Is it possible to make an old school multitrack midi recorder like MC500 or MMT8?

#1

My plan is to make one device which is both an audio multitrack looper and a midi multitrack looper in perfect sync with each other. But I want a decent resolution and long loop lengths, so I can record unquantized midi over long sections, like up to 32 bars or more. I've searched and found the looper objects, but only step sequencers. How would I go about designing an actual event sequencer/ midi multitrack recorder/looper? Oh, I want to record midi by playing in real time with a midi keyboard. A metronome would be cool too. Thanks

#2

thats really smart i also like features like on the looper if you hold a note down it will erase all the notes , check midibox seq v3 for that...

#3

Yeah thats a nice project. A bit like the MidiREX but with audio would be great.

#4

I did some audio-loopers (they're in the community library)
but I want to create event-loopers as well...
what do you consider a 'decent resolution' ?

#5

I saw that @rbrt ! Totally awesome and half way to my goal, thanks! For midi, 96ppq (like the mmt8) would be enough I suppose, though double that would be even better.

#6

It would also be cool if it could work with external midi clock as well as send out the internal midi clock reliably. A delete button to erase all events while it's playing back, a midi merge overdub mode, switchable soft thru...

#7

Id suggest resolution and syncing via clocks is done via trigger inputs...
then the clocks can be done separately, as they are need for other things too.

#8

That's a good idea @thetechnobear.

#9

Here's info on the MMT8. I have one too if anyone needs me to test anything. http://www.mmt8.com/manual/intro.php

#10

Hello! Any advances on this? Would be really interested on a realtime MIDI looper such as described here. Thanks and Happy New Year!