So the Drum machine also has MIDI in and out but not thru.
Does that mean I can't use the drum machine to midi my Gr20 to Sonar?

M_Glenn_M


So the Drum machine also has MIDI in and out but not thru.
Does that mean I can't use the drum machine to midi my Gr20 to Sonar?

yes

I put the UNO on my Christmas list. Thanks again guys.

Marcus Curtis

M_Glenn_M


So the Drum machine also has MIDI in and out but not thru.
Does that mean I can't use the drum machine to midi my Gr20 to Sonar?

yes

Right. Not possible, due to lack of THRU port.


However, you can record MIDI from your GR into your DR (with the DR in "MIDI storage" mode) and then later transfer it via USB into Sonar (with the DR in USB MIDI mode). Might want to try that. 

(might have the settings backwards/wrong, going by memory here, but the manual should make it clear, since you can only use the DR's MIDI ports or the DR's USB, not both at the same time, depending upon the mode you set, but I do know it can in fact be done)

You can of course also use your GR as a MIDI controller for the DR as well, say, if you wanted to play some bass sounds. Try it!

Edited to never mind - Goddard's post covered what I was going to suggest trying.

Bob Bone

No, MIDI and USB ports on DR are exclusive, can't both be active at same time, it's either/or.

Roland/Boss put some goofy limitations in their little boxes, always driven me nuts, especially in the days when the Japlish manuals were much worse than what they output today.

Well thanks for thinking outside the box anyway. 
I think he was saying it would be a two stage process.
That might make it hard to play along with Sonar playback tho.  
I put the little UNO interface on my list.
Crossing my fingers that the latency is ok.

Goddard


No, MIDI and USB ports on DR are exclusive, can't both be active at same time, it's either/or.

Roland/Boss put some goofy limitations in their little boxes, always driven me nuts, especially in the days when the Japlish manuals were much worse than what they output today.

My oldest brother used to go to Japan and get paid to correct translation errors.


His favorite was our 'Batman', which they translated to 'Man with face of bat', 


+1 on the correctness of this info - it's one or the other - just confirmed it in the manual.


Bob Bone