u/Fabbio1984

Hi everyone,

I’m having an issue with looping a drone sample on the EP-133 KO II and I’m trying to understand what’s going on.

I created a drone loop in Ableton Live that is exactly one bar long at 130 BPM. When I play the loop in Ableton, it loops perfectly smoothly and seamlessly.

Then I export the loop and load it into the EP-133 KO II. The EP-133 is also set to 130 BPM, and I place the sample on the first beat of a one-bar pattern. I also checked that there are no trims, no attack/release changes, and nothing else applied to the sound on the EP-133.

However, when the EP-133 plays the loop, it is not seamless. There is always a small click and a tiny gap in the sound, so it doesn’t loop as smoothly as it does in Ableton.

Has anyone else experienced this with one-bar drone loops on the EP-133 KO II? Is there something about how the KO II handles sample playback, looping, timing, or sample start/end points that could cause this? Any tips for getting a perfectly seamless drone loop would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello everybody,

I want to make sure my thoughts are correct before spending money.

I already have a CME MIDI Thru5 WC receiving MIDI from an Arturia BeatStep Pro and routing the signal to 3 hardware instruments via DIN MIDI.

I’d like to add a USB-MIDI keyboard/controller so I can better control some parameters/knobs on one of the devices connected to the Thru5 WC.

My understanding is that the reliable way to wire it would be:

BeatStep Pro MIDI OUT → H2MIDI Pro MIDI IN
USB-MIDI keyboard/controller → H2MIDI Pro USB-A host
H2MIDI Pro MIDI OUT → Thru5 WC MIDI IN
Thru5 WC THRU outputs → 3 hardware instruments

Would the H2MIDI Pro correctly merge the BeatStep Pro’s DIN MIDI input and the USB-MIDI controller input, then send the combined MIDI stream to the Thru5 WC for distribution?

Are there any routing, MIDI channel, power, or latency issues I should watch out for with this setup?