Re: Midi question

[Andrew Hearst <hearst@echonyc.com>]

Stuart,

The heart of my looping rig (Repeater and FCB1010) is similar to 
yours, and I also need to control an Electribe ES-1 (which needs to 
send clock to everything) and a few other boxes. As far as I can 
tell, the best inexpensive solution is the Midiman/M-Audio 3x8: 
http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/Thru-3x8.html. It's only 80 
bucks or so. I haven't bought it yet, but I probably will soon.

Best,
Andrew Hearst
http://www.echonyc.com/~hearst

>Its been 10 years or so since I really got technical with Midi, and 
>I seem to have forgotten a lot - so sorry if its a stupid question.
>
>I'm going to be connecting a number of devices/controllers/keyboards 
>to the same midi loop, and am looking for a splitter  that will 
>split a single midi out to many outputs, and also do the same for 
>the inputs (Many to many). Whilst I understand that this can be 
>achieved using the Midi Thru ports on the various devices, I believe 
>that I will experience latency problems.
>
>So, is what I am looking for called a Midi Thru box?
>
>--
>Stuart Wyatt - Solo String Project
>http://www.solostring.com
>stuart@solostring.com