Well, as expected, the strengths and weaknesses listed below are made-from the little I have managed to operate this device, that is to say, to date, only MIDI patchbay function independently, and I do not even use the function Rechannelize. It's the same model of interest here but has a USB port instead of the parallel port. But for the musicians to whom it is important to be able to pass 8 channels and 8 MIDI channels MIDI return is 64 MIDI channels for each direction to and from the computer, the Motu MIDI Timepiece AV USB is widely recommended. And for my part, the small Motu FastLane USB - works very well - good enough for me to connect all the computer. But Motu arranged for the camera is quite usable despite the disappearance of these two ports, and it is fully usable standalone. Same for Macs: The RS422 is a standard that also probably disappeared from recent Macintosh. Thanks to the MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV - and thanks also to the Split function of the Akai ME80p I always use, I can access all my MIDI devices including the computer from keyboards, drum machine and the surface control without the need of any light (I have no specialized electrical group) and without having to connect - disconnect - reconnect the wiring MIDI.Ĭaution: Do not expect to use it as a MIDI interface with new computers today because malhreureusement, the parallel port has disappeared from the new computer motherboards PC. For example, it is possible merger channel 6 input 2 with the channel 11 of the inlet 4, to direct the result on channel 2 out of 7, 9 and 15 is too much! ^^^^^ No other MIDI patchbay is able to do that to my knowledge to date (end of October 2008). It is capable of the 16 channels MIDI merger (the 8 inputs via DIN 8 outlets and 8 inputs via the parallel port or Mac) and 16 MIDI channels for each MIDI channel, and to redirect the spliter to 16 outputs (8 via DIN plugs and 8 via the parallel port or Mac), and this even a MIDI channel to another. The result: I end up with a huge camera capabilities that I will have to operate under, I find it a shame.īut hey, that time MIDI patchbay, it admirably fulfills its function, that's something ^ ^ The MIDI routing matrix is very powerful not only because it can be used as a MIDI patchbay for input - output MIDI but égallement for MIDI channels. For that, Motu is definitely not their forte. And the worst part is that you create an account on their site to download these instructions. So far I have not managed to find instructions in French, I found it only in English, and again, luckily it came with because the site of Motu, I n I found the instructions but the driver that allows the device to operate standalone, tintin, I found nothing. Fortunately, the device updates its internal memory as and when changes because I can not even manage presets (if there are, I'm not even on). And then only for reading, not writing or speaking to. The rest, I could not make it all work because, really, the English, I do not understand that only 10%. Apart from Midi Solutions, I found nothing other than Motu for the job. Well, I have an Akai ME80p, an 8 input - 10 output MIDI, but I could merger with two inputs and as I have now connected over two keyboards, a drum machine, a MIDI control surface, the signal Sync my multitrack and the return of the computer that you have to merge their emissions and then redistribute the MIDI signal to the expander to the computer and I need a solution that allows me to all this merger. For my part, I managed to run for now only the die MIDI patchbay.įortunately so, because it is primarily why I bought it. So there, if you do not understand English, the language is written the user manual that came with it will be difficult to fully exploit the enormous potential of this gear. Possibility of transforming one format to another synchronization among the MTC, SMPTE and ADAT anyway.Īnd many others, I did not understand everything. It is able to input the 8 MIDI merger, RARE! Only Motu that does this, at last count (end of October 2008) ^ ^ Routing matrix (Merge - assignment - split) for the input - output physical MIDI (MIDI patchbay) and MIDI channels (rechannelize). Plugs into the PC via the parallel port and / or Mac via two RS422 portsĬan be used with a PC and a Mac anyway (maybe 2) at the same time.Ībility to create a network of several PCs, Macs and Timepieces, compatible with the Motu MIDI Timepiece AV USB Timepiece II and in any case.Ĭan run completely standalone without a computer. Indeed, it is also a signal processing device MIDI.Ĩ MIDI inputs including a front panel and 8 MIDI outputs with a front This is a very sophisticated MIDI interface that we have here.
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