Elektron Musical Instruments

I've always had trouble using a midi note to trigger patterns in sync. 
It's pretty obvious really. If the note is on the beat, when the 
sequencer sends the note, it's already late...

I generally run Live as a master, tweak the midi clock timing for the MD 
port until it's as good as it gets, and then send ProgramChange to 
switch patterns. (or, actually, usually I just record back to audio, and 
switch manually from the MD front panel).

/Patrik
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M-.-n wrote:
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> 
> Midi clock and accuracy are kind of always trouble. Put on top the fact
> that you tigger from the "slave" unit and you are bound to get flams.
> Have you tried putting live as a master ? At least then the clock pulses
> are more likely to be in sync with the notes you trigger.
> 
> The question of course is why use live to trigger sequences if you got
> the md in front of you :)
> 
> Thomas Preine a \ufffdcrit :
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I'm a new (proud! :-)) machinedrum user and having problems getting
>  > the MD sync to Ableton Live (or Logic Pro, tried both, no difference).
>  > The MD is set to external sync and the software is sending MIDI clock,
>  > should all be fine. I'm using clips in Live with single midi notes to
>  > trigger the MD's patterns, MD is inserted as external instrument plug-
>  > in. It doesn't work well - I always hear flams at the beginning of a
>  > new pattern cycle/change.
>  > So timing-wise it's unfortunately completely unusable.. :-/
>  > I tried adjusting all kinds of latency/compensation values like MIDI
>  > clock delay, track delay, etc. but nothing seems to really help.
>  >
>  > Is anybody using such a setup successfully? Or has any idea...?
>  >
>  > greetings,
>  >
>  > Tom
>  >
>  > Ableton Live 7.0.2, MD SPS-1 UW MkII, MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz, 3 GB RAM,
>  > 10.5.2, TM-1 as MIDI device, built-in audio
>  >
>  >
> 
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