Re: Midiocracy

[Simeon Harris <simeonharris40@googlemail.com>]

In all your searching I can't believe nobody has suggested the obvious 
solution of simply using a midi merge box!

Sent from my iPod

On 20 Jun 2011, at 02:50, Phil Clevenger <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK Looperati - 
> 
> After 3 days of tearing my hair out, researching on the web, and one 
> perplexing visit to a Guitar Center MIDI hotshot about a third of my 
> age,  I am crying 'uncle' and calling LD tech support:
> 
> Is there really no way to synch an EDP or LP-1 with rhythm tracks from 
> Logic Pro, *and* control the looper with a MIDI footswitch (FC300) ?
> 
> • The loopers both have MIDI in/out/thru.
> 
> • The FC300 has MIDI in/out.
> 
> • Logic from my MacBook is using an M-Audio MidiSport USB cable, which 
> has MIDI in/out.
> 
> I can get either clock from Logic into looper, or footswitch control 
> into looper, depending upon cable routing, but have not been able to get 
> both at the same time.
> 
> Thought I had a genius idea to use the LP-1 MIDI clock out to drive 
> Logic's BPM (instead of the reverse) only to find that Logic Pro 8 
> cannot operate as a slave.. gah !
> 
> Truly appreciative of any pointers. It's OK to point and laugh too.
> 
> Phil :)
> 
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