ericL wrote:pterm wrote:Excellent! Well done and thank you for sharing.
Do you know what the current consumption is and did you tried to power it off the Midi Out's pin 4 "5V" pin?
Your build looks very clean and well-made. --The only improvement I thought of was to try eliminating the external power feed (if possible).
Unless Nord has changed something, their MIDI out has not ever carried power. Way back when I used a Voce MIDI Drawbar with my NE2 via a MIDI Solutions box that would translate the conversation between boxes, I needed to use a separate power supply box for the MIDI Solutions box. Also, I had the Ocean Beach drawbar module in use with my NS2. The guy that built these incorporated a 9V battery inside the drawbars to accommodate the lack of power coming from the Nord. I wonder if this pitch / mod stick could be powered via 9V instead of separate external power?
Nord does supply power over Midi, only its 3.3v not 5v and not a lot of current. I had this discussion directly with them a couple of years ago at NAMM. Pretty much for the same reason you did, because I had a Midi Solutions box that wouldn't work. However, if you look at the current crop of Midi Solutions boxes you will see they now support 3.3v Midi power.