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Originally Posted by ivansc
Biggest problem with an embarrasingly large number of commercially-available "MIDI din cables is that... All 5 pins [are] connected, so I had to take the buggers apart and fix them.
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mschnell is right though, a proper MIDI cable has all 5 pins connected straight through and if there is an issue with grounding etc. it's because the
MIDI-device manufacturer screwed up with their schematics.
It's the same thing when people blame the XLR-cables when the equipment manufacturer messed up their grounding scheme on a mixer/amplifier or what not etc..
One can fix these issues with custom cables, ground lifting etc. but they shouldn't have to.