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demt
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20 May 2018

erm when playing 2 hardware synths at once from reasons sequencer im only able to get 1 synth to play at a time am i missing something obvious? i have been trying to get this to work all day help completely appreciated!
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20 May 2018

"When I'm playing two synths I'm only playing one synth" - classic demt xD

How did you connect the hardware synths? Do you get MIDI out and no audio in? Do you even want to get the audio back in Reason?

Maybe you're not having all channels record ready - by default Reason only sets the selected sequencer lane to record ready, you have to press the red button for the other channel(s).

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Basically I want 2 synthetic to play from 2tracks on the sequencer at the same time isle take care of the audio later
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That's 2synths
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20 May 2018

So you added two EMI and selected the MIDI out for each synth in each EMI? And now you have two lanes playing notes but only one synth is playing?

Then are you sure that the one synth receives on the correct channel? What happens when you switch the synths MIDI inputs? Or do they have USB MIDI?

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the funny thing is if you unplug 1 midi the other starts to play
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Are they connected to each other by MIDI thru?
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erm checking the idiot lights on the midi out of the non functioning channel shows midi out dead witch means the fault is either in windows or reason and this forces the other channel to work all the other visual indicatters show normal activity,
as for midi through im not using that method and have 2or 3 or 4 available seperate midi inputs
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are you telling me it should work on midi through?
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20 May 2018

EMI1->MIDI Out-> Ch1
EMI2->MIDI Out-> Ch2

Midi Out->Synth 1->MIDI thru->Synth2
Synth 1 must receive Ch1, Synth 2 must receive Ch2.

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roland tb3 midi in and out
korg volca keys midi in[added option of volca bass and volca beats]
i dont have an option for midi through
am using similar to Image
i guess there up to multi instances of midi
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20 May 2018

There are boxes that generate MIDI thrus from a MIDI IN.
The cheapest I found is the "Miditech Midi Thru/Filter" at 38€. You will have 1 MIDI input and 4 MIDI thrus.

If I take ljekio's connections as a starting point and you have your Thru Box, conections become:

EMI1->MIDI Out-> Ch1
EMI2->MIDI Out-> Ch2

Midi Out->Thru Box IN
Thru Box OUT 1 -> Synth 1
Thru Box OUT 2 ->Synth2

Synth 1 must receive Ch1, Synth 2 must receive Ch2.
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erm i have a n.o of midi devices what would be a good buy to float all of them as a unit or a cut down version the volcas so far only have midi in and theres a roland tb3 ,triggerfingerpro with midi in and out and a behringer sound card with midi in and out and usb midi let alone an akai mpk mini also with usb midi, and 3 usb to normal midi adapters witch theoretically i presume should be the way to go

erm replies appreciated!!
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23 May 2018

Yeah, many IN/OUT pairs in one interface is the better way to go. But to really help with your issue I guess nobody really got your setup yet ;)

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30 May 2018

isle take a photo when its fully functional ,seems to be sorting itself out with the new midi box , i am waiting for the cables at least 9 new wons to really use the box
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ive discovered the zaquencer sysex for the bcr2000 and have once again altered my set so no photos
but if you want a great hardware 32 step sequencer upgrading the firmware on the bcr saves they say about a grand this is very drums and im bass but hears a video of the bcr2000https://zaqaudio.com/

and a link to buying the zaquencer as ive seen several posts from bcr2000 owners on these boards
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