[sdiy] midi clock

[Paul Maddox]

Rude,

sounds more like you have a problem with either the thing you connect your
909 Midi Out to, or the 909 has a problem.
Colin Fraser or Trevor are the best two people to ask (as they have built
909 clones)

Paul


> i have this weird midi clock problem. i'm using my 909 to send midi clock
to
> my pc and studio, and to trigger an external midi-syncbox that sends out
> sync to the linn drum.
> now when i use the 909/linn combo alone, there's no problem. it syncs like
a
> charm. as soon as i hook up the second midi out to the studio, the sync to
> the linn stops. it does this both when i use the 909's 2 midi outs, and
when
> i use a splitter box for th midi signal.
> how is this possible? does the 909 stop sending clock as soon as it feels
> there's more than 1 midi input conencted to it? the weird thing is
sometimes
> it does decide to work. i've changed cables, reset things, you name it.
>
> any ideas?
>
> r./
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com>
> To: <tim101 at tstinchcombe.freeserve.co.uk>; "'synth DIY'"
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] midi clock
>
>
> > Tim,
> >
> > > Shudder! Because of all this talk of PICs and PLDs and things I
> > > had only been following this thread somewhat half-heartedly, but then
I
> > > remembered I had a small book entitled 'Practical Electronic Music
> > > Projects' by R.A.Penfold (Babani, 1994). In it there are several
simple
> > > MIDI circuits, one of which is for a control pedal, and another for
> > > detecting any given MIDI byte. Both use a UART chip (6402) which seems
> > > to simplify things considerably.
> >
> > from a hardware point of view it offers one benefit, no software.
> > From a component count point of view it offers one less benefit, more
> parts
> > From a flexibilty point of view, its fixed, you cant add another
feature.
> >
> > AVR/PIC stuff might seem very daunting, The monowave was my second AVR
> > project, it took me less than 3 months to get the first version of the
OS
> > fully working... Ok, since then its come on quite someway and Ive moved
to
> C
> > instead of assembler..
> > But Assembler for simple things, such as Midi/CV is not that daunting..
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>