So, for those, who do not want to use the Remote 7 breakoutbox, but are otherwise worried, that their shiny ethernet port will start to rust, I'd suggest a remote control that allows for sending start, pause, stop (pause with reset) commands and setting of the BPM of the internal clock.
I do guess/hope, the internal clock is running all the time anyway, now we just need a comfortable way to adjust it and tell the connected gear to actually start working. Or stop thereof.
To me this (probably) would make using the MRCC as a clock master a way more alluring. Now probably, because I do not have this device as of yet, to be fair.
[Edit]: Maybe this could even be archived with a specialised midi device connected to one of the USB host ports, that is talking to the MRCC? Instead of Ethernet.
Sending start/stop from a remote machine is no magic, we just need to make shure it is talking to the MRCC and not directly to the out ports, just the setting of the BPM could be a little trickier, but nrpn should be able to do the magic.
So we would need to be able, probably via menu, that in this case a certain usb port is routed to the MRCC. And therefore the buttons have no effect.
In the end, I guess, I prefer the ethernet solution.
I do guess/hope, the internal clock is running all the time anyway, now we just need a comfortable way to adjust it and tell the connected gear to actually start working. Or stop thereof.
To me this (probably) would make using the MRCC as a clock master a way more alluring. Now probably, because I do not have this device as of yet, to be fair.
[Edit]: Maybe this could even be archived with a specialised midi device connected to one of the USB host ports, that is talking to the MRCC? Instead of Ethernet.
Sending start/stop from a remote machine is no magic, we just need to make shure it is talking to the MRCC and not directly to the out ports, just the setting of the BPM could be a little trickier, but nrpn should be able to do the magic.
So we would need to be able, probably via menu, that in this case a certain usb port is routed to the MRCC. And therefore the buttons have no effect.
In the end, I guess, I prefer the ethernet solution.