04-27-2025, 10:24 AM
It's been about two weeks since you posted this, so perhaps you've already arrived at a solution, but if not I will offer some thoughts. Everything you write makes sense, until this:
"However, because of the channel settings I made for the NDLR, the Polybrute can only play JV-1080 if it is set to output on midi channel 5."
Since the JV-1080 is 16 part multi-timbrel, if you can play channel 5 on the 1080 from the Polybrute (which implies routing in the MRCC is functional), it would seem that you should be able to play all channels of the 1080 by simply changing the MIDI TX (transmit) channel of the Polybrute. Unless you are using some sort of channel filtering on the MRCC, or have not setup sounds on other channels of the 1080, it is perplexing why you cannot access other channels of the 1080. But, the channel setting you made in the NDLR should not be a cause of this.
"I thought that having the MRCC would allow me to route any input to any output without having to play with the channels."
The MRCC does allow you to route any input port to any output port, but you still have the freedom to use whatever channels within those ports you wish to use. The MRCC has one mode that translates Input Port Channels to Output Ports on ch1 ("Channel to Port Mapping" page 34 of the manual), but I've never used that option.
"The NDLR needs to send to different channels for the sequences to be received by only one synth"
The NDLR sends on different channels for the four different parts it generates, and this data can be used by one, two, three, or four synths.
"I thought I could also control any synth with my Polybrute via the MRCC"
Yes, you should be able to accomplish what you say here. Routing the Polybrute's output port to all the MRCC output ports where the synths are hooked up will allow the Polybrute to talk to the Minifreak and Volca as well.
In summary, it should work. But, I may have misunderstood your situation and question. If you are still having issues, please add more detail, and I or others can take another stab at it.
Good luck!
"However, because of the channel settings I made for the NDLR, the Polybrute can only play JV-1080 if it is set to output on midi channel 5."
Since the JV-1080 is 16 part multi-timbrel, if you can play channel 5 on the 1080 from the Polybrute (which implies routing in the MRCC is functional), it would seem that you should be able to play all channels of the 1080 by simply changing the MIDI TX (transmit) channel of the Polybrute. Unless you are using some sort of channel filtering on the MRCC, or have not setup sounds on other channels of the 1080, it is perplexing why you cannot access other channels of the 1080. But, the channel setting you made in the NDLR should not be a cause of this.
"I thought that having the MRCC would allow me to route any input to any output without having to play with the channels."
The MRCC does allow you to route any input port to any output port, but you still have the freedom to use whatever channels within those ports you wish to use. The MRCC has one mode that translates Input Port Channels to Output Ports on ch1 ("Channel to Port Mapping" page 34 of the manual), but I've never used that option.
"The NDLR needs to send to different channels for the sequences to be received by only one synth"
The NDLR sends on different channels for the four different parts it generates, and this data can be used by one, two, three, or four synths.
"I thought I could also control any synth with my Polybrute via the MRCC"
Yes, you should be able to accomplish what you say here. Routing the Polybrute's output port to all the MRCC output ports where the synths are hooked up will allow the Polybrute to talk to the Minifreak and Volca as well.
In summary, it should work. But, I may have misunderstood your situation and question. If you are still having issues, please add more detail, and I or others can take another stab at it.
Good luck!