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computer(s). It can also come from sounds that have been recorded or are being
played live through a regular audio interface on one of the computers.
What’s unique about the iConnectMIDI4
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is that instead of having MIDI interfaces and
audio interfaces on three computer devices –!six devices - you just have one box that
routes both MIDI and audio between the machines over USB. That makes it both
convenient and cost-effective to add, say, an iPad to your music-making set-up.
USB MIDI
USB is a bidirectional protocol that’s fast enough to carry a wide variety of things
simultaneously –!audio, MIDI, printer hookups, keyboards and mouses, etc. Some MIDI
instruments today have USB connections instead of the standard DIN ports, in other
words they have the equivalent of built-in MIDI interfaces that connect directly to a
computer.
Those devices don’t need to go through the iConnectMIDI4
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. Plug them directly into
your computer, to which they’ll appear as additional MIDI interfaces. You can route
MIDI from the computer to the iConnectMIDI4
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(and anything connected to it). If you
run out of USB ports, USB hubs are very inexpensive.
Daisy-chaining: iConnectMIDI4
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MIDI out port to MIDI In, MIDI Thru to MIDI In, MIDI Thru to MIDI In and
(not shown) MIDI Out to iConnectMIDI4
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MIDI In. Repeat on the other MIDI DIN port.
MIDI daisy-chaining
The iConnectMIDI4
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has four pairs of MIDI DIN plugs. What if you have five
instruments? Or six?
Well, most MIDI instruments have MIDI In,Thru [sic], and Out ports, normally positioned
in that order; and each MIDI port has 16 MIDI channels. Thru ports echo what’s coming
into the device’s MIDI in.