Re: Midi output selector

[Donearlsto@aol.com]

Hello, 
Thanks for responding.   Right now I am running through each boxes thru socket and using different channels. It works fine for my solo playing,   However, what I was hoping to do was have each musician in the group have the ability to control not only the devices hooked into their own instrument, but those hooked to the other musicians instruments as well.   (clear as mud?)   In this way, the creativity and spontaneity is increased in improvisation.....of course it could lead to a complete disaster as well, but the potential is interesting to me.
     In order to let one musician control one box connected to their instrument, but leave another open for manipulation by another musician, live, an A/B setup seemed the only idea.    However, I am not a midi guru by any stretch.   
Any ideas are welcome!

I will check out the   link you sent me, 

Donovan Stokes

In a message dated 3/30/06 12:37:40 PM, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com writes:


> might be a dumb question, donovan, but why do you need to "protect" each device from receiving messages intended for one of the others?
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>  can't you just use a midi-through box (or indeed, daisy-chain the devices' own thru' sockets) & put them on different midi channels?
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>  midi doesn't like to be run through passive switchgear, though if you can eliminate the possibility of operating the switch while a message is in transit, so to speak, then it is possible. a guitar tech could probably hook you something up, with four din sockets & a rotary switch or similar.
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>  years ago, I had a through-box with a & b inputs each passively switchable onto either of two sets of four outputs. I haven't seen anything like it recently.....
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>  check this site: http://www.philrees.co.uk/midi.htm
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>  y'see, now that everyone (sic) is studio-bound & using software, those of us that actually need to do interesting stuff with hardware & midi can't get anything useful anymore. I'm hanging on to my five merge boxes like they were bits of the ark or something.
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