From Brian Willoughby Sent Wed, Dec 26th 2018, 20:19
From Brian Willoughby Sent Wed, Dec 26th 2018, 20:19
Keep in mind that MIDI Thru has no delay at all. Is there a specific = reason why you would not want to use MIDI Thru? After you wire up your MIDI master clock to the first MIDI device in = your studio, you can use MIDI Thru to chain all of the devices that just = need MIDI clock and nothing else. There=E2=80=99s no need to buy a = dedicated MIDI distribution device like the 5-THRU. There is no difference between the electronics in a product like the = 5-THRU versus the generic MIDI Thru on a typical MIDI device. Even the = accumulation of a 5-device MIDI chain would not add any latency compared = to a star configuration. There are a couple of caveats: 1) Some devices do not have MIDI Thru. You can put them at the end of = your chain of MIDI clock only devices. Hopefully, you do not have more = than one, because that would prevent chaining. 2) You cannot use MIDI Thru at the start of the chain, from your master = MIDI clock, because any MIDI generated within a device only appears on = MIDI Out, not MIDI Thru. So, the chain would start with MIDI Out, then = continue with MIDI In to MIDI Thru, until the last device MIDI In only. 3) Although 99% of MIDI devices have MIDI Thru wired properly with 0 = latency from MIDI In, I seem to recall hearing about a few MIDI devices = that have CPU processing on the MIDI stream for MIDI Thru, and that = would introduce latency. That would be in violation of the MIDI = standards, so I hope you don=E2=80=99t have any devices like that. 4) Such a chain of MIDI clock is not conducive to ad-hoc changes to your = MIDI setup. If you think you=E2=80=99ll frequently be changing your = configuration, then you might want a more complicated MIDI routing = setup. Your description makes it sound like you could wire up your = MIDI-clocked devices once, however, and not need to revise the setup = after that. Brian Willoughby On Dec 26, 2018, at 5:20 AM, Boniforti Flavio <xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: > Hi all! > I'm now wiring up my studio and am facing the MIDI part... > I do have 4 MP-88 (Miditemp) which I use to connect all devices and I = do have 1 master MIDI clock - SBX-1 > Now, I've connected the SBX-1 to my "primary" MP-88 and thought I'd = connect all other MP-88 interfaces duplex (MIDI IN & OUT) to the = "primary" MP-88. This way I could distribute the MIDI clock to all = equipment and also I would be able to route my sequencer's outputs to = whatever synth I'd like to. > But as I also got some devices which just need MIDI clock and nothing = else, I was thinking about using the second MIDI output from the SBX-1, = wire it to a "MIDI replicator" and connect to the latter only devices in = need of a MIDI clock (MF-104M, MF-105M, Mo-FX). This way I would not = need to occupy MIDI ports on my MP-88s "just for the sync"... And also I = would not want to use THRU interfaces (for example to pass the MIDI = clock from the Mo-FX to the MF-104M or similar). >=20 > What are your thoughts about the above idea? Am I going the wrong = path? Did I miss something? >=20 > Thanks for your replies, > Flavio.