CME H12MIDI Pro premium USB Host Midi interface

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Just saw this new midi device from CME. Looks pretty interesting to me. What do you guys think? If you’re in the US you can get a pretty sweet pre-sale deal. Hopefully that comes to the EU as well but doubt it. Just bought the H4midi which I don’t regret but this seems like it ticks most of my boxes and should have waited for perhaps.

CME H12MIDI Pro in short :slight_smile:

  • 6 USB-C host ports + 6 TRS MIDI in/out for large multi-device setups.
  • Standalone MIDI router with full merge, split, filter, and remap.
  • Ultra-low latency with proper isolation and a 32-bit processor.
  • Saves multiple presets and can switch them from the front panel.
  • Acts as the central MIDI hub for complex hardware studios.
  • Can power connected devices (Torso T-1 hopefully)

Quick comparison to H4MIDI

  • More ports (6 USB + 6 TRS vs 2 USB + 2 TRS).
  • Much deeper routing/filtering.
  • Designed for full studio setups, not small rigs.
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I have the H4 and it is quite cool when it’s working but it doesn’t do great at acting right when I power things back up again so I almost always have to spend some time in the app resetting the various filtering and routing options to avoid clock loops making everything wonky. Quite honestly is more of a pain than I expected and it’s much easier to just have my Oxi control all my MIDI stuff with Oxi split 2 so my drum machines/multitimbral synths each get dedicated split ports and a CME 1:5 thru box on one of the split ports for the single channel synths.

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Alternatives to be considered:

  • Retrofits Rk6, more compact
  • JMK Pedals Plexus, no app needed at all

I am not a big fan of CME’s apps, even though I am totally into their WIDI hardware.

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Oh, yes, I have that as well… Sometimes it misses a device and I need to power on things in a certain order.

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I have the RK-006 and love it. 2 ins and 10 outs is amazing and also USB Hub. It’s perhaps a bit flimsy with its micro usb-port and you need a special slitter cable to use with a usb-hub but other than that it’s a life saver.

And an issue im facing with it is that I can’t for some reason connect it to my computer when using the hub but have to connect it to my computer directly without the hub so it’s not something I can have as a permanent set-up so I need something in between. No im using a Elektron TM-1 and this works great. But would be nice to just need one midi master device :slight_smile: