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[dylab]

im trying to a variety of midi data from live and back into live
what i have is live and a korg er1 and korg ea1
both korgs are set to external clock
current set up
live>midi out> korg er1 midi in >korg er1 midi thru > korg ea1 midi in > korg ea1 midi out > live midi in

this lets live start up both korgs in synch and i can get soft sythns in live be run from the korg ea1

my question is how do i get the midi data from both korgs into live
when i swap the setups live only seems able to synch one of the korgs or gets data from one of the korgs

cheers

[ehsan]

MIDI Thru doesn't transmit the data being sent from an individual device, instead it is a straight pass through of what's coming in - ie, clock. to get data from 2 MIDI OUTs into your computer it's a case of either having 2 independent MIDI INs on your computer's interface or scoring a MIDI merge box which will allow you to connect 2 INs and will spit out 1 OUT.

[dylab]

thanks.. and the mini out from one korg  going into the midi in of other korg wont merge the data?
the midi filters are set to  let everything through

[Spectrum]

^^^ I think you may have misunderstood Ehsan's explanation. All's good, it can be headache to get one's head around at first.

If you only have a single MIDI Input on your computer then you can only have the output of a single Korg plugged into it.

eg. Korg ER1 Out --> PC In

To reiterate what Ehsan said, to get your Korg EA1 sending MIDI into your PC, you'll either need:
- a MIDI interface with more inputs, or
- a MIDI merge box to combine the two Korg outputs into a single feed into the PC.

In summary,

For Live to play your Korgs:
- PC Out --> Korg ER1 In
- Korg ER1 Thru --> Korg EA1 In

For your Korgs to play into Live:
- Korg ER1 Out --> PC In #1
- Korg EA1 Out --> PC In #2

(Or via the merge box to combine the two Korg outputs into a single feed into the PC.)

[dylab]

thanks for the clarity