MIDI In, Out, and Thru | What's the Difference? – Daniel Fisher

Daniel Fisher, Sweetwater's MIDI mangler, dives into the differences between MIDI In, Out, and Thru, often accompanying synths and keyboards and designed to easily interface with gear of all kinds to enhance creativity through additional performance and recording options. Check it out!

0:00 – Intro
1:15 – Novation Summit and ASM Hydrasynth Desktop
1:44 – Connecting Two Synths via MIDI Out to In
2:27 – Not Sending Program Changes
2:55 – MIDI Out of 2nd Synth to MIDI In of 1st Synth
3:48 – MIDI Thru Definition
4:12 – How MIDI Thru is different
4:30 – Hydrasynth Explorer to Summit to Hydrasynth Desktop
5:32 – Why You Need MIDI Thru
7:09 – Options for MIDI Out and MIDI Thru
7:58 – MIDI In, Out Thru Wrap Up
8:15 – Thanks for Watching!

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[uriel-heavensguardian]

Best explanation i have ever heard on midi. After all these years now i understand. Thank you.

[DrunkardTV]

You're one of the best music teachers in the world.

[impulseproman]

i had a MIDI handbook that friend from the UK gave back in the 90's and that open up a whole new world for me with MIDI

[krea]

This is an excellent midi tutorial video that solved a part I didn't know.

[ambidex]

All these years I've been so wrong...
I've been playing with MIDI since 1990, and I ALWAYS thought that THRU was everything In and ALSO what was generated Locally. I had no idea it was ONLY a copy of what came in, unless specified otherwise. I'm remembering some troubleshooting sessions where I literally was pulling my hair out and eventually gave up. This is probably why... Well, you live, you learn...eventually.

[Mr_A_Mia]

Awesome video! Love these quick lessons you guys have been doing.👏🏾

[drsamurai]

Midi Thru I've found to be the key to daisy chaining and MPE controllers. I take 5 behringer synths (two Neutrons, a CAT, a Pro-1 and a Model D) and set them to channels 1 thru 5. I take my Roli Seaboard Rise 49 and set it to Multi Channel Mode, using channels 1 thru 5. If I set them all to pitch bend an octave and set the Roli to an octave bend range, I have a 5 voice BEM (with similar voicings of course) where each BEM can independently pitch bend. Works the same if your sound module is multi-tibmral in a similar function. Set 8 slots in my old TG-33 and I have a Poly AT receptive and Poly pitch bending TG-33.

[stevebravo]

Thanks for this, got an Irig midi 2 from Amazon and I'm currently figuring the ins and outs of a roland td4 ekit and a Yamaha keyboard.

Kids are awestruck, all our minds are blown.

Thanks for explaining what that 'thru' port does 😂😂😂😂

[kevinperry]

That's a lot of really good information! And a great video too, thanks for sharing 🤘

[alainszyller]

Thank you for all your great videos.
A few questions:
1/ does it mean that you cannot daisy chain if most of your keyboards have only in/out but not through?
2/ About midi channel, is there anything to set?
3/ how to prevent midi in/out to switch the program on the receiver keyboard when you switch it on the controlling keyboard?

[MikeUIibarri]

Planning a midi solution for 4+ synths, several MIDI controllers and effects pedals, plus MIDI guitar. Hmm...

[KidNovaDaHitMaker]

Do the MIDI cables in and out pass MIDI and audio information, or do you have to connect multiple 1/4 inch lines from each device you're using into line inputs in the interface you're using? I'm assuming since it's MIDI the audio isn't transfered through them.

[sleekitwan]

Good. Now you introduce the fact some equipment makers decided to put ‘consumer-friendly’ labels on MIDI sockets, so it was ‘clearer’ a MIDI out, should be connected here. So they labelled MIDI IN as in fact, a MIDI OUT, because that’s meant to be easier for a consumer. In other words, the consumer could just connect the ‘out’ of their keyboard or computer, to the socket marked ‘OUT’ on the device to be connected. So it was just ‘out’ goes to ‘out’. But I think we can agree this is not in fact helpful. There’s also early stuff, the fact some kit worked if chained up in a certain order, but not otherwise. I imagine, all these 1980’s teething issues have settled down by now (I hope). Thanks for your take on clarifying it.

[rjbush]

Excellent. What about MIDI merge and Thru boxes? How do you manage MIDI channels per device. I’ve always set my drum machines to channel 10.

[bkhiphopnews]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON ROLAND FANTOM 8

[notluzn]

I cannot figure out how to connect my Roland Juno DS and my Korg Wavestate to where I can have both play their sounds separately, , They only have Midi in and out

[juanarocho]

I have a mojopedals midi controller connected to a Roland jdxi, but I also have a Juno ds that I would like to include and be able to switch between both synths with the mojopedals! How do I do that?

[CC-fipp]

Can I do a midi handshake with midi through?

[dinogoldie]

Why are some MIDI splitter boxes mains-powered?

[chickenlickin]

is says what it does on the bleeding tin, in! out!, thru! which is a copy of in right??