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Re: Midi Thru, EDP & Ecplise

Hi Steven-

At 03:42 PM 8/3/2002, M. Steven Ginn wrote:
>My Midi patchbay is full and I am wondering if the following will be a
>suitable configuration for my Eclipse & EDP:
>
>Route Midi Out from MTP to Eclipse Midi In
>Route Midi Thru from Eclipse to EDP Midi In
>Route Midi Out from EDP to MTP Midi In

maybe I'm missing something, but I think you are in danger of causing a 
midi loop with this configuration. anything the Echoplex sends out will 
come right back to it, right? that could be a problem sometimes.

>What I am interested in know from a technical standpoint is whether or
>not Midi Clock will be preserved for both units (and the rest of my rig)
>and any other issues that I should be aware of.  I just want to make
>sure that if I am trying to control the EDP by sending midi messages via
>the Eclipse Thru port, the EDP will not freak out (of course assuming I
>have the proper midi channels set, etc.) I believe I want the EDP to be
>my master Midi time keeper for my rig and I think this setup will allow
>it.  Any other suggestions, ideas would be appreciated.

I think you would be better off doing:
MTP out-> Echoplex in
Echoplex out -> eclipse

And if you need the Echoplex midi output to go anywhere else, connect the 
Eclipse through to the MTP in.

Commands for the eclipse will pass through the Echoplex, and the Echoplex 
will be able to send clock to it. I assume there is no reason why the 
eclipse needs to send commands to the EDP.

You need LoopIV for this to work actually, because the new MIDIPipe 
feature 
is perfect for this. It intelligently merges other MIDI input with 
anything 
that the Echoplex is sending and puts it to the output, while 
intelligently 
filtering anything on the MIDI in just intended for the Echoplex. This is 
great for flexible clock routing schemes like you seem to be trying to set 
up. You can easily have different devices serve as the clock master 
without 
having to rewire everything each time.

kim


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