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[elektron] Re: timing problems with MD, please help me!

2005-02-19 by drammy2004

Am I missing something - is this not the same message as before?



Drammy


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "DAVID LACKEY" <dlackey@r...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hiya,
>  
> Had to answer - straight up the problem is your computer/midi - not 
the
> MD. I have personally tested the MD as a midi clock slave across
> multiple multitrack audio passes over 15 minutes record time to a 
very
> high precision clock master and believe me - the MD is the most 
reliable
> hardware sequencer you will find. On average over all passes the MD 
only
> drifts less than 0.3ms  - and as I said - this is running the MD as 
a
> slave to a GOOD clock source.
>  
> Sort the Midi/USB slop out from your computer.
>  
> All the best.
>  
> Kind regards, 
> David Lackey 
> Technical Support & Internal Product Specialist 
> Roland Corporation Australia Pty Ltd 
> Tel:61-2-9982-8266 
> Fax:61-2-9981-1875 
> Email:  dlackey@r... <mailto:dlackey@r...>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: drammy2004 [mailto:martyn@r...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 5:38 AM
> To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [elektron] Re: timing problems with MD, please help me!
>  
> 
> sticky039,
> 
> Sorry I didn't reply to you PM about this.
> 
> I have pretty much given up on using the MD in slave to Cubase.  
The 
> timing is so awful and Elektron seem to bugger all to fix it!
> 
> The MD is my only piece of kit with this problem.  My set-up is 
first 
> class and certainly not at fault.  The MD still insists on 
responding 
> up to 100 samples early or late.  It is not consistent enough to 
> simply use a delay as sometimes it is early, sometimes late!
> 
> Apologies for not being any use here, I just thought I'd better 
reply 
> and let you know that I agree this is a problem and Elektron are 
NOT 
> fixing it!!!
> 
> 
> Drammy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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