Turbo midi and a midi splitter

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Hello everyone, had a few quick Turbo Midi questions.

TL:DR
Are you capable of splitting turbo midi through a generic midi splitter (eg. midi solutions, kenton, etc.)

Full story:
I currently have a Rytm (MK1) and an A4 (MK1). I’m planning on buying a Squarp Pyramid and noticed it has Turbo Midi available on it’s midi output port 1.
Problem is, I would like to send port 1 into a midi splitter so I can send that output port to a bunch of other gear as well without having to pass through the A4 or Rytm.

Also, what advantages does turbo have over regular midi?

Thanks in advance!

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MIDI splitters usually just replicate the original signal across multiple ports.

So the output of your splitter will still be a Turbo MIDI signal which is incompatible with standard MIDI gear. That being said, I wouldn’t count on a MIDI splitter being able to reliably distribute a Turbo signal, as they were not designed for this purpose.

Turbo MIDI increases the baud rate of the serial connection. Up to 10x. So in theory you have reduced latency between MIDI messages and higher data throughput for SYSEX dumps/sample transfer etc.

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Thanks for the detailed response Justin. I keep those units directly connected.
With that out of the way, what would be the best way to have that single port controlling both the A4 and Rytm, I’m assuming one of the thru ports?

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Yes.

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