Re: Repeater & EDP: Ideas for synergy

[Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com>]

the upcoming next-generation EDP software has this function. it 
intelligently passes through any midi command not intended for it, with 
very low latency.
kim

At 10:21 AM 10/29/2001, jim palmer wrote:
>i've been thinking about this a bit over the last few weeks as i try to 
>get my
>looper rig together for gigging.  obviously one could use a midi merger 
>to 
>get control
>information and sync from one to the other, but wouldn't it be better if 
>the devices
>had an option to merge midi in with midi out? this would simplify things 
>quite a bit i think...
>
>whadyasay matthias? can this be added to the edp?
>
>
> >
> > Neil Goldstein
> > Portland, Oregon
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rich [mailto:rich@nuvisionsca.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:32 AM
> > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > > Subject: RE: Repeater & EDP: Ideas for synergy
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >I realize the biggest drag about using either EDP or Repeater as 
>clock
> > > >master to the other is that midi commands from my foot
> > > controller will only
> > > be seen by the master unit.
> > >
> > > huh?  could not the footcontroller be setup to send multiple commands
> > > on different midi channels (one for the EDP and one for the
> > > Repeater)?  i've been playing with this a bit on a Rolls Midiwizard,
> > > controlling a jamman and a mofx.
> > >
> > > don't the EDP and Repeater pass midi thru?
> > >
> > > rich
> >
> >
> > Yes I've been passing midi through to my EFX too. But think about it: 
>when
> > you take the midi OUT of the EDP into the midi IN of the Repeater, you 
>are
> > in effect preventing any midi commands entering the Repeater. If you 
>take
> > the midi THROUGH from the EDP into the Repeater then you can use your 
>foot
> > controller to control both (this is how mine's set up). But then you 
>need a
> > 3rd party midi clock keeping it all synced.
> >
> > Would not mind being proven wrong about this, but it appears if you 
>want to
> > use the EDP's clock to control Repeater (or vice versa) you lose lots 
>of
> > remote control functionality.
> >
> > NG
> >
> >
> >

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Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
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