Is there an disadvantage to using the same Virtual Midi port for both in and out

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I'm currently using 4 virtual ports.

  • MT --> Virtual Port 1 --> Ableton Live Instance 1
  • Ableton Live Instance 1 --> Virtual Port 2 -->MT

and

  • MT --> Virtual Port 3 --> Ableton Live Instance 2
  • Ableton Live Instance 2 --> Virtual Port 4 -->MT

Would there be a disadvantage (or advandtage) if I did this instead?

  • MT --> Virtual Port 1 --> Ableton Live Instance 1
  • Ableton Live Instance 1 --> Virtual Port 1 -->MT

and

  • MT --> Virtual Port 2 --> Ableton Live Instance 2
  • Ableton Live Instance 2 --> Virtual Port 2 -->MT

....or... does it even matter?

Thanks,

Gabriel

2

Hi Gabriel. No disadvantage that I’m aware of.

 

Steve

 

3

The only thing I don’t think works is looping back on MT1 Out back to MT1 in. For that I would use something like MIDILoop or MID Yoke (if on Windows). I think I ran into this as an issue before if you are trying to process the additional input coming back from MT1.

I think Mac has a native way to create and use virtual MIDI ports.

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Hi, just a quick addition: you can use the Bome virtual MIDI ports generally in both directions, also for a loopback — on Windows and also on Mac.

Just make sure to not create an infinite loop — e.g. if your DAW is set to MIDI Thru/Echo (MT Virtual 1 IN to MT Virtual 2), then connecting Virtual 1 IN to Virtual 1 OUT in MT Pro will create an infinite loop, which can slow down your system considerably…