unrise_lyrical Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 So, I'm in an electronic group at uni (I study music) and we had a recent performance that had a nasty issue. We were running midi sync via MAX/MSP over a network we set up, but the router kept dropping the signal (turned out to be faulty). In my frustration afterwards I did some searching on ebay and came across a MOTU Midi TimePiece II (not the USB one)...I watched it and slapped a bid on it at the last second.It arrived today in perfect working order :)So, how much did it cost?$100? no$50? no$20? no....$14.50 :) australian...thats probably about 6 pounds to those from englandAbsolute bargain :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Congrats, man! :-) I missed out on an uber-bargain last week because my internet was down. There was an Alesis Nanosynth listed in the wrong category that noone bid on - starting bid was 1€. It got relisted and sold for 120€. Grrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 MOTU Midi TimePiece II (not the USB one)...There was never a USB MTPII, only later MTPXT and MTPAV (and maybe DTP?), where the alternative is parallel. You've probably already noticed it's serial so limited in bandwidth (you can't push 16 midi streams through 115kbps) and you need a mac serial to PC serial cable for it, and are there XP drivers? Regardless, it's very useful not only as a midi interface, but as a standalone router (and SMPTE genny if you use that) .. You just have to watch out, because you'll quickly find yourself enjoying working without the PC, and develop an expensive hardware desire ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrise_lyrical Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Yea :) I did a bit of reading and realised it will be a bit difficult to connect via computer, but that wasn't my original intention so if I cant do that it doesnt matter too much...I was basically planning the following singal path (probably not the best re. latency, but its better than a network that drops out intermitently):My Computer>USB CONNECTION>Novation 25SL>MIDI CABLE>TimePiece>MIDI CABLE>Novation 25SL (everyone else...4 other ppl from memory, all identical setups)>USB CONNECTION> Their computers...I take it I can send a signal (Midi clocksource) in one input, and send that signal out as many outputs as I want? Its proving to be a pain in the ass finding a manual for it (never thought it would be easy :))and hehe yea, when i said not the usb one i meant not the AV :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I take it I can send a signal (Midi clocksource) in one input, and send that signal out as many outputs as I want?Bingo. Watch out for feedback loops though, you'll crash the interface if you loop something realtime like clocks.and hehe yea, when i said not the usb one i meant not the AV :) Well there's a not-USB AV too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrise_lyrical Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 ahh, my bad! cheers for the heads up :)Exterior of it was a bit dusty, gave it a rub down with some eucalyptus oil to get all the gaff tape gunk off it...looks good as new now! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 If someone wants one, I have one I want to get rid of.I guess I'll put it up on EBay.Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jidis Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 and are there XP drivers?That's a question those of us who actually use MOTU's non-USB XP drivers have been asking for years. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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