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kkissinger
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 1396 Location: Kansas City, Mo USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:02 pm Post subject:
Looking for MIDI Switcher that handles MIDI Clock |
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Hello!
My MIDI Switcher is an old JLCooper Nexus 8x3 MIDI switcher.
It works ok however it does not work very well with MIDI Clock messages -- there are numerous dropouts.
I would like to find a MIDI Switcher that handles MIDI clock dependably and would like to know if you have any suggestions.
Currently when I work with clock signals, I have to exclude the MIDI switcher and patch directly to my devices. I like to change configurations and the limitation of my switcher has become an annoyance.
I appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks! _________________ -- Kevin
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schaltstern
Joined: Feb 26, 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:57 pm Post subject:
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Hi Kevin,
if you are tech-savvy, you could solve this with a RaspberryPi and a couple of cheap USB midi interfaces. You woud have to program this yourself (or find someone) but you have much more flexibilty this way.
I can confirm that this library in conjunction with NodeJS works perfectly with clock messages even on a Pi3:
https://github.com/justinlatimer/node-midi
Hope that helps!
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kkissinger
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 1396 Location: Kansas City, Mo USA
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:39 am Post subject:
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Thanks for the info and the library reference.
Sometimes rolling your own is the best solution! _________________ -- Kevin
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rEsrEs
Joined: Oct 20, 2015 Posts: 4 Location: Toronto, Canada
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kkissinger
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 1396 Location: Kansas City, Mo USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:15 am Post subject:
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Thank you for the info. Looks like a good solution. _________________ -- Kevin
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kkissinger
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 1396 Location: Kansas City, Mo USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:30 pm Post subject:
Solved! Subject description: My MIDI switcher is ok. The real problem was... |
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I had pretty much resigned myself to a purchase of a new midi switcher.
However, I started to notice that the data dropouts happened at a kind of rhythmic pace. I further discovered that it would drop other messages, such as NOTE-ON events.
This made me think that perhaps this is an AC ripple/power supply issue. I swapped its 9 Volt DC supply for another one and the ripple disappeared and the unit tests out well with MIDI CLOCK and other messages.
So, I need only order a replacement power supply (though i think I will choose one that delivers a bit higher amperage it possible).
I want to integrate everything in my studio (2 digital hardware keyboards), my Octatrack, the hardware modular synth, my DAW and now WREN. I was really going around in circles to work around my MIDI Switcher and am glad to discover that it works just fine! _________________ -- Kevin
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