This is an old-school Roland PC200 Mk 2 MIDI keyboard, which runs off a 9V battery and connects to hardware via 5-pin DIN. Here, it is plugged into my USB MIDI Hub, and will be able to control ...

Then it goes from the ADS to the speaker amp via a 9 pin G9 DIN connection.<P>With this setup I can use direct SPDIF output with the ADS Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder to watch movies, but I can't get ...

The 5-pin DIN keyboard connector used with the first IBM PC (1981) and second-generation IBM AT (1984). It was subsequently replaced with the smaller 6-pin Mini-DIN connector on the IBM PS/2 in 1987.

The big change here from the company’s previous puc product, which only included a 5-pin MIDI connection, is support for connecting your USB MIDI gear.

If your interface doesn’t have 5-pin connectivity, you can still use a USB MIDI hub to achieve the same ends. These can provide more 5-pin ins and outs for you to play with too, which may be useful ...