Help - MIDI Studio Setup

[razzzzz]

My outboard gear collection is slowly growing. Currently I have:

• Novation SL MKII Controller
  
• Jomox Xbase999 Drum Machine
  
• Waldorf Microwave XTk Synth
  
• Moog SubPhatty Synth

 

I would like to set up my studio such that I can:

• Play any of these instruments and record what I play in Logic Pro X (e.g., cycle record in logic and play chords on my Waldorf and have Logic record MIDI)
  
• Alternatively, use logic to compose and send MIDI to each instrument (e.g., write out some chord progressions in Logic and send MIDI to my waldorf

 

I currently have MIDI set up in the following way

• Sound Card MIDI out to Jomox MIDI In
  
• Jomox MIDI Thru to Waldorf Microwave MIDI In
  
• Waldorf Microwave MIDI Thru to SubPhatty MIDI In
  
• Novation SL MKII connected via USB to my computer

 

This lets me compose in logic and send midi to my various synths which is great. But sometimes I want to cycle record and tweak some knobs on, say my Waldorf, and have logic record the automation.

 

Any advice on how to set this up? I assume I would need to purchase:

• A midi thru box - Sound Card to the Thru box, and into my synths, and
  
• A Midi Merge box - Synths to the Merge box, and into my Sound Card In

 

Is that the way this situation is typically handled?

.R

[razzzzz]

Just re-read my original post and realized that maybe I was a bit convoluted in explaining what I'm trying to achieve. Put a bit more simply, I want to set up my synths such that:

• I can send MID from Logic Pro X to each synth individually, and
  
• Record CC tweaks by moving the pans/pots/etc on each individual synth while I record in logic

 

My sound card only has a single Midi In and Midi out. What are my options for setting up my studio to achieve my goals, and what hardware (if any) would I need to buy in order to make it happen?

 

.R

[ElMariachi78]

Hi,

 

you would need a 4x4 MIDI USB Interface (4 MIDI In & 4 MIDI Out). Every synth would get its own MIDI In & Out.

 

Hope this helps 8)

[xpander]

http://www.motu.com/products/midi/lite

 

- xpander