Re: MIDI... ...HELP!!!

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

At 04:04 PM 1/12/2002, you wrote:
>I just got a KORG ES-1 Electribe S Rhythm Production Sampler (drum 
>machine)...
>
>I have been using a pair of EDP units for about a month...
>
>Today I tried syncing them all together...
>
>It goes: EDP to drum machine to other EDP
>
>Is there a way to have more than one master unit in a MIDI chain?
>
>I'd like to be able to start any one unit and have it become the master 
>"On the fly" so to speak...
>
>Is this possible?

If you just consider the EDP's, then yes this is absolutely possible 
by using the BrotherSync function. That is exactly what it is for, 
since it let's any "brother" set the sync for the others instead of 
there being one master. It has been discussed in the past on the list, 
follow this link to search the archives about it:

http://www.loopers-delight.com/cgi-bin/wilma_glimpse/LDarchive?query=brothersync&Search=Search&errors=0&maxfiles=500&maxlines=10&.cgifields=partial&.cgifields=restricttofiles&.cgifields=lineonly&.cgifields=case&.cgifields=filelist

When you include other midi devices like your electribe in the 
scenario it becomes more complicated since they don't have such 
a feature, and midi is a one-way sort of protocol. You could probably 
experiment with different midi configs along with BrotherSync and 
maybe find something that works for you. Probably though you need 
some extra device that lets you do midi switching and merging.

kim



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