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Hardware MIDI Filter Needed

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My Brotha's,
I am in need of a Phillip Rees CSF MIDI Filter.

I have an upcoming production that will be using a hardware sequencer, MIDI lights, and the Alesis HD24/96.

I said I would never get involved with another dance production. But the awesome choreographer from the Hussies was cut loose, as she was out of place in Nashville. I couldn't picture her with a Stetson anyway.

But this project is being booked for 2008 already, and I haven't even seen the itinerary ! Needless to say, the CSF was the only hardware filter I knew of that was specifically designed to filter out the latest standards, such as that bogus Active Sensing shit, etc. I will be using a MOTU Timepiece w/ SMPTE, and master / slave options, but with all of the MMC, and MTC stuff going on, active sensing clogs up the flow.

I will pay top dollar for one. I tried to bid on the German ebay, but by the time I registered ( lengthy translations ), it closed. But it wasn't purchased. I really need this little gem quick. I am at your mercy.
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Post by Janni »

What about these ones....

www.midisolutions.com/products.htm

Maybe that helps...
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Jan
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Brotha' Man Janni,
I am indebted. This is exactly what I need. I have emailed the proprieter for a custom built device to do exactly what I need.

I prefer hardware designs to reduce the number of tasks that a software design is capable of doing. It's my style of having a DAW becoming similar to a RISC processor of yore. Reduced Instruction Set Computing. When running mission critical performances it is imperative to have redundancy, and control. The sheer amount of information that gets transmitted from controllers during automation is astounding, it's overbloated, unnecessary, and thanks to you, it will soon be totally eliminated. This whole thing with Active sensing was an add on by Yamaha to ensure smooth operation of it's motorized faders.

I used a Yamaha QX-1 hardware sequencer back in 1984. I used it with my TX816, Alesis MIDI FX, MIDIVerb, DX7IIFD w/ grey matter, and an Oberheim DMX drum box w/ eprommer. There were no wasted moves or worthless information on our LCD's. Everything had a value and a purpose. Then came the Emulator SP12 drum machine, and the Yamaha DMP7 motorized fader mixer. The QX1's giant sized memory decreased quickly with all of this new gunk flowing from it. Back then I had to sort out the messages myself w/o a filter, and delete them once I figured out the CC message. A royal pain in the arse. When adding lights and syncing to tape, if I use a specifically designed filter, I choose which messages are used and filtered. More stability, more control.

The new production I am working on has a really talented Oriental guitarist, singer. We are deciding what to call the group this week. I am a little crazy I know, but sometimes laughter heals and helps people forget their misery of day to day life, so I suggested something comical like using a Mandarin name which is normal in Taiwan, but here in the states we often make fun of some of their names. Jung is her real name, and her last name is Rhee. I thought by calling the group Jung Ho would be fun, hopefully they see it my way, if not it was worth a try. People from around the world come and see these little shows, and I thought it would be funny to have pics of the girls lookin sexy, and being called Jung Ho. We will see.


Thanks Again,


You Are My Saviour Today, Thanks.
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I have gotten my wish.
It will not be cheap, but it will ba another custom product. Besides I love having people say did you get that at Guitar Center ? No, But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.


It will be a 2U desugn with 8 memory locations switchable by a foot controller. It will filter any MIDI, sys ex, or TCCP message I choose. It will have a giant LCD ( Fuckin' A !! ) readable from 3 meters and LA Dodger Blue like my beloved Sandy Koufax use to wear on his cap, and matching the Lexicons too.

This is really important to me. Everyone who has trouble w/ CW's MIDI really can avoid all of those worthless MIDI messages that are coming from modern day controllers. You'd think you could de activate it on your controller ? But my God, that would have raised manufacturing costs by 2 cents, can't do that.

I can damn near run lights sound and video from ONE KS88 right now. 2 of those with a hardware Solaris and one upgraded 3 card Scope DAW will be plenty for me, as I am dedicating 2 Scope DAW's for the production. These 2 new MIDI patcher / filters will be awesome.



Janni Rules !!
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scope4live wrote:... Jung is her real name, and her last name is Rhee. I thought by calling the group Jung Ho would be fun, hopefully they see it my way, if not it was worth a try...
yeah, you just had to try that one... in particular as 'jung' is the German equivalent for 'young', which you already guessed, didn't you ? :D :P
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Please,......................Stay Seated.


