03-26-2024, 01:42 AM
You sure can integrate devices with USB connections, although some play better than others in terms of being compliant. There's a list going on here and the main site noting which ones work and which don't. Just make sure to select the second button of the pair for sending to a synth, after selecting the source.
On the other question, I haven't played with MIDI Quest, but have run across the situation with some editing programs that they don't see the MRCC as an interface. For me, that meant using the MIDI ports on an audio interface to connect between the utility program and a synth. To keep from having to reconnect cables repeatedly, I did find that running a MIDI pair from the interface to an in / out pair on the MRCC then allows routing to the target device, which is much more convenient. It's not that the MRCC won't pass the data, just that it's a router and has to be downstream to a recognized interface, at least that's what worked for me on occasion. Others may have different experiences.
On the other question, I haven't played with MIDI Quest, but have run across the situation with some editing programs that they don't see the MRCC as an interface. For me, that meant using the MIDI ports on an audio interface to connect between the utility program and a synth. To keep from having to reconnect cables repeatedly, I did find that running a MIDI pair from the interface to an in / out pair on the MRCC then allows routing to the target device, which is much more convenient. It's not that the MRCC won't pass the data, just that it's a router and has to be downstream to a recognized interface, at least that's what worked for me on occasion. Others may have different experiences.