Analogue-sequencer

Feel obliged to add my 2 pence here which is that software manufacturers and as has been said probably most computer users are loving the DAW, and one way to make that more of a strangle hold on the music industry is of course to program out any option other than computer as master. Steinberg would argue that they're embracing the future but I didn't think that meant denying the past. I'm still building my P3 (tut tut I know) which I'm hoping will mean no computer period, but one solution would be Atari!
Cubase and  the best timecode no doubt - excellent. Ableton would and definitely does work with midi clock quite nicely and programmed by musicians who seem to do accurate sampling and keep the clock, strange no?

Anyway enough rant...

Have you checked that any of your other kit can take Midi clock but can output as MTC? I had, well still have, an identical problem with using Cubase on my Apple and I seem to remember that I had my 606 as master running sync to 909 then that outputing clock to machine drum which sent MTC to Cubase - ridiculous really and all had to be dumped as syncing to 8 track tape with the Apple was a complete joke. Was easier to dump the whole lot as a midi file and whack it back into the Atari - unreal. Then have the audio tracks running in Apple synced to MTC from the Atari.

Steinberg: "if not syncing correctly it's likely that your tape is running unevenly...etc etc"

My Atari's response: "All looks good to me, let's rock"

Sometimes it's better to have less options, tight parameters can focus creativity in a way that an unlimited palette can't.

Pete.

I used to use my Atari 1040 ST to sync to MTC and SMPTE code and it
worked flawlessly.  Should have kept the system, but I got rid of it
when the PC's began to look more appealing.

Has anyone tried to run CUBASE VST to sync with the P3?  Even though
the version of Cubase is not as rich and feature laden as the current
crop it might me a nice way to have some audio syncing with the P3.

What about a hardware Digital Audio Workstation... system?  Any
experiences with these?

Cheers
Steve

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, p evans <thx1742@...> wrote:
>
> Feel obliged to add my 2 pence here which is that software
manufacturers and as has been said probably most computer users are
loving the DAW, and one way to make that more of a strangle hold on
the music industry is of course to program out any option other than
computer as master. Steinberg would argue that they're embracing the
future but I didn't think that meant denying the past. I'm still
building my P3 (tut tut I know) which I'm hoping will mean no computer
period, but one solution would be Atari!
> Cubase and  the best timecode no doubt - excellent. Ableton would
and definitely does work with midi clock quite nicely and programmed
by musicians who seem to do accurate sampling and keep the clock,
strange no?
> 
> Anyway enough rant...
> 
> Have you checked that any of your other kit can take Midi clock but
can output as MTC? I had, well still have, an identical problem with
using Cubase on my Apple and I seem to remember that I had my 606 as
master running sync to 909 then that outputing clock to machine drum
which sent MTC to Cubase - ridiculous really and all had to be dumped
as syncing to 8 track tape with the Apple was a complete joke. Was
easier to dump the whole lot as a midi file and whack it back into the
Atari - unreal. Then have the audio tracks running in Apple synced to
MTC from the Atari.
> 
> Steinberg: "if not syncing correctly it's likely that your tape is
running unevenly...etc etc"
> 
> My Atari's response: "All looks good to me, let's rock"
> 
> Sometimes it's better to have less options, tight parameters can
focus creativity in a way that an unlimited palette can't.

> 
> Pete.
>

> 
> Has anyone tried to run CUBASE VST to sync with the P3?  

I still have nightmares about Cubase VST running on Windows 98.(shudder)
It had the worst Midi timing I can remember having.