Only allow Mackie Control messages -OR- no rules just MIDI Router thru connections?

Hello,

I have several quite complicated BOME presets created for MIDI filtering and splitting MIDI controller areas to assign separate functions.

Currently, I’m a bit confused about the following setup: I have two different applications that both use the Mackie Control protocol.

Connecting the MIDI controller directly to them works great — all MC features function properly.

The problem is that the MIDI controller’s main MIDI input and output ports are assigned to other tasks directly within the DAW application.

So, I basically need a “loopback” or to create two new dedicated virtual ports that will handle only the MC protocol — acting as through ports.

I don’t think I need any filtering, although I can set BOME’s MCU virtual ports to handle only Mackie Control messages. However, in BOME’s ‘Raw MIDI / System Exclusive’ list, I can only select HUI.

Maybe I should use BOME’s MIDI Router instead of creating complicated filtering?

I already have one BOME preset in the template for this MIDI controller, so this preset will have to share the same hardware.

Any input would be appreciated.

Hi,

I assume you want to use the same MIDI controller to work with both Mackie MCU applications switching be them. Is this correct?

If so then you will need a way to tell Bome MIDI Translator Pro to switch routing on and off of a given application. Everything will need to go through Bome MIDI Translator Pro using virtual MIDI ports to each given application.

The following is an example.

I have enabled MIDI thru routes from each controller to each MCU application but I only use one at a time. I’m using a keystroke to enable and disable various routes. Upon project open I call perform ‘Init’ which in turn selects MCU-1. Then I use control-Left arrow to toggle the application ports to the single controller.

Here is how I have my aliases set up.

You can learn more about aliases from this tutorial.

Port-Select-2025-04-17.bmtp (3.9 KB)

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care


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