Re: [LAU] MIDI connections (hardware setup)

From: fred <f.rech@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sun Dec 12 2010 - 17:15:27 EET

Julien Claassen a écrit :
> Hello everyone1
> I'm pretty sure, that I'm stupid, but one can always try. I have a
> setup here with two synths (both fully MIDI capable). I can only touch
> one keyboard, the other one is sitting in an awkward place and can't
> be moved. So this is the problem: Can I wire up the keyboard in such a
> way that:
> 1. I can use my main keyboard to control the other one and
> 2. Use the main keyboard to control softsynths at the same time
> (meaning without rewiring everytme).
> I don't mind turning on both keybaords for playing a softsynth, as
> long as the wiring can stay as it is. I'd rather not crawl in the
> space over there in the corner and get myself hanged each time I try
> to fiddle with the cables.
> Kind regards
> Julien
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Hi Julien,

if you have a THRU in the slave keyboard, you can plug MIDI like that :
master out > slave in
slave thru > pc in
pc out > master in

And all you have to do is configure correctly MIDI channels to do what
you like

HTH,
Fred
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