Midi patch question

[thane1200]

This is a NEWBIE questin so bare with me.......

What is the simples/cheapest way to send 1-3 midi sync signals to 8-10 pieces of gear?

I am planning an electronic "jam session" and need to be able to sync (start, tempo, stop) a lot of Roland gear that have no THRUs.

Thankyou for your time.

 

[thane1200]

*DUMBASS* I figured it out....all I needed was a multi-thru box deelio. Yamaha YME8

Yay eBay! AND free shipping!

 

[altitude909]

Just FYI, vintage roland gear is notorious for really bad clocks when syncing to midi (707 and 727 are probably the worst, they loose a beat every 30 seconds until it gets to the tennis shoes in a dryer level) so if you have stuff that dinsyncs, use that and get a dinsync/midi convertor. It will be much better. Anything made in the last 15 years should be ok though.

There are also alot of cheap midi splitters available (Ensoniq KMX-8 is a good one) which are 8x8 so you dont have to "thru" anything.

 

[thane1200]

I ended up buying a used Yamaha YME8 on the cheap. I'll see tonight how well it works....I really onnly need two more thrus, but now I shouyld be set for a while.




ps. altitude909: All my Roland gear is within that 15year time frame and have yet to cause any loss of sync issues....thanx for the heads-up though.