Kenton OSCar - Manual (Page 4)

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MIDI CONNECTIONS
Any MIDI IN should be connected to a MIDI OUT or a MIDI THRU similarly any MIDI OUT should be
connected only to a MIDI IN and any MIDI THRU should also only be connected to a MIDI IN.
MIDI OUT (if fitted) is the signal from the synthesiser (or drum machine etc.) that is to be sent to another
instrument. MIDI IN is a received signal that contains MIDI information from another synth, and MIDI
THRU is an exact copy of information arriving at the MIDI IN socket. This allows several instruments to
be connected together.
If you want to wire your own MIDI cables the following information may be useful.
1) Although a 5 pin connector is used, only two connections plus an
earth connection are required.
2) If you look at the din plug from the wiring side you will see that the pins are numbered. From left to
right (or clockwise) these are 1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3.
3) The pins numbered 1 & 3 are not used.
4) The screen (earth) is connected to pin 2 (centre pin)
5) Pin 4 of one plug should be connected to pin 4 of the other
6) Pin 5 of one plug should be connected to pin 5 of the other
7) You should now have a working MIDI lead
8) It is preferable to label one end of the cable MIDI IN & the other end MIDI OUT, to avoid confusion.
WARRANTY
All Kenton MIDI Kits come with a 12 month (from purchase date) back to base warranty, (i.e. customer
must arrange and pay for carriage to and from Kenton Electronics). Note that kits should be fitted as
soon as possible after purchase, as the retrofit kits are in a continuous state of development.
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