On 2008-05-12, ChiRul <no@tha.nks> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 01:27:41 +0200 (CEST), Jim Cochrane wrote:
>> ...
>> Summary of the question: Does the Audigy 2 ZS SB0350 sound card have
>> a "... MIDI / Joystick port ..." and can it be used, with the right
>> cable/adapter, for standard MIDI I/O? If so, what cable/adapter is
>> needed?
>> ...
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if this port is a joystick port, if it can be used
>> for MIDI i/o, and, if so, how to adapt it for standard MIDI cables?
>> ...
>
> Hello, Jim.
>
> Check the "Audigy 2 ZS and Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Users Guide"
> found here: http://tinyurl.com/yppeo9
>
> What you are referring to as the "mostly-rectangular opening
> ..." is the Firewire port.

Yes, after a little more searching last night, I realized it wasn't the
joystick port, but hadn't figured out it was a firewire port.

> The 15-pin MIDI / Joystick port
> *extension header* is on the PCB and is connected to the
> joystick port (mounted on a second card bracket) via a ribbon
> cable. See the 'About Your Hardware' section in the Users
> Guide.

Yes, I see from the diagram in the users guide that the port is on the
PCB; and looking at the card now, I see 15 pins and next to them, the
label "joystick".

Now my next dilemna is, not being a hardware guy, how do I adapt this to
hook up 5-pin MIDI in/out cables? (So that I can, e.g., plug my MIDI
keyboard into it.) It's now obvious to me that a connector like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-JOYSTICK-GAME...ayphotohosting

won't work, since even though the pin count is the same, the layout is
slightly different.


Thanks!

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