[Solved] Basic Midi issue......AXE FXIII Midi Out and Midi Thru

[Budro Thedog]

So, I had my whole setup working fine until I decided to re-build everything, and now I'm just missing a basic midi issue.

My setup is :

MMGT32>>Axe FX III Midi In>>Axe Midi Thru>>EG>>MEG1>>MEG2>>RG

Axe: Midi Chan 1
EG: Midi Chan 2
MEG1: Midi Chan 3
MEG2: Midi Chan 4
RG: Midi Chan 5

Everything works great with the above setup with the exception of bi-directional MIDI items, like "get preset names" or the tuner display on the MMGT from AXE.

If I shift the setup to the AXE Midi Out (instead of thru), Get Preset Names and the Tuner work great, but, now I can't control any of the effect gizmos or rack gizmo.

I know that messages received at the AXE MIDI IN port are passed automatically to the AXE MIDI THRU port.

But, is there a setting I need to configure on the AXE to pass midi messages thru the Midi OUT port?

 

[Budro Thedog]

Well, maybe I'm not such an idiot (at least for this issue). It seems like the AXE FX III doenst do a soft merge of MIDI OUT to MIDI Thru.

Wish - MIDI MERGE, soft THRU for OUT - MIDI SCENE BLOCK send to THRU or OUT option

MIDI SCENE BLOCK is paradoxically less than half useful in AXE FXIII than FM3 and FM9 ! :openmouth: Let's see why and my wish (point 1 is a "must do"). == Suggestions == 1) in the GLOBAL SETTINGS add "MERGE MIDI OUT/SOFT THRU" option, so all incoming MIDI can be merged with AF3 commands to the...

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Does anyone have a workaround they can suggest or should I just go buy a midi merge box?

 

[rjmmusic]

GT MIDI In and MIDI Out should connect to Axe-Fx MIDI Out and MIDI In, respectively. Axe-Fx MIDI Thru should then connect to the other MIDI devices.

 

[Budro Thedog]

thank you so much as usual. As soon as I read it, it makes perfect sense. I was worried about a loop with that, but I guess, as long as the effects gizmos get information from the axe they dont need to have a connection back to the mmgt.

 

[Budro Thedog]

That fixed it, thanks Ron