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[James Coplin]

The MidiHub parameters can not be modulated.

James

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026, 8:33 PM James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:

> I have the Blokas Midi hub, I've used the delay, but not a ton. I'll plug
> it in and report back.
>
> James
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2026, 5:46 PM Niall Munnelly via music-bar <
> music-bar at lists.music-bar.org> wrote:
>
>> They made Bars & Pipes (or Sequitur, if you're me) in hardware:
>>
>> https://blokas.io/midihub/
>>
>> So I'm looking at MIDI delays that I can play, to achieve that Steve
>> Reich "phasing" composition gambit where two identical motifs play
>> simultaneously, but rush and drag against each other. Piano Phase and
>> Clapping Music come to mind, or the opening pulses from "Music for 18
>> Musicians," which may be the example I'm really looking for. I found this
>> whilst checking out some of the usual suspects, like MIDI Solutions, as
>> well as some vintage offerings from Yamaha and "really overkill for
>> something like this" solutions like the G2 or Signal Arts MAPS (no dice,
>> but I got some other cool things out of it). But I'm in a world where Tony,
>> James Coplin and others exist, so I put it to you:
>>
>> Did MIDI Solutions or some similar auld company make a dynamic MIDI
>> delay, ideally with at least one controller, like: CV/Expression Mod wheel
>> NRPN (one can hope) or CC if the delays are significantly constrained Some
>> kind of internal modifiers, like syncable LFOs or something?
>>
>> Have you any experience with a simple, but modulatable and reliable, MIDI
>> echo? MIDI Solutions' own MIDI Delay does not appear to be a realtime
>> effect - you have to send it a sysex message and wait an appreciable
>> interval for it to update.
>>
>> The Blokas thing looks very promising from the outset. I'll have to read
>> more.
>>
>> The Yamaha MEP4: I've never seen it before, but it looks insanely
>> powerful and looks like it risks becoming one's personality.
>> https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/yamaha-midi-event-processor/1621
>>
>>
>> Other options: I'll bet the Sequentix stuff does this in standby mode. I
>> could probably learn enough of some language eventually to make a small
>> utility on the Mac, but I'm still not a programmer and I still don't like
>> using a computer for music anymore.
>>
>> Then there are solutions like PD, Max, probably Bitwig or Live, which
>> admittedly are better than trying to write something bespoke, but still. I
>> want my box with a dial and/or MIDI and CV/Gate.
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Niall.
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