Advice needed: MIDI router/switchers

[Bob Zimmer]

At 12:32 AM 8/11/97 -0000, you wrote:
>Need to buy soon either a router/switcher or maybe a new MIDI interface
altoghther....
>
>a) for routers/switchers, looking at a Digital Music MX-8 (seem to be
around $150) or a JL Cooper MSB Rev2
>(price unknown). Any others out there?
>
>b) for a PC (sorry!) interface, looking at the kind that connect to the
parallel port and incluse the routing/switching
>stuff in them. Such as the MOTU MIDI Express XT or the OpCode/MidiQuest
8port/SE. Any others??
>
>Paul Schreiber
>Synthesis Technology

Paul,

I've recently purchased an Express XT, replacing a very old 360 Systems
MIDI Patcher.  I've found it quite good for the price.  Only sore spot is
the installation software.  I tried to install it onto my corporate
supplied pentium laptop and it said that it can not install to a
'networked' PC.  I then tried onto one of my home computers running Windows
95 and it wouldn't install there.  I fresh installed Windows 95 and did get
the drivers to install properly!

I've setup my PAIA MIDI interface to allow me to drive my ASM-1 from
Cakewalk!  Works great!

One other thought is that your b. statement is not completely accurate.
The Express XT runs on PC or Mac or even both at the same time.

Bob


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