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Gerry · 12 September 2016, 12:37

I always wondered how MIDI interfaces for the serial port worked on the Amiga 500 speedwise.

The MIDI port normally uses a speed of 31.500 baud. AFAIK the maximum speed of the Amiga 500's serial port is 19.200 baud.

Is the MIDI connection (for example to a syntheziser) slowed down to 19.200 baud when you are using a serial MIDI interface on the Amiga 500 or is the interface kind of speeding up the transmission to 31.500 baud (although I wouldn't know how that should work)?

12 September 2016, 12:37	#1017
Gerry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 213	Are midi interfaces on Amiga 500 running at full speed. I always wondered how MIDI interfaces for the serial port worked on the Amiga 500 speedwise. The MIDI port normally uses a speed of 31.500 baud. AFAIK the maximum speed of the Amiga 500's serial port is 19.200 baud. Is the MIDI connection (for example to a syntheziser) slowed down to 19.200 baud when you are using a serial MIDI interface on the Amiga 500 or is the interface kind of speeding up the transmission to 31.500 baud (although I wouldn't know how that should work)?