Audio & MIDI Patchbays: Why I Use Them 

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Yes, I agree. With USB MIDI, it appears that manufactures no longer feel they need to build large MIDI-port patch bays anymore. It's a real pain for folks who have a lot of MIDI gear with 5-pin DIN ports. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

I will add that to the list. Currently, the most common way to do this is to use a USB audio interface. I use the Steinberg unit and it works well. Thanks so much for watching.

It's pretty straight forward actually. Connect them to each other via dedicated MIDI ports. You'll still need a PC for routing but you can save that config to a preset on either device. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic This is what I was thinking and now that you have confirmed it.. Great! Thank you so so much !

Each device invokes a separate software screen for the MOTU software application, as they are manage individually. As far as hardware connections, its MIDI in and out through all 3 device as they are all connected in a chain. Simple. Keeping tracking of the mapping and traffic takes extra care, but it's worth it to me. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic Thanks for your answer. What about clock syncing in standalone mode?

@@PowercoatMusic First, Thank You for making this Video, very helpful! ... I, like ​@André Vejdani have 1 X MOTU Midi Express XT, but I have quite a few sound modules & Keyboards, Drum machines, Sequencers, FX Units etc (about 20 units at moment & some of these can Daisy Chain as they only require 1 dedicated MIDI Channel etc). I was going to add a Midi Express 128 to add 8 more Midi INs & OUTS. So I too was wondering about how the Clockworks Softwares manages this. The whole reason I went with the XT is because it had the Clockworks software, I now see from your last response that a second MOTU Midi Express XT invokes a separate instance of Clockworks, so that answers my 1st Question. MY SECOND QUESTION: Does your Motu Micro Lite 5X5 get acknowledged at all by Clockworks? .. Im assuming it doesn't, that being the case, I then assume a Midi Express 128 wouldn't either, having software control is key for me, I like to create without a DAW (or visual interference) initially, so having full control over MIDI pacthing is of the utmost importance. Thanks again sir :)

Patch bays are basically audio routers. They can't change the audio sounds passing through them unless a connection or cable is bad and then you might get either no sound or possibly some additional noise of some sort. Thanks for watching.

@@PowercoatMusic I meant the midi patchbay

I've been using the MOTU for over a year now and have never had any SYSEX issues, and I use SYSEX consistently. I strongly believe most issues can happen if the unit is not configure properly. MOTU XT can be very complicated. However, if setup correctly the unit works very well. Also, it is critical that the unit be undated to it's latest firmware version, as mine have been. Many people don't do that and complain about bugs that have been long fixed. Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