Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

The midi solutions boxes will pass clock. I use them in the studio and 
haven't had any problems with delays. If you are seeing delay, it's 
probably due to the amount of midi data being transmitted (such as pitch 
bend, sysex, active sensing, lots of CCs), as the midi protocol has 
unfortunately not much bandwidth.
I think in general any hardware merge box should retransmit clock, as do 
"thru" ports, if they adhere to the midi spec. The ports on the XL7 are 
technically not "thru" but "out".

magpieindustries wrote:

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> Thanks for the tip, but I only have hardware in my studio so a pc/mac 
> midi port thing isn't going to help. I'm hoping that something like 
> the Midi Solutions Quadra Merge will do the job. These little midi 
> merge boxes will hopefully pass the clock signal, but I will make sure 
> to be certain of it before buying. Thanks.
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com <mailto:xl7%40yahoogroups.com>, Bruno 
> <brunorc@...> wrote:
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> > 2011/9/16 magpieindustries <dach@...>:
> > > Argh! Oh no, that is very bad news :(
> > > Im trying to add another drum module and it too does not 
> retransmit midi clock. It's starting to look like I can't get my stuff 
> connected no matter what way I arrange it.
> >
> > I'm afraid that the majority of instruments does not retransmit the
> > clock. You need a MIDI interface that can have its routing configured
> > for a standalone mode - e.g. eMagic Unitor8, since it actually can do
> > it, as long as the instrument sending MIDI clock sends SongStart/Stop
> > (my Novation KS5 does not, it transmits clock though, but Unitor was
> > not accepting it).
> >
> > Bruno
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