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Chapter 2 —Connections
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6. Connect the f ou r th cable f r om the M R - R ack ’ s M I D I Out to the me r ge r ’ s second M I D I I n.
MIDI
merger
Note:
T his set-up is f o r M R - R ack use r s with a compute r ( o r a stand-alone sequence r ) ,
a cont r olle r and a M I D I me r ge r . I f you don ’ t own a M I D I me r ge r , see “ Editing Sounds
with the M R - R ack and a Compute r , ” Sequencing with the M R - R ack, a Compute r and
a Cont r olle r , ” o r “ Using the M R - R ack with a Stand- A lone Sequence r ” ea r lie r in this
chapte r . I f you ’ ve got a M I D I patchbay, see “ Using the M R - R ack with a Compute r , a
Cont r olle r and a M I D I Patchbay ” below.
Connecting the Rest of Your System
Now that you ’ ve made you r M I D I connections between you r compute r , cont r olle r and the
M R - R ack, skip ahead to “ M aking A udio Connections ” late r in this chapte r .
I f you ’ r e using a Gene r al M I D I ( G M ) sequence r , you ’ ll want to see “ Using the M R - R ack f o r
Gene r al M I D I M usic ” nea r the end o f this chapte r once you ’ ve f inished setting up.
Using the MR-Rack with a Computer, Controller and MIDI Patchbay
T oday ’ s pe r sonal compute r s can be musical powe r houses when out f itted with M I D I I n and
Out j acks and used in con j unction with a device like the M R - R ack. Some compute r s have
M I D I I n/Out/ T h r u j acks. I f you r s doesn ’ t, you ’ ll need to pu r chase a M I D I inte r f ace f o r you r
compute r .
W ith a compute r , you can c r eate new Sounds f o r the M R - R ack by using the Unisyn editing
so f twa r e ENSON I Q will p r ovide to you when you send in you r completed wa rr anty ca r d ( see
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9 to lea r n mo r e about using the Unisyn so f twa r e ) .
Some people use compute r sequence r s to play back Gene r al M I D I songs that they ’ ve
pu r chased. I f you ’ r e not su r e exactly what Gene r al M I D I is, consult the Glossa r y o r “ W hat I s
Gene r al M I D I ? ” in
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9 . Othe r people use compute r s sequence r s to c r eate thei r own
music. Fo r these musicians, it ’ s desi r able to include a M I D I cont r olle r in thei r
compute r / M R - R ack system so they can pe r f o r m thei r pa r ts and r eco r d them into the
sequence r .
A ny sto r age device connected to the compute r — a f loppy d r ive o r a ha r d disk, f o r
example — can p r ovide a place to sto r e the contents o f the M R - R ack ’ s memo r y. Y ou can also
use the compute r ’ s sto r age devices to a r chive the contents o f the M R - R ack ’ s inte r nal
memo r y, via SysEx dumps. ( I f you ’ r e un f amilia r with SysEx, see the Glossa r y and “ W hat I s
M I D I ? ” in
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9 . )
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6 desc r ibes how to pe r f o r m a SysEx dump.
A M I D I patchbay — especially one with me r ging capabilities — is the ideal way to connect you r
cont r olle r , compute r , M R - R ack and any othe r M I D I device. Once eve r ything is wi r ed up to
the patchbay, all inte r -device connections a r e j ust a f ew mouse clicks, button p r esses o r
knob twists away.
M I D I patchbays typically p r ovide numbe r ed pai r s o f M I D I I n and Out j acks — each o f these
pai r s is used by a single M I D I device. Consult you r patchbay ’ s documentation to see i f the
manu f actu r e r has r ecommendations as to which location — that is, pai r — should be used by