Help with 5 pin midi jack. Which color wire goes where?

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I am in the middle of building my new pedal board and need to wire a midi cable to a jack. Here is the layout:



PIN 1 = WHITE
PIN 2 = SILVER
PIN 3 = YELLOW
PIN 4 = ?
PIN 5 = ?

I think I have figured out what color wire goes to PIN's 1-3. PIN's 4 and 5 are red and black but I can't find which one goes where. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
The color of wire doesn't matter so long as both ends a re laid out the same. What is this going to be used for? Midi or momentary/latching?
 
Going to be used for midi. That's the problem, I thought there would be a standard way to wire, ie. Red is always on the 4 pin. I'm using Hosa midi cables if that matters.
 
No.
The color doesn't matter. You won't see them when you're using the cable so it really doesn't matter. Further there are lots of 5 pin cables out there that don't have two of their pins wired up at all. Just take whatever colors you have left pick one and apply it to the appropriate pin.
You're seriously overthinking the issue.
 
I don't think I'm asking the question correctly.

I am adding a midi jack to the exterior of my board. I will then be plugging in a midi cable into this jack that will send the midi info to my amp. I need to match the wires on the boards new jack to coincide with the colored wires within the connector of the midi cable that's going to my amp. I realize that all wires within the midi cable do not transmit data, but my research says that pins 4 and 5 do carry the data. This would only be something one would know or have to deal with if they have made or had to change midi connectors/jacks.
 
I have a number of 5 wire midi cables with screw on connectors I'll see if I can open one up tonight and let you know what they look like. Again though it doesn't matter, once the ends are wired and its in use you'll never know so long as both ends are laid out the same. The color plays no part in it. Midi cables are straight through so just focus on matching the pins on both ends of the cable/box you are making... If your board has a midi in from your footswitch and a midi out to your amp all you need to do is make sure that each pin from the input jack matches the corresponding pin on output jack, it doesnt matter if they are the same color as your other cables or not, as long as you wire it straight through it will work.
 
You got it!! I don't know the pattern of the midi cables on my board and I need to keep it consistent with the cable going to my amp. That's why I originally asked if there is a standard to the colored wire going to each pin, specifically pins 4 and 5.
 
Oblivion DC":61nvl634 said:
Just take whatever colors you have left pick one and apply it to the appropriate pin.
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That's the problem, I don't know the appropriate pin.
 
I think I understand what you are doing now. You are not wiring a midi cable on both ends? You cut one end off of a molded cable and are wiring it to a jack so you cant see what pins they are connected to?

Cut off both ends and wire it straight through, problem solved... In all seriousness Ill take a look at mine this evening and let you know what I see...
 
GOHOINC":aiiunf4f said:
I think I understand what you are doing now. You are not wiring a midi cable on both ends? You cut one end off of a molded cable and are wiring it to a jack so you cant see what pins they are connected to?

Cut off both ends and wire it straight through, problem solved... In all seriousness Ill take a look at mine this evening and let you know what I see...
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You got it!!
 
Ok, that makes more sense as to why you are confused... I had originally thought you were wiring up a new cable/box on both ends. Speaking of, that may be your best option, not sure if colors are really standardized across the industry on wiring midi cables... I think mine are Hosa pros though so Ill try and let you know... One other thing, Ive never had a molded hosa cable that was actually 5 wires, or at least if they were they still didnt provide phantom power to my devices, I had to get Hosa pros with the metal ends to get a 5 wire that supplied phantom power. Argued with the schmucks at sam ass and guitar shitter over returning cables they assured me were 5 wire for 20 minutes...
 
Yeah, I'm sure my Hosas have 5 wires as I've already cut the molded connector off one end revealing them. I think I figured out where 3 of the 5 go (see my OP).
 
My 5 wires are as follows...

1 = orange
2 = shield
3 = black
4 = white
3 = red

Mine are seismic audio, not hosa.

Do you still have the end you cut off? Can you cut the molding off that end? Either use your multimeter as mentioned below or cut off both ends and wire on 2 new ones...
 
Get out your multimeter and test connectivity and then you'll know which pin goes out to which wire. Then you don't need to care what color they might be.
 
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