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hello guys

as you can see this is my 1st post so im probably gonna ask some real basic questions.

i recently bought a pulsarII plus, installed scope 4.0, with the intention of using it as a recording card whilst utilising the capabilities of its dsp`s

the trouble im having is that i want to trigger my outboard synths from cubase sl i can get sounds from them via the keys but not through midi

am i right in thinking that it has something to do with the roughting mixer panel? its all really daunting as ive just upgraded from an audiophile 2496 which was so basic

any help would be great

regards

elliot

Yep. The modules you want are the Sequencer MIDI Source and Dest (from the Software IO section) and the Scope MIDI Source and Dest (from the Hardware IO section.)

The Sequencer MIDI Source/Dest forward MIDI data from (Source) and to (Dest) your sequencer. The Scope (or Pulsar/Elektra) MIDI Source/Dest forward data from/to the actual hardware MIDI plugs on your card. Here's a little picture with basic connections:



This setup will send MIDI data from the sequencer to the MIDI output plug on you card, and from the MIDI input plug to the sequencer.

You can use the MIDI activity and MIDI monitor modules (in the MIDI section) to monitor what's coming out of each sources for debugging purposes. There's also some MIDI merging devices if, for some reason, you need to send the output of more than one Sequencer Source to a single MIDI output port on you card. The merging devices are also pretty useful to send MIDI messages to a device from more than one source. For example, you could have your sequencer send notes to a synth, but control the knobs thru a control surface that goes directly to the synth from the outside without going thru the sequencer (hence much faster.)

There's also a MIDI filter that's pretty useful in some circumstances. For example, I have a Doepfer Pocket Dial plugged into a MIDI port. With the connections I showed up there, I get a weird problem where the MIDI clock stuff gets continually circulated. With a MIDI filter, I removed all System Messages (which includes MIDI clock) from the Doepfer, and fixes the problem! Yay.

thats great!!
its woking like a dream (for now );)
it took me a while to realise it has to be done in the screen set.
is there any way of actually drawing the lines in the router mixer? i couldnt figure out wheather this could be done or not

thanks again

elliot

Just open the routing window and click the little triangles on the devices to connect them. If you are connecting multiple ins to multiple outs on the same devices (say, 16 ASIO outputs to a mixer,) you can make the first connection and press N to connect the rest of the inputs sequentially.

If you can, try and spend some time with the manuals. The scope platform offers much more flexability as you are probably finding out. Once you start to understand the concepts, it becomes real easy. Good luck

no, you can't actually draw the lines where you want

you can also click into the labels of the connection triangles, that gives a larger target area