Help: Midi mapping to 8 channels

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18 months down the road, thank you for this! The manual wasn't too clear on this magic. ?

I've worked with this feature a bit now, and have it working like I hoped it would. And, for me, it's great. In walking through this, I found a way to see things that helped me a ton and I thought I would share. 

Basically, you're defining the relationship between each input and each output on a one->many basis. It's a smart splitter.


Setup: I have 5 MIDI input ports and 6 MIDI output ports. Two of the inputs are at a Remote 7, and one of those is a NDLR. There is one THRU (keyboard -> NDLR -> MRCC), everything else is a straight shot to the MRCC. 

Goal: I wanted to be working at any of the inputs and select any of the outputs, without sysex or any magic being sent to the MRCC.

Setup:

1. - Select an INPUT ("1" for this example)
   
2. - Select ROUTING (encoder one click CW)
   
3. - These are the routings from Input 1 -> Output 1
   
4. - Select an open MODIFIERS slot (white buttons)
   
5. - Use encoder to select C-P1
   
6. - Select next OUTPUT port (no need for any other click, just select an output)
   (after this, you'll note that the lamp on the previous port is now half intensity. This indicates that there's a modifier in play between THIS input and THAT output)
   
7. - These are routings from Input 1 -> Output 2
   
8. - Select an open MODIFIERS slot (white buttons)
   
9. - Use encoder to select C-P1
   
10. - Select next OUTPUT port
    
11. - These are routings from Input 1 -> Output 3
    

... repeat at step 8 until done with INPUT 1 routing

Then

1. - Select next INPUT port (say, "2")
   
2. - Select ROUTING (encoder one click CW)
   
3. - These are routings from Input 2 -> Output 1
   

... repeat until all input -> output routes are defined,

If you have a device that you want to send ALL data from any controller to it, then when you select that OUTPUT port, don't select a modifier, just select the NEXT output port. That will create a "static route" to THAT out with NO modifiers. The respective output lamp will be full intestsity.
DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE THIS SETUP!!!I did - once. lol


With this done, I can be at any of the inputs, and can select any of the synths via MIDI channel number.

And, the NDLR is SUPER happy... I can set each of the four outputs to any MIDI channel, which means that I can pick anything I want for any of the parts. lol - Hydrasynth pad, Peak motif, modular drone? okay. lol 


Hope this helps someone!

- mark