Elektron Musical Instruments

this probably is no help but...i have the mono, virus, evolver, and
machinedrum connected to an edirol um-550.  my set up seemed really simple:
logic reads each machine as a different port and i can patch everything
manually on the edirol as i need it.

From: Gene Schwartz <implode7@...>
Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:01:11 -0800
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [elektron] Monomachine with computer sequencer


I posted about some of the issues that I was having, and thanks to Joe, I
solved one of them, but there are still issues. They don't really seem to be
related to the Monomachine per se, but to any instrument that is being used
to sequence one or more other synths through a computer sequencer and
multiport MIDI interface environment. I'm wondering if anyone else has used
the monomachine in a computer sequencer environment, and how they've dealt
with this.

Suppose you're using the monomachine to sequence the Virus C. If you have
all your synths set up through a multiport MIDI interface and the computer,
the signal flow would be that the monomachine would send out the MIDI
information to the computer sequencer (in this case Logic), which would then
send it out to the Virus. The problem is in recording the data from a
keyboard controller.  The keyboard sends the note values to Logic, which
then sends to the autochannel on the monomachine, and records the notes. But
in order to hear the Virus, it has to receive the MIDI data also. The
problem is that the monomachine echoes the note values back to Logic, which
sends them back out to the monomachine, and I get a MIDI feedback loop. The
only solution I've found is to connect the Virus directly to the Monomachine
(which is not to say that no solution exists. Logic is quite flexible, but I
just haven't found a solution to this yet, at least one that is
satisfactory.)

I still think that if there were a quick way to toggle MIDI transmission
on/off from the Monomachine (ideally per track) this would be ideal. If I
could do that, then I could simply send the note information to both the
monomachine and the virus when recording (so I could hear what I'm playing),
and then turn the MIDI transmission on afterwards.

Of course, there are still issues - I'd have to set up an instrument in
logic which would send, e.g. channel 11 from the monomachine to the Virus,
channel 12 to the evolver, etc, but I don't think that those are
insurmountable.

I don't mind, for now, connecting the Virus directly to the monomachine, and
then the evolvers, and throwing in the machinedrum when it arrives. But,
especially when I update this ancient computer, I will be also using it as a
central controller (as much as I like the monomachine...) and I don't want
to be always plugging and unplugging stuff.

So, basically, right now, I'm not sure of the best, most flexible way to set
all this stuff up. Any creative ideas would be appreciated.






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