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Re: [elektron] Problems with external sync

2008-03-18 by Thomas Preine

Hi,

On 18.03.2008, at 14:25, Tony Scharf wrote:
> I dont know about logic, but you can use the clock shifting features
> in live to nudge the timing a bit till it falls in sync.
>

I already tried that (please see my original message below...).


greetings,

Thomas

>
> Tony
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Thomas Preine  
> <thomaspreine@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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