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The MIDI IN to MIDI OUT routing
Apart from the MIDI messages generated by your TinyBox setup, you can also forward MIDI messages
to your gear coming from another MIDI source. These messages are merged with the MIDI messages
generated by the TinyBox, and both streams are sent to the MIDI OUT connector.
One example of a device connected to the MIDI IN connector could be an extra MIDI controller which
sends commands to your gear, next to the FCB1010 – although in most cases the combination of
FCB1010 and TinyBox is powerful enough to take simultaneous control over many devices.
Another more useful example would be to have a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN, and your
synths or sampler modules connected to the MIDI OUT. This way you can control all your sounds with
the FCB1010 at your feet while playing the keyboard. For this scenario the TinyBox adds a powerful
MIDI mapper and MIDI filter to this MIDI routing. It allows you to block certain note ranges, move them
to a different MIDI channel, transpose them up or down, and so on. This can turn a very simple MIDI
keyboard into a powerful master keyboard with different zones controlling different synths.
