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

Addendum: I tried looking for manuals for some of you gear to see what midi i/o/thru each has. I found lots of info, including synth engine capabilities and videos, but I did not find the midi i/o/thru details.  (Possibly I looked at the wrong sites and I gave up too soon.)

As best as I can tell, though, you do not have a midi router, though it seems as though you have 1 In and 1 Out on the focusrite and 1 In and 1 Out on the E-Mu 1x1 that might let you use the computer as a router. However, as a PC person, I don't know what midi filtering/routing software you would use.

It seems to me that you could have the Virus going to your Mac with 1 Midi In, and your Novation going into the Mac with the other Midi In.  If the Novation will pass midi data to the Mac via usb, you could have the KP3 going to the second Midi in of you Mac.

So, with appropriate sofware you either have 2 in 2 out or 3 in 2 out routing capability (assuming you have Mac software that will do that).


Virus --> Mac via focusrite
Novation --> Mac via 1x1

Mac --> Mp7 via focusrite
Mac --> KP3 via 1x1

OR (if Novation can send midi to Mac via usb):

Novation --> Mac via usb

MP7 --> Mac via focusrite
Virus --> Mac via 1x1

Mac --> Mp7 via focusrite
Mac --> KP3 via 1x1

Would one of these two setups work for you?

Also, if the virus rack has a thru, you could daisy chain a module to it.

Hope this helps.

Steve