madbutnotmad Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello I was wondering if any one could help does anyone know if it is feasible to be able to daisy chain more than one Midibox control surface together also if someone was to create more than one control surface, each being different in design and then plugged each of these in independently via USB if the host DAW is cubase, and only allows one type of mackie Hui to be mapped inside cubase does this mean that each Midibox will behave the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FantomXR Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 You can chain them via midi I/O easily. If you want to connect multiple midiboxes via USB you would need to define different USB descriptions in the firmware which means you need to be able to compile firmwares by yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichambre Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 There's an other solution, try to contact @Zam here, he's working on something similar, chaining multiple Core with one Master connected in USB. Best regards Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zam Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Hello I'm here I use direct midi uart coupling between core at 10x speed, not optocoupler. For this you need: Same PSU for all core (my 3 core are in a 3U rack) Short wire between core J11 connectors Routing configuration at "master" core where midi i/o (to/from slave) go to USB midi 2 to 4 My protocol emulation is MCU Now for your specific configuration, If cubase only allow 1 HUI device to be configured, I suspect all your controllers will be mirrored, whatever chaining/connection between controllers you use... Are you sure you can't use MCU protocol which usually allow 4 units (1master+3 extanders) to be configured in most DAW Best Zam ps @Antichambre any news about MCAN ? Edited June 16, 2019 by Zam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichambre Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Zam said: ps @Antichambre any news about MCAN ? I still did not take the time for that... But if i remember well you already tried it ;) oh yes you need it in the NG. Edited June 16, 2019 by Antichambre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbutnotmad Posted June 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hello again Thanks to everyone for their help on my question and sure, i guess you guys are likely right with regards to 4 x Mackie control units to be used. I am new to cubase 10 and MIDI box / electronics beginner so just getting my head around it all. Used to use DAWs for long time, but previous versions and had a few years out. and things have changed. haven't used Cubase since 2000... lol. so a little learning needed. thanks again appreciate the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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