[QLab] Rack mounted MIDI interface and USB hub

[Jim Carroll]

On Jul 9, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Steven Devino wrote:
That would be cool, but sadly not an option. One is an _old_ NSI  
Melange Plus. The other 3 are different models of ETC consoles of  
varying ages.

I think the hard part will be making the ancient NSI board word. It  
references a proprietary language in their manual. Thankfully, their  
tech support people are good.

> What kind of consoles are you using? The Yamaha consoles can get MIDI
> via the same USB connection they use for the Studio Manager software
> so there is no need for a separate MIDI interface. In fact the Yamaha
> board becomes a MIDI interface in this setup that you can use to send
> MIDI from your computer to other devices as well.
>
> Connection would be - QLAB (CPU) -USB-Yamaha Board - Then Yamaha MIDI
> out to other devices.
>
> Assign Studio manager to channel 1 and QLAB Midi to other channels.

re: David's comment:
It never occurred to me to check the MOTU - The unit and manual are  
at the theatre, but I'll be looking inside the rack before  
Wednesday's show!

Jim
> I don't have a MOTU 828MKII, but when I looked it up online, it  
> appears that it already has one MIDI In port and one MIDI out port  
> built in. Obviously, I'm not absolutely certain, but it seems like  
> QLab should be able to output MIDI through the MOTU box. I use a  
> Digidesign 002-Rack and a Digidesign 003-Rack (both of which have  
> MIDI ports built-in) and QLab works perfectly with them! Now, there  
> may be a driver issue with using the MIDI ports, but it should be a  
> simple issue to test. [I also use an Edirol FA-66, but I haven't  
> tested the MIDI ports yet... which reminds me of a test I need to  
> preform!]