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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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