very glad you mentioned this Ron as this is crucial to my proposed setup. (GT16 and PBC bidirectional mode)
So after Speaking with Mike Hill (rig building master) here in the UK over the phone this morning, He says that he uses the "
Kenton LNDR"
to facilitate Midi over ethernet with good success.
However, this unit will not support Bidirectional midi from one midi cable as standard.
However, The Kenton LDNR does infact support 2 way midi as it has seperate Midi IN and OUT ports... So would there be a way to make a Split cable that could split the bidirectional signal to seperate IN and OUT, and have this split cable at both units (GT16 and PBC)?
The Manufacturer of the Kenton LDNR thinks this would just be a case of knowing the exact pin configuration to do it.
Also, with regard to the order of midi devices in a bidirectional set up, unfortunatly I will be running another MIDI controller (the french made "EvenMidi", check it out) on the same pedalboard as the GT16, which will be some distance from the PBC and the other midi devices... this would mean that it may be unavoidable that the EvenMIdi will be in the same path as the bidirectional signal! You mentioned there may be "some trickery" that could make this work?
Or could I just run yet another MIDI cable for that pedal back to the PBC/Other devices?
copious amounts of head scratching indeed.