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- August 23, 2011 at 1:38 am #108074
  
  fkalich
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  Hi: As you probably realize, Midi cables can take up a lot of room by the increased spacing they force on the pedal board. You can put one of the Stomp Boxes further back, but that means it is further away from you, which I find undesirable.
  
  So I did find some right angle Midi cables, Hosa, but unfortunately the pin configuration matches up poorly. For some reason the 5 pin half moon is on opposite sides on the two plugs. On one of them the plug angle points straight up, on the other straight down. I could drill a hole for the down pointed one in the pedal board, but all in all this sort of sucks, it would be better if the plug angle pointed to the side. Any suggestions?
- August 26, 2011 at 7:15 pm #122594
  
  NikosGuitar
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  Hi!
  
  Sorry but not help here,i am on the same situation like you!
  
  I had listened that the Hosa midi cables is the best solution,because there are right angled(very helpfull for the pedalboard!)
  
  but i was on the road to order them,until i read your post.
  
  So,if there's anyone who have any suggestion it will be very helpfull for me and my friend upstairs
- August 27, 2011 at 12:44 pm #122595
  
  thom
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  Yes, same problem here. I did do an extensive search and managed to find a company that does right angle midi cables with a rotoating end of some sort, so you can configure them as required. I don't have the link anymore and didn't pursue these as there was some problem with them shipping internationally. They are in the States I believe (I am in the UK). I managed to find midi cables with one straight end and one right angle ( the right angle end points upwards when plugged into one of the Eventides) on Ebay.
- August 27, 2011 at 1:05 pm #122596
  
  thom
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  Further to my previous post I just did a quick search: try best-tronics, they do right angle midi cables with the rotating ends. It also looks like they have updated their ordering options as it looks like they ship internationally, (unless I was mistaken last time I looked). You can specify length and colour as well, look very good.
- August 30, 2011 at 12:52 am #122601
  
  Har
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  I got the Hosa right-angle MIDI cables myself and didn't realize the problem until I started to hook everything up….
  
  My solution ain't exactly the most elegant-looking, but has certainly worked just fine for now: I raised up the pedal receiving the MIDI data – my PitchFactor – up on a small pair of 1"x2" pieces of wood!
- August 30, 2011 at 4:46 am #122602
  
  fkalich
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  Good idea, As I have 3 boxes, I would only have to elevate the middle one, allowing the side boxes to interface with the upward pointed side of the cable. So not bad. I will consider those cables mentioned by others that can be ordered with the angle where you want it, however I think it would be over $60 with shipping, a bit pricey. I think I will try your idea for now unless somebody comes up with a more attractive (and equally cheap) option.
- September 10, 2011 at 12:49 pm #122640
  
  NikosGuitar
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  Hello!
  
  Any luck here?
  right angle-"pedalboard friendly"-cheap Midi cable?
  
  -Nikos
- September 11, 2011 at 5:44 am #122642
  
  guitarlesson
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  No options that are cheap I'm afraid. The switchcraft plugs used by best-tronics are worth the investment though. They are solid steel and will last forever. You get what you pay for. (Trust me, Hosa is just BAD NEWS and I only use them when it's an emergency.)
  
  I checked mouser.com to see if they had them cheaper. Only marginally so. Best-tronics bust buy them in high volumes. With the cost of cable, the shipping and the hassle of soldering them yourself, $26 for a single custom best-tronics MIDI cable is actually a decent deal. I spent $80-90 on 4 cables, and that's when components were cheaper.
- September 12, 2011 at 7:00 pm #133814
  
  NikosGuitar
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  Thank you!
  
  -Nikos
- September 30, 2011 at 7:43 am #133864
  
  fkalich
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  I did come up with a cheap solution. You can get that from MusiciansFriend, they have had free shipping on everything for some time. I got a female midi coupler for $3.50. I already had two midi cables with asymmetric pin configurations. As I only desire at this point to connect two of my eventide stomps with midi, this works well for me, you need two of the cheaper midi cables with every connection using this solution. My two midi cables are 3 feet, but they do have 1 foot lengths. Just thought that I would add this option to the thread. Not that it is the best for everyone, but it exists for consideration.
- October 27, 2018 at 6:05 pm #150416
  
  alejandroll
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  https://www.disasterareaamps.com/shop/right-angle-midi-cable
- October 29, 2018 at 11:30 am #150420
  
  mistercharlie
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  I use these. Dirt cheap from Thomann, and each end is 180-degrees reversed compared to the other.
  
  https://www.thomann.de/gb/rockboard_flat_midi_cable_100cm_black.htm
- October 31, 2018 at 2:20 am #150431
  
  davebrubaker
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  I think these One Control Midi Hammers are the smallest:
- October 31, 2018 at 8:10 pm #150440
  
  mistercharlie
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  No, the ones I linked above are almost flat.
- November 2, 2018 at 8:54 pm #150451
  
  davebrubaker
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  Those look pretty interesting. Does the the cable trail down, left or right?
- November 5, 2018 at 10:50 am #150466
  
  mistercharlie
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  Each plug points a different way, so you can choose which end to use. It doesn’t always work out, but most of the time you can do what you want.
- November 6, 2018 at 2:46 am #150473
  
  davebrubaker
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  So I’m guessig they trail left or right, not up and down?
  - November 6, 2018 at 5:05 pm #150477
    
    mistercharlie
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    davebrubaker wrote:
    
    So I’m guessig they trail left or right, not up and down?
    
    Exactly.
- November 6, 2018 at 5:16 pm #150478
  
  bohan
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  https://reverb.com/item/5817928-free-the-tone-cm-3510-angled-adjustable-midi-cable-30cm-or-11-8
  
  https://reverb.com/item/5817935-free-the-tone-cm-3510-angled-adjustable-midi-cable-50cm-or-19-6
  
  I've used it for a while and it's really good. It has a free-angle cap structure that allows 360-degree access at all angles and miniature L-plugs.
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