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Re: [elektron] Problems with external sync

2008-03-18 by Thomas Preine

Hey,

first of all thanks for the quick reply :-)

On 18.03.2008, at 14:19, M-.-n wrote:
> Midi clock and accuracy are kind of always trouble. Put on top the  
> fact
> that you tigger from the "slave" unit and you are bound to get flams.
> Have you tried putting live as a master ? At least then the clock  
> pulses
> are more likely to be in sync with the notes you trigger.
>

I am using Live as master already...

> The question of course is why use live to trigger sequences if you got
> the md in front of you :)
>
:-)
I've got tons of synth loops running from there...


greetings,

Thomas

>> Thomas Preine a écrit :
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm a new (proud! :-)) machinedrum user and having problems getting
>> > the MD sync to Ableton Live (or Logic Pro, tried both, no  
>> difference).
>> > The MD is set to external sync and the software is sending MIDI  
>> clock,
>> > should all be fine. I'm using clips in Live with single midi  
>> notes to
>> > trigger the MD's patterns, MD is inserted as external instrument  
>> plug-
>> > in. It doesn't work well - I always hear flams at the beginning  
>> of a
>> > new pattern cycle/change.
>> > So timing-wise it's unfortunately completely unusable.. :-/
>> > I tried adjusting all kinds of latency/compensation values like  
>> MIDI
>> > clock delay, track delay, etc. but nothing seems to really help.
>> >
>> > Is anybody using such a setup successfully? Or has any idea...?
>> >
>> > greetings,
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > Ableton Live 7.0.2, MD SPS-1 UW MkII, MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz, 3 GB  
>> RAM,
>> > 10.5.2, TM-1 as MIDI device, built-in audio

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