According to references cited in the Wikipedia article link below, midi standards were offically modified in 2014 to no longer support sound card gameports. Gameports read analog signals based around the use of 5 Vdc while computer are evolving around digital (USB) ports and 3.3 Vdc power supplies. So midi through gameports was officially replaced with midi through USB in 2014.

++ Wilkapedia Game port article ++

That kind of agrees with real world experience of you can't find sound cards with game ports but Windows 7, 8, 8.1 typically don't need drivers for USB to midi adaptors but you still need a device driver for Windows XP.

As others have indicated, I have the Roland USB to midi cable and it is well built and reliable.


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