Elektron Musical Instruments

> > how are you recording it?
> 
> through the Line ins on my RME HDSP 9632
> 
> > what sort of interface are you using?
> 
> An RME Hammerfall PCI card
> 

Are you using this card for MIDI too? I'm working with RME hammerfall 
and I get pretty tight (enough actually) sync. There are two 
different methods I've tried when recording to Cubase (actually to 
Nuendo, but they are same to me):

1. MD in internal sync and getting the midi start-stop-continue 
commands from nuendo. Works ok for lenghts under minute. After one 
minute things start to lose sync (I'm always recording different pads 
to different tracks). I guess I should write this to Elektron..

2. MD in external sync and getting the midi start-stop-continue 
commands from nuendo. Works ok and I can record over an hour if I 
want, no syncing problems. But then I have to loose the swing (as it 
it quantized to 50, 60, 70, 80%). 

So, what I'm saying that I get thigs to work pretty ok and I haven't 
lose a sleep over this. Your problem might not be in MD? I really 
don't know..? If everything fails (I mean everything!) I always 
suggest people to try to clean to whole computer (format everything) 
and do a clean install from start to up and try to then again. Yeah I 
know, it can be a waste of time and really frustrating..



> It isn't USB.  I understand what you are saying but none of my 
>other 
> MIDI devices have bad sync with Cubase's MIDI clock.

Joys of technology I guess...
 
> > (BTW, I can't believe that a sequencer as expensive as Cubase 
can't
> > be slaved to any other clock.)

It can be slaved to midi-time or whatever it's called (SMPTE) but not 
just a midi-clock. :(

So no help, but understanding...
Toni.