Analogue-sequencer

hello


i try to sync a mc 202 to the p3?s sync out.
friend of mine soldered me a cable (roland din sync - pin 1,3,5 from a 
midi cable) , as soon as i plug it in the 202,
the internal sequencer stops running ...
are there different types of roland din sync ?
from the manual it looks as if the sync signal is always transmitted 
from p3,
or is there any switch for it ?

regards

andreas

> i try to sync a mc 202 to the p3?s sync out.
> friend of mine soldered me a cable (roland din sync - pin 
> 1,3,5 from a 
> midi cable) , as soon as i plug it in the 202,
> the internal sequencer stops running ...
> are there different types of roland din sync ?
> from the manual it looks as if the sync signal is always transmitted 
> from p3,
> or is there any switch for it ?

First thing to check would be the cable.
For reasons of backward compatibility with 3 pin sockets, the pins in a 5
pin DIN scoket are numbered 1, 4, 2, 3, 5.
DIN Sync uses pins 1, 2 and 3, which are the two outermost and the centre
pin.
Could be a source of confusion.

There are also differences in the P3 sync output depending on which
mainboard revision you have.
The earlier units had a hard-wired choice of DIN or MIDI clock output.
If you have a unit with hardwired MIDI clock output, you'll need a soldering
iron to change it.

Later units had both sync outputs simultaneously, as I had found there were
very few problems with that.
It is however possible to choose whether a late P3 outputs MIDI clock only,
DIN sync only, or both.
You change the setting by holding down step key 1 (both), 2 (MIDI only) or 3
(DIN only) at power on.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com

hello colin


the cable is soldered in exactly the way you described it, im almost 
sure that its ok.
my serial# is 1011 -is that late ?







Colin Fraser schrieb:

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>> i try to sync a mc 202 to the p3?s sync out.
>> friend of mine soldered me a cable (roland din sync - pin 
>> 1,3,5 from a 
>> midi cable) , as soon as i plug it in the 202,
>> the internal sequencer stops running ...
>> are there different types of roland din sync ?
>> from the manual it looks as if the sync signal is always transmitted 
>> from p3,
>> or is there any switch for it ?
>>     
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> First thing to check would be the cable.
> For reasons of backward compatibility with 3 pin sockets, the pins in a 5
> pin DIN scoket are numbered 1, 4, 2, 3, 5.
> DIN Sync uses pins 1, 2 and 3, which are the two outermost and the centre
> pin.
> Could be a source of confusion.
>
> There are also differences in the P3 sync output depending on which
> mainboard revision you have.
> The earlier units had a hard-wired choice of DIN or MIDI clock output.
> If you have a unit with hardwired MIDI clock output, you'll need a soldering
> iron to change it.
>
> Later units had both sync outputs simultaneously, as I had found there were
> very few problems with that.
> It is however possible to choose whether a late P3 outputs MIDI clock only,
> DIN sync only, or both.
> You change the setting by holding down step key 1 (both), 2 (MIDI only) or 3
> (DIN only) at power on.
>
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
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> the cable is soldered in exactly the way you described it, im almost 
> sure that its ok.
> my serial# is 1011 -is that late ?

#1011 is an early unit, and it was hard-wired for MIDI sync.
Switching it over to DIN sync is not too hard if you have some soldering
experience.
The component differences are described here:
http://www.sequentix.com/build/v1.5/cnst-main.htm
Drop me a mail privately if you need more details.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com