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Re: MD Slave Din Sync 808 303 MC-4

2005-01-11 by analogback

--- hello david, ive been using dynsync to midi converter, its very 
tight timing wise, whats your device?
> Hi All,
> 
> Probably like many of you I love using live hardware synced up 
> properly for composing and performing. This is one of the reasons 
I 
> love my MD so much! I also own some much loved Din Sync devices - 
TB, 
> 808, MC-202, MC-4 which need no introduction. I have a nice 
modular 
> synth setup as well and quite a few CV/Gate/Trig monosynths that 
run 
> beautifully running from the various Din Sync Trig outputs. I have 
> always used Clock to Din Sync convertors (Kenton/Reese etc) to run 
my 
> Din Sync rig as a slave to whatever is my master Midi Clock source 
> [MD, G4, MPC etc]. A long standing issue [10 years plus] for me is 
> the lag or lateness in the Din Sync rig after conversion from the 
> Midi Clock Sync. My midi rig running on it's own is tight enough 
for 
> me to live with after plenty of tweeking and my Din Sync/Trigger 
rig 
> is of course so tight it makes my eyes water! Put the two together 
> with a converter and even if I try and convince myself [and 
believe 
> me I've tried] it's just not on the money. The net result being I 
end 
> up recording the Din Sync/Trigger stuff as audio and re-syncing it 
in 
> my Mac or sampling 16 bar passes and re-triggering the samples as 
> midi in my MPC. Sort of OK for the studio but hopeless for a live 
> improvised performance and a 16 bar loop is never going to be the 
> same as a synced live analogue experience. So - while losing sleep 
> and sanity pondering this deilema over the last few years I 
designed 
> a box that fixes the problem and adds some truely mind bending Din 
> Sync options. It started out as something for me - to be honest I 
> never assumed anyone else would be interested - but since making 
it 
> and sharing it with a few close friends with Din Sync devices of 
> their own [who now refuse to use their own rigs without my little 
> box] I decided to make a few a share the experience. I'm getting a 
> website together but it may be a while away so if anyone is 
> interested - please feel free to email me. I'll send you back some 
> photos and how much and how it works etc..... Sorry this post is 
so 
> long winded but I thought it best to explain how I arrived at this 
> point and how it related to the Elektron Users Group in the first 
> place. All the best. David.

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