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EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE

EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE

2008-01-21 by jjcmorris57

HI FOLKS,
SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH BUT IT HAS ME STUMPED.
I USE MIDI ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CLOCK SO I CAN SYNC UP ALL MY 
UNITS IN SERIES AND THIS HAS ALWAYS WORKED FINE UNTIL I INSERTED THE 
XL-7 TO THE CHAIN.  
HERE'S THE PROBLEM: THE XL-7 RECEIVES THE EXTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE MIDI 
SOURCE JUST FINE BUT WILL NOT TRANSMIT THE EXTERNAL CLOCK ON TO THE 
NEXT UNIT IN THE CHAIN.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM TRANSMITTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE XL-7. SO 
IF THAT WORKS WHY WON'T IT TRANSMIT THE INCOMING EXTERNAL CLOCK?
I HAVE READ THE MANUAL AND HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING:
I'M IN MULTI-MODE (TRIED OMNI & POLY)
BASE TEMPO IS SET TO EXT.
MERGE MIDI IN TO MIDI OUT SET TO OUT A = ON, OUT B=ON (NOT SURE IF 
THIS MATTERS)
TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK IS SET TO ON.
CLEARLY I'M MISSING SOMETHING. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
-JEFF

RE: [xl7] EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE

2008-01-21 by BJM

Jeff,
 
I read through your description and one thing that needs to be confirmed is
whether the next unit after the XL-7, in the chain, is set to receive an
external clock.
 
Bruce

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From: xl7@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xl7@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
jjcmorris57
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:38 AM
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [xl7] EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE



HI FOLKS,
SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH BUT IT HAS ME STUMPED.
I USE MIDI ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CLOCK SO I CAN SYNC UP ALL MY 
UNITS IN SERIES AND THIS HAS ALWAYS WORKED FINE UNTIL I INSERTED THE 
XL-7 TO THE CHAIN. 
HERE'S THE PROBLEM: THE XL-7 RECEIVES THE EXTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE MIDI 
SOURCE JUST FINE BUT WILL NOT TRANSMIT THE EXTERNAL CLOCK ON TO THE 
NEXT UNIT IN THE CHAIN.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM TRANSMITTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE XL-7. SO 
IF THAT WORKS WHY WON'T IT TRANSMIT THE INCOMING EXTERNAL CLOCK?
I HAVE READ THE MANUAL AND HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING:
I'M IN MULTI-MODE (TRIED OMNI & POLY)
BASE TEMPO IS SET TO EXT.
MERGE MIDI IN TO MIDI OUT SET TO OUT A = ON, OUT B=ON (NOT SURE IF 
THIS MATTERS)
TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK IS SET TO ON.
CLEARLY I'M MISSING SOMETHING. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
-JEFF



 


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Re: EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE

2008-01-21 by jjcmorris57

HI BRUCE,
YES IT IS. IN FACT IT RECEIVES THE "INTERNAL" CLOCK FROM THE XL-7 
JUST FINE.
-JEFF

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "BJM" <brujerman@...> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>  
> I read through your description and one thing that needs to be 
confirmed is
> whether the next unit after the XL-7, in the chain, is set to 
receive an
> external clock.
>  
> Bruce
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: xl7@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xl7@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> jjcmorris57
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:38 AM
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [xl7] EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE
> 
> 
> 
> HI FOLKS,
> SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH BUT IT HAS ME STUMPED.
> I USE MIDI ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CLOCK SO I CAN SYNC UP ALL MY 
> UNITS IN SERIES AND THIS HAS ALWAYS WORKED FINE UNTIL I INSERTED 
THE 
> XL-7 TO THE CHAIN. 
> HERE'S THE PROBLEM: THE XL-7 RECEIVES THE EXTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE 
MIDI 
> SOURCE JUST FINE BUT WILL NOT TRANSMIT THE EXTERNAL CLOCK ON TO THE 
> NEXT UNIT IN THE CHAIN.
> THERE IS NO PROBLEM TRANSMITTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE XL-7. 
SO
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> IF THAT WORKS WHY WON'T IT TRANSMIT THE INCOMING EXTERNAL CLOCK?
> I HAVE READ THE MANUAL AND HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING:
> I'M IN MULTI-MODE (TRIED OMNI & POLY)
> BASE TEMPO IS SET TO EXT.
> MERGE MIDI IN TO MIDI OUT SET TO OUT A = ON, OUT B=ON (NOT SURE IF 
> THIS MATTERS)
> TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK IS SET TO ON.
> CLEARLY I'M MISSING SOMETHING. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
> -JEFF
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: [xl7] Re: EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE

2008-01-22 by Aaron Eppolito

Note that "Merge MIDI In to Out" does *not* echo clock.  You'll want to set up the XL-7 to slave to clock (by setting master tempo to "0/ext") and then retransmit clock (transmit MIDI clock).  Note that in general, you don't want to daisy chain clock, as you'll get lots and lots of timing slop.  Better is to get a cheap MIDI patch bay that will allow you to distribute clock.  Any old MIDI patch bay (MIDI Express, MTP AV, Unitor8, etc) you can find for cheap on eBay will do the job.


-Aaron


PS. welcome to the internet - caps lock is *not* your friend...  =)
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----- Original Message ----
From: jjcmorris57 <jjcmorris57@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:08:52 AM
Subject: [xl7] Re: EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE


HI BRUCE,
YES IT IS. IN FACT IT RECEIVES THE "INTERNAL" CLOCK FROM THE XL-7 
JUST FINE.
-JEFF

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "BJM" <brujerman@...> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>  
> I read through your description and one thing that needs to be 
confirmed is
> whether the next unit after the XL-7, in the chain, is set to 
receive an
> external clock.
>  
> Bruce
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: xl7@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xl7@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> jjcmorris57
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:38 AM
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [xl7] EXTERNAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT ISSUE
> 
> 
> 
> HI FOLKS,
> SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH BUT IT HAS ME STUMPED.
> I USE MIDI ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CLOCK SO I CAN SYNC UP ALL MY 
> UNITS IN SERIES AND THIS HAS ALWAYS WORKED FINE UNTIL I INSERTED 
THE 
> XL-7 TO THE CHAIN. 
> HERE'S THE PROBLEM: THE XL-7 RECEIVES THE EXTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE 
MIDI 
> SOURCE JUST FINE BUT WILL NOT TRANSMIT THE EXTERNAL CLOCK ON TO THE 
> NEXT UNIT IN THE CHAIN.
> THERE IS NO PROBLEM TRANSMITTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK FROM THE XL-7. 
SO 
> IF THAT WORKS WHY WON'T IT TRANSMIT THE INCOMING EXTERNAL CLOCK?
> I HAVE READ THE MANUAL AND HAVE DONE THE FOLLOWING:
> I'M IN MULTI-MODE (TRIED OMNI & POLY)
> BASE TEMPO IS SET TO EXT.
> MERGE MIDI IN TO MIDI OUT SET TO OUT A = ON, OUT B=ON (NOT SURE IF 
> THIS MATTERS)
> TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK IS SET TO ON.
> CLEARLY I'M MISSING SOMETHING. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!
> -JEFF



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