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.
To minimise scratching the paintwork of the instrument, you could add some "magnetized rubber tape" at the base.
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