“I used to network two MOTU MIDI Time Piece interfaces on a Mac at a studio where I worked. I have a PC at home. Can I network two MOTU MTPAV’s to get MIDI channels 1-8 and 9-16 in Windows?”
Not exactly, but there is a good workaround. On Windows, the net port will not network two MTPAV’s, but you can use two USB MTP’s or a parallel and USB MTP, and it will show up as two units with 1-8 on each, giving you 16 midi ports. Depending on your system you may need a USB hub to connect two USB interfaces. You should note that Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 have a 10 port MIDI limitation. The operating system will not correctly handle more than 10 active MIDI ports, so if you have one of these operating systems you should disable any unused ports (SoundBlaster or equivalent) and be aware that you may not be able to use all the ports at the same time. In fact, you may want to save the money and just buy one MTP and then another less expensive two-port USB interface. Windows ME and Windows XP do not have this limitation.