3:01 Took me a minute to realize I had to select a virtual output port when I first tried using it to send midi from my Digitakt to computer. Great midi device, I love mine had it for 10 months now.
The channel split function was made for some odd use cases where you don't want all of the MIDI channels going to a port. For instance, I had a vintage Sequential Prophet 600, and it was the version that had omni input, which means it listened on every MIDI channel and there was no way to change it. With channel split turned on, I could have an input which might have multiple channels of MIDI being received, and channel split will send that data to consecutive outputs. In this use case, I would only send MIDI data to the channel split input on channels 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 so only channel 1 would be received on output 1, channel 2 on outputs 2, channel 3 on output 3 and channel 4 on output 4. And nothing says I have to route Input 1 to more than 1 output, so I can limit output 1 to only 1 channel with data. There are other odd use cases that this feature might help with, but it will probably be more interesting to those who have certain vintage gear with MIDI limitation.
I really appreciate these videos. What I would love to see is an in-depth conversation that contrasts and compares the 880 to the full fat MRCC. Obviously this is scaled down, and that's not a bad thing. We don't all need 12 outs. However, it's the seemingly long list of MRCC features that 880 does not have (eg extensibility) that keeps me a bit antsy about pulling the trigger on the 880. I guess you could say that the fear of regretting getting the 880 instead of the MRCC is keeping me from getting either of them. I'd also love to hear if the 880 does anything cool that the MRCC doesn't do.
Yes, the MRCC 880 has a very small feature set compared to the MRCC. It would be easier to look at MRCC MIDI Router Control Center to see if there are features that you can't live without. It's hard for us to know what's more important for your studio, but the devices are so much different it should become apparent if you are in need of more advanced filtering and MIDI conversion features or not. I would go so far as to say these two MIDI routers are for different use cases (but with a lot of overlap). The big MRCC being for a larger collection of MIDI gear where the 6 inputs and USB MIDI host ports would be needed. And likely wiring up a lot of devices at once. It's also got the features needed for the unusual needs of some vintage MIDI gear. The MRCC 880 is better for when you are growing out of a 1 in/1 out MIDI interface, or have a smaller collection of gear, or are selectively picking which instruments and sequencers to put on the table to jam on and leaving the rest on the shelf (I do that). Or if you are doing live jams on a select few pieces of gear and want something simple to be able to dynamically switch MIDI inputs and outputs. The thing they have in common which makes them unique amongst modern MIDI interfaces is the form factor, and button per port routing. And for MIDI processing, the MIDI clock filter and the MIDI Start/Stop/Continue filter are common. The big one has Channel mapping, velocity scaling, channel layers and keyboard splits, more filters, and MIDI modifiers such as CC scaling and note quantizing and other creative features that are more than just MIDI utilities, like arpeggiators and Note Map. The idea was that you could take any cheap USB MIDI keyboard and get all of the functionality (and more) of a modern full feature MIDI keyboard. If you want to get more into your specific needs, our forum is a good place for discussion of this topic. forum.conducivelabs.com.
@@ConductiveLabs This is a great reply, and the exact comparison I was looking for. My strong suggestion is that this would make for an excellent standalone comparison grid page on your site, which both product pages could reference. Empowering customers to confidently answer their own "who is this for?" questions is such an under-appreciated sales superpower. Thank you!
Yes, you have to save your patch once you make your settings. Press and hold the Save/Load button, then press the MIDI In 1 button to save to that patch slot. Once you do that, it will automatically load those settings every time you power on.
i liked the concept of this midi router, very hands-on! I have a ndlr, i'll look for this one too. keep up!
3:01 Took me a minute to realize I had to select a virtual output port when I first tried using it to send midi from my Digitakt to computer. Great midi device, I love mine had it for 10 months now.
Thank you! Glad to hear it's meeting your needs!
I would really appreciate a video explaining the channel split function. And a demo on smart ways to use MRCC with the NDLR.
The channel split function was made for some odd use cases where you don't want all of the MIDI channels going to a port. For instance, I had a vintage Sequential Prophet 600, and it was the version that had omni input, which means it listened on every MIDI channel and there was no way to change it. With channel split turned on, I could have an input which might have multiple channels of MIDI being received, and channel split will send that data to consecutive outputs. In this use case, I would only send MIDI data to the channel split input on channels 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 so only channel 1 would be received on output 1, channel 2 on outputs 2, channel 3 on output 3 and channel 4 on output 4. And nothing says I have to route Input 1 to more than 1 output, so I can limit output 1 to only 1 channel with data.
There are other odd use cases that this feature might help with, but it will probably be more interesting to those who have certain vintage gear with MIDI limitation.
I really appreciate these videos. What I would love to see is an in-depth conversation that contrasts and compares the 880 to the full fat MRCC. Obviously this is scaled down, and that's not a bad thing. We don't all need 12 outs. However, it's the seemingly long list of MRCC features that 880 does not have (eg extensibility) that keeps me a bit antsy about pulling the trigger on the 880. I guess you could say that the fear of regretting getting the 880 instead of the MRCC is keeping me from getting either of them.
I'd also love to hear if the 880 does anything cool that the MRCC doesn't do.
Yes, the MRCC 880 has a very small feature set compared to the MRCC. It would be easier to look at MRCC MIDI Router Control Center to see if there are features that you can't live without. It's hard for us to know what's more important for your studio, but the devices are so much different it should become apparent if you are in need of more advanced filtering and MIDI conversion features or not. I would go so far as to say these two MIDI routers are for different use cases (but with a lot of overlap). The big MRCC being for a larger collection of MIDI gear where the 6 inputs and USB MIDI host ports would be needed. And likely wiring up a lot of devices at once. It's also got the features needed for the unusual needs of some vintage MIDI gear.
The MRCC 880 is better for when you are growing out of a 1 in/1 out MIDI interface, or have a smaller collection of gear, or are selectively picking which instruments and sequencers to put on the table to jam on and leaving the rest on the shelf (I do that). Or if you are doing live jams on a select few pieces of gear and want something simple to be able to dynamically switch MIDI inputs and outputs.
The thing they have in common which makes them unique amongst modern MIDI interfaces is the form factor, and button per port routing. And for MIDI processing, the MIDI clock filter and the MIDI Start/Stop/Continue filter are common. The big one has Channel mapping, velocity scaling, channel layers and keyboard splits, more filters, and MIDI modifiers such as CC scaling and note quantizing and other creative features that are more than just MIDI utilities, like arpeggiators and Note Map. The idea was that you could take any cheap USB MIDI keyboard and get all of the functionality (and more) of a modern full feature MIDI keyboard.
If you want to get more into your specific needs, our forum is a good place for discussion of this topic. forum.conducivelabs.com.
@@ConductiveLabs This is a great reply, and the exact comparison I was looking for. My strong suggestion is that this would make for an excellent standalone comparison grid page on your site, which both product pages could reference. Empowering customers to confidently answer their own "who is this for?" questions is such an under-appreciated sales superpower. Thank you!
Love mine but it looses assignments on power down. 😮
Yes, you have to save your patch once you make your settings. Press and hold the Save/Load button, then press the MIDI In 1 button to save to that patch slot. Once you do that, it will automatically load those settings every time you power on.
If you still have trouble, use the contact form at conductivelabs.com to ask for assistance. We'll get it figured out.