I recieved my midicake a few days ago and would like to know the best way to set it up with my other hardware. I have a Roland sh4d, Roland tr8s, Korg modwave and Erica Synths zen delay unit. So far i've only had the time to play with some arps connecting to the modwave, the potentials for this unique bit of kit are amazing. Should i be using the midicake as the master for this set up. Im looking to add the erica synths DB01 next and another synth soon.
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ARP can operate as Master or Slave to an external MIDI clock/transport controller. Therefore, it depends what you want to acheive.
Go to Set Mode, press menu and set MIDI Control Mode to IN (slave) or OUT (master). If you're running everything from ARP, I'd suggest using it as the master controller. It's a good place to start at least. However, if you want to use a separate sequencer for some synths and ARP for others, slaving ARP to the master controller will suit you better. Out of interest, are you chaining the MIDI or are you using a MIDI hub?