connecting 2 amigas via serial cable (midi/octamed)

[systmcrsh]

i have 2 a600s and had read somewhere that you could connect them together via a serial cable to transmit midi data and sync octamed on 2 machines, giving you a total of 8 channels of audio.

the octamed manual doesn't mention a serial cable specifically, but i thought to give it a shot because i only have 1 midi interface and its broken.

anyone know if this is possible? would it be a null modem cable? im not opposed to hacking together my own cable, but i dont want to blow anything up

[systmcrsh]

um nevermind... i found this: http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/SerialCable and this: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995...miganotes.html

[XimeR]

Isn't Octamed already 8 channels, hence the Octa part?

[desiv]

Originally Posted by XimeR

Isn't Octamed already 8 channels, hence the Octa part?

Actually, that's a common misconception.

The story behind the naming is an interesting one.
The author was vacationing with his family one summer.
While sailing on the Mediterranean Sea, he was accidentally knocked into the ocean. Unfortunately, his family had just competed in a round of Uzo drinking games, and it went unnoticed.

As he sank to the bottom of the sea, he was rescued by an Octopus, who explained that he was the King of that domain and that the author would be his prisoner. As things were going so badly for the kingdom, he would have to trade the prisoner.
Intrigued, he asked the King what was going wrong.
The King explained that they were once a very musical kingdom. However, they had lost their Lobster musician (who had said something about going to Hollywood and making it big with Disney) and the kingdom was crumbling without music.

The author explained that he was working on a piece of magic (he called it "software) that would allow the simple creation of music. If he were released, he would finish it and collect all the music created and provide it to the King.

The King was hesitant, but he trusted this young man, so he did as requested.

As a result, the author released this software, named it OctaMed in honor of the King, and began collecting music to save the kingdom.

When he finally returned will all the music he had collected, he swam to the bottom of the ocean, only to find out that the entire area was accidentally destroying when someone was laying an oceanic fiber optic cable.

desiv

(Hmm.. Maybe I should start taking my meds again..)

[rkauer]

And quit smoking mary...

[ChrisUnionNJ]

Originally Posted by desiv

Actually, that's a common misconception.

The story behind the naming is an interesting one.
The author was vacationing with his family one summer.
While sailing on the Mediterranean Sea, he was accidentally knocked into the ocean. Unfortunately, his family had just competed in a round of Uzo drinking games, and it went unnoticed.

As he sank to the bottom of the sea, he was rescued by an Octopus, who explained that he was the King of that domain and that the author would be his prisoner. As things were going so badly for the kingdom, he would have to trade the prisoner.
Intrigued, he asked the King what was going wrong.
The King explained that they were once a very musical kingdom. However, they had lost their Lobster musician (who had said something about going to Hollywood and making it big with Disney) and the kingdom was crumbling without music.

The author explained that he was working on a piece of magic (he called it "software) that would allow the simple creation of music. If he were released, he would finish it and collect all the music created and provide it to the King.

The King was hesitant, but he trusted this young man, so he did as requested.

As a result, the author released this software, named it OctaMed in honor of the King, and began collecting music to save the kingdom.

When he finally returned will all the music he had collected, he swam to the bottom of the ocean, only to find out that the entire area was accidentally destroying when someone was laying an oceanic fiber optic cable.

desiv

(Hmm.. Maybe I should start taking my meds again..)

Or writing kids books..

Chris

[systmcrsh]

finally got around to making this... im terrible at soldering, so i decided to get 2 modular rj45/db25 adapters and link them via a standard ethernet cable (after pinning the adapters appropriately). nice thing is the cable length can be adjusted easily by just swapping the ethernet cable.

i havent tested it out yet, but i'm sure its gonna work.

[desiv]

It should as long as they are wired correctly.
That's what I use for serial transferring ADF's using transwarp.
Cisco includes (or used to anyway) those ready made with their routers/switches, so I had some lying around...

desiv

[systmcrsh]

tried it out last night + worked perfectly... just thought id update the thread confirming that it works