How does it play wih other hear eg Seq V4+ ?

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Just curious - I see quite a few people have both a loopa and a Seq - apart from just midi syncing, I was curious how people are using them together. Is there any benefit in sending other midi data (other than program change) between them or best using them as separate sequencers synced ? Or using the seq as a midi router? (Was really interested in sequencing options between them - I’m quite keen on building a loopa in the near future)

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forestcaver the SEQ v4+ is a great command center to connect all synth gear (MIDI and modular) and i think it should be connected to a LoopA for most flexibility (SEQ v4+ = step sequencer, LoopA = unquantized noteroll sequencing). To connect them, i use two MIDI cables from two MIDI OUTs from LoopA to go into two MIDI INs on SEQ v4+ for 32 independent instruments/MIDI channels controllable by LoopA. Then routing those two MIDI DIN inputs within SEQ v4+ to the six MIDI DIN OUTs (every DIN output going to a midiphy MIDI THRU for low latency MIDI splitting to 24 MIDI DIN OUTs) and the eight eurorack CV/gate outs. Like this i can sequence a lot of different oldschool MIDI synths and eurorack gear directly from LoopA, as well as from SEQ v4+ without the need to ever change any MIDI cable connection 🙂. This also allows for MIDI time sync between both of them, which is great: then you can have the Eurorack clock modules divide down the tempo set by LoopA into different usable eurorack clock pulses.

Enjoy and many greets!
Peter

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Hawkeye Thanks Peter - so using loopa as he master clock and no midi from seq v4+ ? (Interesting - I had always thouht of the seq v4+ as being the master clock - not sure why I made that assumption!) For sure, the appeal of both the seq v4+ and loopa is connecting to eurorack as well :-)

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forestcaver indeed, i also have a MIDI OUT cable from SEQ v4+ going back to LoopA, but it is currently primarily used to forward the MIDI data from my master keyboard (attached to SEQ v4+) to LoopA for recording.

In the past, I’ve used the SEQ v4+ as a clock master, too, which works well without recabling anything (just need to switch RX/TX MIDI clock hardware ports in SEQ v4+/LoopA config to switch the clock master device). For the moment i’m using LoopA as a clock master, because of its autoloop BPM calculation feature, but using the SEQ v4+ as clock master is just as good, of course.

To write it down, my full midiphy wiring setup is:

SEQv4+: IN1: <- Master Keyboard IN2: <- LoopA OUT1 (16 MIDI channels to drive 16 MIDI synths or eurorack voices) IN3: <- LoopA OUT2 (another 16 MIDI channels to drive more synths/eurorack voices) IN4/OUT4: <-> MatriX BLM1 OUT1: -> LoopA IN1 (primarily forwarding Master Keyboard MIDI data) IIC1-4: Synthesizers (using MULTI THRU splitting) OUT2-3: more Synthesizers (using MULTI THRU splitting) LineTX: to Euroceiver for 8x CV-OUT/Gate-OUT, 8x Clocks, 8x Trigs USB: to Mac M1 to be able to drive VSTs from the sequencers and to forward sequence data from the computer back to the synths or sequencers for recording

LoopA: IN1: <- SEQ v4+ OUT1 (receiving Master Keyboard MIDI Data) IN2: <- MIDI drum pad (to record drum sequences) OUT1: -> SEQ v4+ IN2 (to send LoopA clip note/CC data to synthesizers/eurorack) OUT2: -> SEQ v4+ IN3 (to send LoopA clip note/CC data to synthesizers/eurorack) OUT3: MIDI clock out master channel (split by MIDI THRU, e.g. for pedals/drum machines with internal sequencer syncing to MIDI clock) IN4/OUT4: <-> MatriX BLM2

MatriX: BLM1: <-> SEQ v4+ BLM (IN4/OUT4) BLM2: <-> LoopA BLM (IN4/OUT4)

I’m really happy to be able to sequence all the old synths without any more additionally required hardware and without the need to reconfigure MIDI cables all the time 🙂. A big thanks to @latigid on for creating all the required hardware for this!

Enjoy and many greets!
Peter

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Hawkeye Thanks for taking the time to write all that down - it is actually really helpful and makes it really clear ! I suspect I’m going to have to build a LoopA in the nearish future !