Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI PinOut


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MIDI Interface Bus; [Musical Instrument Digital Interface]: defines the electrical and physical interface over a 5-pin DIN connector.
MIDI also defines the protocol used over the interface.

The MIDI interface uses three different pinouts which are all defined on a 5-pin DIN connector; MIDI In, MIDI Out, and MIDI Thru.

5-pin DIN connector

MIDI Pin Out
Pin No. IN Signal Name THRU Signal Name Out Signal Name
1 No Connect No Connect No Connect
2 No Connect Shield Shield
3 No Connect No Connect No Connect
4 IN+ +5v +5v
5 IN- IN IN

The MIDI port used with Personal Computers when found on sound cards uses a 15pin D connector and has the following pin out; Joystick pinout. There really is no 15-pin D defined in the current Motherboard standards used as a game port. The Joystick connector is found on sound cards


Addition Personal Computer Buses.
Listing of PC Gear Manufacturers

MPU401: [Midi Processing Unit 401], Developed by Roland.

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