A midi routing question

Elektron Gear
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Currently I’m using a combination of a midi merger and a 1-in 5-out midi thru box to route midi from my OT (as master) and a Axiom49 (as controller) to a MD, Rytm, Mnm, A4, and MB-6582.
However, I’d also like to have the option of controlling the OT with the keyboard too.

Would it affect my current setup if I were to split the midi from the Axiom and route it into the OT’s midi in while still sending both it and the OT’s midi to the other devices?
It’s kind of confusing to explain so I made some helpful diagrams :slight_smile:

Current Setup:

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Would this setup work?

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From what I can see rather than using the splitter box couldn’t you plug your keyboard midi out into OT midi in then send this signal from OT midi thru port to the merger box, along with running a midi cable from the OT midi out?
Thru from OT will pass keyboard midi through to the merger box
Doing this should save having to use the midi splitter box

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Both solutions will work. But in both configurations you will run the risk of midi latencies caused by chains and ‘processing’ boxes.

Have you considered an overall solution, somthing like the mio10 i.e.?

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Thanks psyclone001, I hadn’t thought of that. In my limited testing last night it seems to work with no noticeable latency.

I can see something like mio10 would be a nice overall solution, but I can’t justify the $$ right now.

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Sweet