Midi patchbay?

[lineofcontrol]

Originally Posted by bizness80

thread rez time again.

i just bought a novation remote zero for my mks-50 and I'm planning on picking up other vintage modules over the next few months and i'd like to use the controller with all of them.

this might be kind of a noob question but is there a box out there that lets you merge or select different MIDI devices?

i dont want to plug and unplug things in the back of the controller each time i want to use a different synth.

or should I just daisy chain it? i'm thinking i'll be using the remote with 5 or so different synths eventually.

WOW- this is the EXACT problem that I have...

I need something like this too... I have analog (SH101 and DR55) and midi stuff (K-station rack, AN200, Sy22) that need to play together...

any good and cheap suggestions???

[sameal]

^ can't say i have used any of them. i found a solution for the time being on my end without getting a patch-bay so the need for that has shifted to the back burner while i desperately, but not very successfully try and claw my way out of debt and stop buying music gear.


hahahahahahaha like that will ever happen! man i kill myself!

[lineofcontrol]

What was your solution if I may ask?

[sameal]

Originally Posted by lineofcontrol

What was your solution if I may ask?

well, i had a few different midi controllers i needed to run into my comp rig, and i just got a midi to usb cable and routed the new controller to midi via usb.

i currently have my only midi ports to my computer soaked up by the logic control. but my presonus is hitting the road as soon as i am able and I'm getting two echo audiofire 12's expanding my midi another set of in's and out's.

so at the moment I'm good, but later i may need more. who knows. my focus currently is on getting the scratch for the audiofires, which i have done about twice but blew the money on some other audio thing each time.

like i said, I'm focusing on controlling myself at this time, and failing miserably.

[mixedbitch]

Someone gave me a 360 systems midi patcher 4x8, but no power supply. Does anyone know what it uses (it says 9v on the back)?

[Steffmo]

Radio Shack usially jas a universal wall wart with switchable voltages and terminations. Should work.

[mixedbitch]

Originally Posted by Steffmo

Radio Shack usially jas a universal wall wart with switchable voltages and terminations. Should work.

Finally got one of those, and things power up nice (the button on output 8 seems shot, but I doubt I'll ever need that many).

I had been searching for a manual, but after playing with it, the thing is stupidly easy to use.

Hit Recall, press a button 1-8, it recalls that program.

Hit Edit, you're in edit mode. Repeatedly hitting an output button cycles through the input/output mappings indicated by an led (or none for the case of off).

Hit store, press a button 1-8, stores that program.

There might be other features that I haven't found, but that's about all I need.

[thechrisl]

I'm constantly amazed that with the popularity of vintage gear, there are so few options for MIDI patchbays.

For over a decade the Roland A880 has been one of the most useful pieces in my studio. It can do a lot of things but the layout of one button per In and Out is priceless if you need to patch 3-to-7 one day and 8-to-2 the next, etc. Plus the combination of 6 ports in back and 2 in front, love it.

Every once in a while I search around to see if something similar has been invented...... Note to self -- buy another A880 as a back up!