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I've had this idea to send the MIDI from multiple MIDI tracks each through its own MaxForLive device to a central 'Brain' device, where I'll process them all in conjunction and relation to each other i.e. scripting the central brain device to mute all of channel 3's notes when channel 1's c3 note occurs, or whatever other kind of relationship between MIDI data from many channels.

The central Brain device requires each channel's live MIDI data to be accessible at the same time to be able to do what it needs to do, which is not so difficult, as each channel's MIDI data can all through a single Global object that Brain accesses. But they also need to be in sync, which is a problem.

Ideally I'd like whatever happens at a given point in time to be accessible to the brain, but by sending this data through a Global object, latencies are introduced and they all arrive at slightly different times, meaning that when channel 3's note sounds, channel 1's note may not have arrived yet and therefore cannot be processed.

I wonder if anybody has an idea of how I could achieve this? Having everything produced at a specific point in time available for a single device to access is the main problem... I've seen that buffers are possibly what people use to offset the latencies that complicate this synchronisation problem?

I've had this idea to send the MIDI from multiple MIDI tracks each through its own MaxForLive device to a central 'Brain' device, where I'll process them all in conjunction and relation to each other i.e. scripting the central brain device to mute all of channel 3's notes when channel 1's c3 note occurs,  or whatever other kind of relationship between MIDI data from many channels. 

The central Brain device requires each channel's live MIDI data to be accessible at the same time to be able to do what it needs to do, which is not so difficult, as each channel's MIDI data can all through a single Global object that Brain accesses. But they also need to be in sync, which is a problem. 

Ideally I'd like whatever happens at a given point in time to be accessible to the brain, but by sending this data through a Global object, latencies are introduced and they all arrive at slightly different times, meaning that when channel 3's note sounds, channel 1's note may not have arrived yet and therefore cannot be processed. 

Hey All,
I've had this idea to send the MIDI from multiple MIDI tracks each through its own MaxForLive device to a central 'Brain' device, w

syncing-between-multiple-devices

You may use the Brain device as *multi-instrument* which can receive MIDI from other tracks on different channels via Live's native routing perfectly in sync. However, for MIDI output from the Brain instrument device you would still need send/receive introducing some latency. 

Hey Broc, sorry for the late reply, thanks for your response.

What do you mean by *multi-instrument*? I've searched the docs and not found anything. It sounds like way to configure a device?

Ah I've got it now, thanks for your help.

Syncing Between Multiple Devices