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<div>That's a really great idea.</div>
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<div>GB</div>
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<div>From "René Schmitz" <<a href="mailto:synth@schmitzbits.de">synth@schmitzbits.de</a>></div>
<div>To "<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>; "Jean-Pierre Desrochers" <<a href="mailto:jpdesroc@oricom.ca">jpdesroc@oricom.ca</a>></div>
<div>Date 4/3/2025 12:55:40 AM</div>
<div>Subject Re: [sdiy] MIDI commands to drive external clock steps..</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Apart from MIDI clock as others mentioned, also consider the option of using "irregular" pulses. </div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The simplest is to use Note-On / Note-Off and turn that into a Gate, which then clocks the sequencer.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Then you can lay out the steps and timings freely in the PC.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02.04.2025 22:58, Jean-Pierre Desrochers via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But I’d also like to use it with external pulses coming from<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some kind of ‘MIDI to clock pulse generator’..<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My question is, using a PC sequencer (like Cakewalk SONAR X3 Pro, or any PC sequencer),<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What MIDI data should I use and read to get timing pulses ?<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are many ‘clock related’ MIDI data available<br>
but I cannot find which one(s) to use..<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’d like to have the choice of timings like whole, half, quarter, 8th, 16th, etc..<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help..<o:p xmlns:o="#unknown"></o:p></p>
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<p>Cheers,</p>
<p> René<br>
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