Hi drk,
thanx for the reply... I seem to have exposed
myself as quite the novice hehe. Yes you are very
correct the loop would explain lock up,excetra. Im
trying to slave the 808 to the MP7 so I can sequence
samples to a track on the MP. When I set the 808 to
out
it seemed that I could only use it as a controller. I
did however just read the 808 manual which told me how
to switch on the midi clock/MTC(the 808 has both)
parameters. I did this successfully. But the 808 is
still acting as a controller triggering internal
sounds from the MP7 and no sample response from the
808. I did come upon a neat thing though,seems the
808s line fader volumes can controll the MP7
internally (which was cool to use when trying to
record a pattern and have sound drops). As you can
tell Im not that great with hardware as Ive really
only used software,but as I can see Im not the only to
tire of a comp screen:) Ill figure this out soon Im
sure(Ill have to send myself to midi school LOL). I
would really like to thank you for your help and also
would like to state that this board is really an
invaluable resourse for neubies and pros alike~_^!
--- drK <drk@...> wrote:
> On 12/5/02 4:28 AM, "john_b_32712"
> <john_b_32712@...> wrote:
>
> > Hello all!,
> > First posting here.... Perhaps Im daft, but im
> havin the darndest
> > prob tryin to sequence chase my sp808ex to my MP7.
> Since my 808
> > doesnt have a deadicated thru, I must switch the
> out over(to thru)
> > internally. When I do this the MP7 lox up and
> produces the most
> > anoying sound you ever heard when a pad is hit. I
> had the same
> > occurance happen when I had a MC307(before sent to
> eBay heaven LOL)
> > its midi channels started at 17(?!), but it had a
> omni setting(<old
> > tech aint it?) so it was cool to run with the
> likes of Sonar. No such
> > animal with the 808ex and have tried different
> channel combos and
> > sysex numbers. Any suggestions, or am I just over
> looking the obvious
> > through a cloud ov BudLight?
>
> Seems you have formed a MIDI feedback loop. Post
> you configuration info if
> you'd like, including hookup to confirm.
>
> Here's what I am guessing is happening. You have
> the output of the MP-7
> going to the input of the SP808 and the output of
> the SP808 going back to
> the MP-7. There might be some things in-between but
> the gist of what I am
> suspecting is that somehow the MP-7 own MIDI output
> is finding its way back
> to its own MIDI input. This will produce a type of
> feedback situation if
> the settings are a certain way on the MP-7.
>
> Why are you requiring the MIDI-THRU on the SP808?
> Which instrument is set
> to be the master clock, the MP-7 or the SP808?
>
> One thing to be aware of with soft-thru's, which is
> what the SP808 has.
> When you switch the MIDI out to be a thru you loose
> the SP808's ability to
> send *any* MIDI information while it is in that
> mode. There is no internal
> merging of the internal generated SP808 MIDI (pad
> hits, D-Beam, knobs) with
> the incoming MIDI. all that gets to the MIDI
> outport when the SP808 is in
> THRU mode is what is at its input port.
>
> if you are not using the SP808 and the MP-7 with any
> other MIDI gear than I
> suggest that you do not need or want to use the MIDI
> thru. If you are
> driving other modules from the MP-7 then I suggest
> you place the SP808 at
> the end of the MIDI chain (from the MP-7's output)
> and then connect it's
> output back into the MP7, if you want the SP808's
> pads and controls to be a
> controller to the MP-7. If you need anything more
> complicated than that
> send some info about what your trying to accomplish
> and we'll see what we
> can come up with.
>
>
> drk
>
> www.delora.com/music
> www.mp3.com/zdrk
> drk.iuma.com
>
>
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