Midi-Mite interface for Coleco Adam

[ed1475]

I've uploaded a video of the Midi-Mite interface that I got recently. I've got a Casio MT-240 keyboard hooked up to it and have a song playing. There's also software for recording and editing music. It really sounds awesome!

I got a lot of software with it and most of it isn't available on the internet so I made them into disk images in the zip file below.

It includes: Christmas II, Classics IV, Collins Classic Sampler, Jazz I, NIAD MIDI Songs Vol. 1 thru 9, and Pop/Rock II.

 

MIDI Disk Images.zip

 

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2016 by ed1475

[jblenkle]

Hey, thanks for the disk images!!! I also have a Midi-Mite, but only had a few song disks. I was working on transfering other midi songs to ADAM disks, but I never really finished and haven't done anything for a couple of years.

[phattyboombatty]

Very, very cool! I had a Casio CZ-101 keyboard when I was a teen, and I always dreamed of using it in this capacity. Well done sir! And thank you for preserving another piece of Coleco's ADAM history! Never new about this peripheral!

[NIAD]

Awesome Ed and thanks for sharing.

 

Those NIAD labels held up pretty nicely after all these years!

[ValkerieSilk]

That is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[jblenkle]

I wonder if it would be possible to modify the program that runs the annual ANN Christmas disk to display a menu of the songs on a midi disk and play them on the ADAM. That way people without a Midi-Mite interface would also be able to listen to the midi songs.

[The Evener]

Fantastic work, Ed! It's amazing to see the MIDI-Mite in action -- you outdid yourself with that set-up! A big thanks for posting/sharing the software as well. If you make another midi video, post it here!

[jblenkle]

How many out there have a Midi-Mite besides Ed and I? I've got a ton of midi songs I've been meaning to put on ADAM disks, but it was an overwhelming project and I gave up and haven't touched them for years. A lot of the songs are too complicated, too big, or use too many instruments for ADAM and the Midi-Mite and its software. I've found there is about a 22 or 23k limit to the largest song size. Fortunately there are still many, many midi songs smaller than that. I've got at least 1,400 that will run on ADAM with the Midi-Mite, but most still need some kind of tweaking to sound decent.

[Geoff Oltmans]

I've got one, but I confess I haven't tried using it yet. I do have a keyboard though, so I should probably break out some MIDI cables and hook it up.

[8bitwidgets.com]

Are these still available to purchase?  I know I'm late to the part on this one. 

 

I'm curious about being able to drive my Adam to be treated like an instrument from an external sequencer (think MIDI-NES) but maybe this is more of an interface to allow the Adam to be the sequencer?  

[jblenkle]

You can occasionally find one on eBay, but they are relatively rare. It hooks into ADAM's side expansion port and gives you midi in/out lines to hook up keyboards or other midi instruments. The software for it is Sequal v1.0 & v2.0 which allows you to compose and play songs through the device on your ADAM. You can see a screenshot on my web page although the second one isn't very good. I will see if I can update it to something better today or tomorrow. http://www.colecoadam.net/00_csl-rs.html. There is also V.T. Player which allows you to play Video Tunes songs through the midi device. There may be another piece of software for it, but the name escapes me right now.