07-13-2022, 06:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2022, 06:35 PM by Jesse Johannesen.)
Tom I think the way Bert is wanting this set up he only wants to have one device on each output and each of those will be monotimbral, unless I missed something.
In one of the diagrams he sent me he wanted to send channel 1 of his keystep pro to all devices which necessitated my suggestion to him of using the C-P1 Mod on all ports and setting all devices to listen on channel 1.
That way he could route ch 1 of keystep to all ports, and they'll get it, and then sending to channel 1-4 (or however high he needs), will be heard on the port that matches that channel and be rerouted to ch1.
It turns out that was an error on his part and he simply wants all devices channels to match port numbers and he will be sending out on ch 1-4 (or higher). In that case, I suggested that simply routing from each source port to all 4 ports will achieve his goals as long as each device is set to listen only on it's port matching channel. It wont matter if we send channels 1-4 to a device listening on 3, because channels 1,2 and 4 will just be ignored and 3 will be acted on.
He mentioned that this is what he tried first, but was unable to achieve the intended result. I am not sure what the issue was. At this point it's working and I hesitate to suggest changing anything.
From my email response for reference:
In one of the diagrams he sent me he wanted to send channel 1 of his keystep pro to all devices which necessitated my suggestion to him of using the C-P1 Mod on all ports and setting all devices to listen on channel 1.
That way he could route ch 1 of keystep to all ports, and they'll get it, and then sending to channel 1-4 (or however high he needs), will be heard on the port that matches that channel and be rerouted to ch1.
It turns out that was an error on his part and he simply wants all devices channels to match port numbers and he will be sending out on ch 1-4 (or higher). In that case, I suggested that simply routing from each source port to all 4 ports will achieve his goals as long as each device is set to listen only on it's port matching channel. It wont matter if we send channels 1-4 to a device listening on 3, because channels 1,2 and 4 will just be ignored and 3 will be acted on.
He mentioned that this is what he tried first, but was unable to achieve the intended result. I am not sure what the issue was. At this point it's working and I hesitate to suggest changing anything.
From my email response for reference:
Quote:The only reason to use the C-P1 mod was to block MIDI from from coming through on channels you are not using, like this:
Channels 1-3 and 5-16 are blocked.
But if the device on that port is only listening to channel 4 for instance, you don't even need a Mod on the channel at all, you can simply route the input to the output and make sure the device is listening on the right channel and it should ignore other MIDI data, like this:
See attached images
Because the synth is set to listen to channel 4, not all channels, then we don't need to filter out any channels. No mods are required. This is the same thing that happens when you use MIDI thru, the synth only listens to it's own channel, so you can send all the MIDI notes in and only the ones on the synths channel are played.
The reason that our setup had to be more complex was that you had specified that you wanted channel 1 on port 1 to go to all channels, which you mentioned was an error on your part.
This way you could make simple port to port routings for all devices for all setups and would only need c-p1 mods on ports where the synth is listening on all ports (Omni mode).
