09-05-2021, 10:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-06-2021, 09:36 AM by Paranormal Patroler.)
(09-05-2021, 08:38 PM)XORadmin Wrote: This is easy possible. But every midi merge comes at a timing cost. So in general the use of midi-thru boxes is always recommended.
The timing cost is to be expected and it's fair for you to point it out, but on the other hand MIDI merging options aren't exactly in abundance in Eurorack form, whereas both MIDI sources and MIDI targets start becoming far more prevalent with each new module release. I assume that you meant to say MIDI-merge, as the use of a MIDI-Thru wouldn't be aiming at the same target. Being forced to add an additional box to a live setup just to be able to pass an additional MIDI message through the NerdSeq and affect the same MIDI channel (or any other channel) sounds like overkill. I fully understand there are downsides when merging MIDI messages, but I do believe it would be a good option to have it available for those occasions where it's useful.
Case in point, the VCMC allows me to control the NerdSeq, but I'd also like to extend some of the controls over to the Bitbox which the NS is already sequencing.
I'm curious though, has this request never been brought up before or is the timing disturbance so prevalent that you'd rather not allow for such an option at all? I'd fully understand hesitation if that were the case.