Hello. From my reading I believe this will work, but I've made mistakes before, many actually, so I thought I'd ask for opinions.
I would like to connect as follows - MIDI out of the MC6 to the MIDI in of the BeatBuddy, then out to a splitter which goes to the MIDI in of the Infinity looper and the MIDI in of the Y-NOT switch pedal (rjmmusic.com). The BeatBuddy will control the MIDI clock of the Infinity, and the MC6 will control the BeatBuddy, Infinity, and the Y-NOT. The CC numbers that each unit uses for its own control are unique between these units. I'm thinking set up like this, I can program a single button to simultaneously send CC messages to each of these units. Is that correct?
Another routing I'm considering is to hook up the MIDI in of all of the units to the MIDI out of the MC6, using a splitter, and then the MIDI out of the BeatBuddy to the MIDI in of the MC6. Would that enable me to pass the MIDI clock sync from the BeatBuddy to the Infinity, and also enable MC6 control of all three units, or would it create an infinite loop of MIDI commands? I think the BeatBuddy can be set to not forward any MIDI information it receives.
Thanks much for any thoughts.
One more question, what is the width and length dimension of the MC6?
I know this is an old post, but I have the same devices and am considering the MC6 to control them. I have a BeatBuddy, a Pig Infinity Looper and an Empress Reverb. So, I'd like to be able to control all these devices using the MC6. Ideally, what I'd like is for the BeatBuddy to control the looper start, pause and stop (the clock defaults to do that with the looper and the BB) and to control the BeatBuddy and all other functions of the looper (record, overdub, erase, reverse), and the Empress selections with the MC6, Possible? Do I really need a "splitter" for any of that, i.e. can't I just use Midi thru?
I am really excited to try the MC6 and see how I can program it to do what I need. Thanks for any insight you can give me.
Thanks for your informed advice, James. You have a great product. I thought my requirements were pretty straightforward, but nothing I looked at met them until I ran across the MC6. I'll be ordering it soon.
Hi there!
Yes you can program a single button to simultaneously send CC messages (up to 8) to each unit.
Regarding the routing, the Beat Buddy sends time-sensitive midi information to the devices. If you put it through the MC6 Midi In, the MC6 processes the incoming midi first before sending it out, and the timing information might get disrupted.
A better way would be to set the MC6 before the Beat Buddy, and then split the signal after the beat buddy.