If it were an all guy band, which BTW would draw much fine trim in Vegas, I would have called the group,............. Long Wang, or maybe Wun Hung Lo ?
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A disease that Frued discovered ?
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Thanks Jimmy!
Glad to have helped you!

If you translate Rampensau word by word, it's something like stage-pig, but in a positive meaning! :D
E.g. The Stones are really Rampensaeue!

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Well the American slang which is similar and probably comes from German language transcribed somehow, is to call a guy a real Ham. It now makes sense to me, as my grandmother had to learn English back in 1914 after having her sermons and schooling all done in German in St.Louis, which was little Germany for years until the Schwarze's took over. She had more German/American combo words nobody but us understood. I.E. the word " ichzie" as she would say meant eewww, gross, disgusting, etc. see stu was amother, which meant do you get it? Your'e a real ham, was another.

It is true though about me, I am a serious ham. When I did my first recital I was 5 years old. I did Eine A Kleine Nacht Muzik by Mozart. While everyone was guided off of the stage by someone waving and pointing, I decided to jump off of the front of the stage after doing my " Little Rascals " clasped hands self congradulation move, where it looks like you are throwing salt over both shoulders. Alfalfa from the Rascals, and the 3 Stooges were my mentors then, and I still watch them and laugh like crazy with Scope4live Jr. But my German Grandfather literally laughed his balls off. His pride in me was a major driving force for all of us. He wantred my brother to be a pro fisherman, and me to be a conductor. My brother is a Pro Fisherman, and I am...... well, a serious Ham of a keyboard player, so he was pretty darn close, God Bless His Soul.
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Well rehearsal is over, and I am taking my boy fishing. He had a good time as he loves the Doors. Since his mother was a singer/ actress/model type, he makes no comment about our female singer, who sends shivers up my spine. He loves his momma.

We are going to gig us some big FAT German Browns, and Rainbow Trouts. Of course Dosier will be part of the hunting. The old beast is not as fast as the old days, but in my family there are no such things as dogs that don't hunt.

Another great Scope weekend.
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Oh well no fish.
The rancher who owns the land let's us fish w/ permission, and limits on size, etc. But he said the bastards are smarter this year, and hang out in Lake Topaz till it gets dark.
Oh well, we will clean the pit and cook up some ribs @ 7pm instead.
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Hey Brotha' Man Stardust,
It's never beem laquered, but how'dya like my Redwwod Fence?


Solaris' wood sides will be made of that, but with the laquered coat for that prehistoric look.

BTW, since those holier than thou enviromentalists passed laws in California banning the sale of certain timber, and importing teak, rosewood ( water resistant 4 guitars ), and ironwood. Our property skyrocketed as we have Redwood trees, and Douglas Pines all over. A real pain in the fall when cleaning out the gutters and raking the yard. But I enslave my son to help, and even Dosier ( Hunter ) drags bags around for us.
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http://www.midisolutions.com/prodepp.htm



I cannot afford the custom rack I dreamed of. Contrary to popular belief I do have spending limits.

However I am having a 2 in, 2 out version of this unit which will halt whatever it's programmed to stop prior to entering the Scope's 2 MIDI inputs going the the 2 seperate MIDI A Source modules in each of my projects.

Scopes MIDI Filter has been good at stopping every other MIDI message that is being sent, however, even after viewing it's MIDI monitor, it shows no active sensing, but this doesn't mean it gets rid of it. I found that in my Plogue Bidule MIDI monitor, active sensing was coming into the routings there from Scope.

Scope doesn't generate it's own MIDI active sensing does it?

Well regardless of the softwares claims of " filtering out " active sensing, it simply means filtering it out of the MIDI monitors viewing screen.

This hardware solution will halt the active sensing at it's source. When passing the MIDI out into Bidule, and then again to the 3 hardware effects units used in each AUX via the MIDI destination modules.

I was seeing so much MIDI activity on my little MIDI activity LED's of the hardware units when no messages should be sent, this will make their performance better, as active sensing adds delays to the live automations I do in real time using CC's from my controllers.
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