *dribbles*

# Posted by THE STIG - 08/09/2009, 18:51 (GMT)

i know (sound service) in burnley would knock you one up, or somewhere similar (maplins)

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 08/09/2009, 19:12 (GMT)

hiya i think some of mine are 15 footers, got them off ebay, they may even be 20

im sure they do 20 footers, cos i think 20 foot is the longest they do without adding a midi box to extend

# Posted by SABRE - 08/09/2009, 19:12 (GMT)

so you dont want a shorty lead or a longy lead then ??

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 08/09/2009, 19:16 (GMT)

yep my longest main ones are 6 metres which i think is going on for 20 foot, just looked on ebay, plenty there, dont forget the NWB link to ebay before buying!!

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 08/09/2009, 19:24 (GMT)

Thanks all! Robert, that looks to be the way forward! :oD

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 08/09/2009, 19:26 (GMT)

works for me, ive just started using midi control again, i hate tap dancing!!

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 08/09/2009, 20:09 (GMT)

I hear that. My rig for the last 5 years or so has involved a full floor unit of some sort. I FLATLEY refuse to jump all over individual pedals! Get it? Get it?

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 08/09/2009, 20:18 (GMT)

absolutely yes, terrible joke

yep on the floor now only, boss fc50 midi pedal tuner and wah, thats it!! i can use the boss midi to control the marshall jmp-1 and rocktron replifex together, nice :-) especially when jumping form a chorused clean delayed sound to a heavily overdriven sound with one tap, heaven!!

even my beloved Boss chorus and super overdrive are at home for practice only now

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 08/09/2009, 20:32 (GMT)

Wah is right! I need a 7 pin midi cable and ebay only has 5 pin. Waaaaaaaah!

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 08/09/2009, 20:34 (GMT)

Maplin

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 08/09/2009, 20:39 (GMT)

Righto. Checking now.......

# Posted by Jason Smith (SIN AFTER SIN gui... - 08/09/2009, 22:58 (GMT)

I got a 20 foot cheapo Stag midi lead for my Mesa amp, coz Mesa only supplied a 10 foot lead, WORKS A TREAT !

# Posted by Kingpin (Keith) - 09/09/2009, 00:10 (GMT)

Thomann do a Rocktron 7 pin midi cable,, used it to replace the built in footswich cable in my switchblade head, the stock cable isnt good quality. The rocktron is gold plated so it aint cheap but its bloody long.hope this helps

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 09/09/2009, 08:47 (GMT)

Thanks again guys! I have some great leads on midi cables now! :o)

# Posted by Coldplayer - 09/09/2009, 09:42 (GMT)

Can you not get male to female adapters from Maplins and join a few leads together? :)

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 09/09/2009, 10:42 (GMT)

"# Posted by Viva La Coldplay - 09/09/2009, 09:42 (GMT)

Can you not get male to female adapters from Maplins and join a few leads together? :)"

I'd thought of doing that but initially got "we don't do them" responses from the music stores. lol

I've since found out from my mate in the US that A: He's using 5 pin in the 7 pin input and it works fine so B: The 10 metre Neutrik cable on Ebay (audio spares in Nottingham) will do the job. :oD

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