"Dizzy J." wrote:
> I tried using a multi midi out setup for a while (winman 4x4), but
> Evertime I went to wirte a song, I ended up wireing everything different.
> and I could never get back to the way it was to work on an old song.
Sorry, but I really don't get your point here:
you've had 4 different MIDI ports, 4 synths and changed the wiring all the
time? :^/
> just a question for everyone who uses multiple midi outs..what do you use
> it for? extra midi channels? or just shorter midi chains?
Well, I would say 1 synth - 1 MIDI port, i.e. IN *and* OUT connection.
That makes life a lot easier. Sure, mono or dual synths do not really need
all of the 16 MIDI channels, but with most of modern multi-timbral gear I
find the daisy chaining option a PITA: activate the xx channel on this one,
deactivate it on all the others, and so on...
With a complete IN/OUT MIDI network, for each track in Cubase I choose the
MIDI channel and the MIDI output (named according to the synth its connected
too) and that's it. Software librarian/editors also often need IN and OUT
connection with the synth they are dedicated to, and can also be used at the
same time as the sequencer provided your MIDI card has multiclient drivers.
> i've now limited myself to 16 midi channels, with my gear hooked up in one
> long midi chain, and am quite a bit more productive.
If it works for you, that's just fine.
> computer -> rm1x -> xp-80 -> k5000 -> virus -> a3000
> thats a fair amount of gear, but I still dont find myself using all 16
> channels.
I don't either. I've got four devices and four MIDI ports on the computer.
Cubase does the sequencing, but could act as a MIDI patchbay only if I used a
hardware sequencer, which I never did not so far.
Regards.
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