Members shniggens Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 I have a Roland Drum kit that I record MIDI tracks from during our band rehearsals, and a keyboard that I record MIDI tracks from sometimes, but not during band rehearsals. I have a MOTU 828 interface that has 1 MIDI input. Is there a way that I can connect both of my devices to it at once, without using some kind of MIDI merger device? Some way of implementing the MIDI thru connections? Of course, I could always reach around to the back of the interface and switch plugs when I need to, but I would like to try to avoid that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Check your drum brain and keyboard to see if either has a 'soft thru' setting. My Roland TD-10 does, for instance. So it's possible to connect the midi out from a keyboard to the midi in of the TD-10, then the TD-10's midi out to the sequencer. Soft thru is essentially a merge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 OK, it's an Alesis QS.8. I'll check the manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Back in the days I had these little boxes with 2 outs and 1 in and one vice versa,... i think that is what you need. There half the size of a package of cigarettes and the are very cheap. That is if you're equipment doesn't have midi through ofcourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 OK, it's an Alesis QS.8. I'll check the manual. I just checked the manual online for the QS8.2. Weird - they include a global 'thru', but it doesn't merge. Never seen that before, probably since it makes it rather useless! What's the drum brain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Dunno, what is it? One option, given the QS's implementation is to run the Drums midi out to the QS' midi in, then the QS midi out to the Motu. You can switch to the QS' 'thru' option when recording drums (the keyboard won't output) or just switch the cable between the QS Out and Thru ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Dunno, what is it? It was supposed to be a picture of a MIDI splitter cable, but it wasn't. My drum brain is a TD-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted January 17, 2007 Members Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ah, well a splitter's not going to help. You need merge or switching capabilities. I took a look at the TD-3 manual, and it does not appear to have soft thru capability. So your solutions are TD3 out to QS8 in as stated above and either switching the cable physically between the QS' out & thru, or leave the QS out and switch via the global parameter. or get a midi merge boxor get a cheap usb midi interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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