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Description
Midi patchbay and router. Also sends program change commands to various MIDI devices.
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Features and functionality
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The MOTU Midi Time Piece II offers deep routing, remapping, and filtering via a well-organized menu accessible through the front panel knobs.
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User experience
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Using traditional MIDI cables instead of USB significantly reduces noise interference, providing a cleaner overall system setup.
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Comparisons
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Value and pricing
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Critic Reviews
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Indispensable!
The Sycologic handles routing and program change commands for the entire keyboard rig. It can save up to 32 memories for instant recall on the remote controller. Each one will change the settings of the entire rig as you programmed it saving time going around changing sounds and such on each device. It handles up to 16 MIDI in and 16 MIDI out. The only flaws are that it could do with having more than 32 memory locations and the program change section only goes up to 99, but it was built in 1986... Nonetheless, I couldn't run my rig without it!
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As listed in this 1990 interview on the Music Magazine Archive
In the film of the Wembley concerts from 1987 a Sycologic M16 MIDI Matrix controller can be seen on top of Tony's Emulator II. The rack unit itself can also be seen under Tony's mixer on the left side.
Seen here at: 27:23 https://youtu.be/BZtb-6K8LxQ?si=jLQvyn8X39_mAMtb&t=1643
The hardware is impressive: an E-series 48-channel SSL with total recall; Westlake BBSM10 and NS10 monitors; a recently acquired Mitsubishi 850 32-track; 24-track Studer A800III; Studio 3 synchroniser; Sycologic MIDI Matrix; Studer A820 2-track; Technics DAT player; Macintosh II computers; a whole range of effects, including Lexicons, AMS, Focusrite PSU121, Teletronics LA24 limiter/compressor ("they're like gold dust. It sounds great on my voice"), SPX90s and so on.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is documented using the Sycologic M16 Digital MIDI Matrix in the RWS engineering diary available on Whitefiles.
Andy Richards uses the Sycologic M16 Digital MIDI Matrix, as reported in the article "Programmer's Protocol" from Music Technology, June 1988. The gear is part of an extensive setup that includes a Fairlight Series III, a PPG Wave 2.3 synthesizer, and various other instruments, all integrated through the Sycologic M16 MIDI matrix.
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