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Moog Minitaur on pedalboard?

Hi,
I just got a Future Impact 4 and it is absolutely amazing. I have a moog minitaur which I used for Tech House subbass and which sounds absolutely amazing.
As the Future Impact seems to be super accurate in regards to tracking I am thingking about using it to trigger the Minitaur. For Synth Sounds as well as maybe an Envelope Filter as it has audio in.
The Minitaur comes with a PSU delivering 1200 mA which no pedalboard PSU seems to deliver.
I am completely new to pedals (just using a Zoom B2four and now got the Future Impact) I have no idea how it works in terms of groundloops etc.
Is it possible to just run a mains cable (230 V in Germany) underneath the pedalboard, connect the pedalboard PSU and the Minitaur and just go ahead or am I likely to get groundloop issues?
As far as I know midi uses an optocoupler so this is fine.
Does anyone have any experience with that?
Thanks for helping
 
If you mean that you'll split the mains cable and power the Minitaur with its own PSU then yes, I think you should be fine powering both your pedalboard PSU and the Minitaur off the same extension cord. Since they're both inherently being plugged into the same circuit, you shouldn't have any ground hum issues, at least between the Minitaur and the rest of the board.