I wanna show you here how to setup 1 Behringer x-touch with 4 Behringer X-touch Extender, with rtp midi and a Lan switch in Cubase
-buy a Lan Switch with minimum 6 Lan Ports ( i use the d-link DGS 108 it has 8 ports )
-buy 5 x rj45 ,cat 5 lan cables
-connect your pc to the first switch port
0-connect the x-touch over usb to pc
-press the "select" button on channel 1 and press "power on" to open the adjustment
-for cubase adjust "MC" (for Mackie Control) on channel 1, on channel 2 adjust USB, press "select" button on channel 1 to confirm
- now connect the 4 extenders with your rj45, cat 5 cables, with the switch
1 (XXX)
-now open the rtp midi programm
-at the top of the left side you have to create 4 sessions for each extender 1 session
-press "+ "symbol on the left side, on the right side you can give a name at "local name" and "bonjour
name" , name it wise like " extender 1" this session is now for extender 1
-now at the top , at right side, you have to give a "Port
" number
-now click on activate to activate the session for extender 1
1 (ZZZ)
-now adjust the extender 1
-press the " select" button on channel 1 and press "power on"
-adjust to "MC" for mackie Control
-adjust to network
-adjust to Mode
-adjust to "Master" after it to "slave" port here you have to type in the same port number you have given in rtp midi programm on session 1
-adjust to "Slv IP" on channel 3, here you have to type in the IP from your PC, normally the RTP midi programm is showing up the PC IP at the bottom on the right side or look at your router setting you find the pc ip here too
-now go to DHCP on channel 3 and set it to on and press select on channel 1 to confirm
-now the setup for 1 extender is finished, open you rtp program, look on the middle on the right side under participant, the extender 1 should show up
2 (XXX)
-now adjust extender 2 its the same way but i repeat it one time
-open the rtp midi program-
-press on "+" symbol at the top on right side to create a session for extender 2
-at the top on right side give a wise name, like" extender 2"
-at the top on right side give a port number, its important that all extender, 2 and 3,4 get a own port number, and not the same !
-click on activate
-now session 2 for extender 2 is done
2 (ZZZ)
-now adjust extender 2
-press select on channel one and press " power on"
-adjust to MC for mackie control on channel 1
-adjust "network" on channel 2
-adjust to mode on channel 3
-adjust to "slave" then to " master" ,type in the port number you have given in the rtp midi programm for the extender 2 session
-adjust to "Slv IP" type in the PC ip again
-adjust to "DHCP" on channel 3 and set it to "on"
-press "select" on channel 1 to confirm, now look again in rtp midi programm in the middle on right site under "participant" the extender 2 should be listed, the latency is showing up to
3. now you have to repeat this step for extender 3
- first create a session in rtp midi programm for extender 3, ( look above on "XXX" ), dont forget to name this session to "extender 3 "and set another own Port number
-then adjust the extender 3 , ( look above on "ZZZ" )
4- the same steps for extender 4
-create a session in RTP midi programm (look on XXX) name it "extender 4" and set a own port number again
-adjust the extender 4 like we have don above (look on ZZZ)
you have to realize that every extender need a own session in RTP midi programm, like we have done look on (XXX), with always a own session name, own IP and own Port number, and you have to adjust then the extenders with the associated settings, the session settings need the same settings like the extender, like we have done ( look above )
-now open the "device settings" in cubase under "device"
-press on "+" symbol to add a remote control device, choose here "mackie control"
-at the top on the right side you have to adjust the "midi input" and "midi output
