Elektron Musical Instruments

Try setting the MD as the clocking device.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "sid -" <sledgemoor@h...> wrote:
> hello user list!
> 
> 
> i'm using the machinedrum with fruityloops studio 4.1 (yes, shoot
me... ;)
> 
> i've set up a midi out track in fruity to trigger patterns on the
md, not 
> single drum hits.
> 
> when i set the md's sync source to external and set the master sync
out in 
> fruity, the md isn't really in the same bpm. i guess this happens
b/c a pc 
> is a bit unprecise when running such apps and doesn't have the exact
bpm, 
> the md is more accurate.
> 
> anyways, the song has 120 bpm in fruity, and when i run it, the md's
bpm get 
> updated with every beat, balancing between 128 and 115 bpm, that
goes up and 
> down but never really hits 120 bpm. you can imagine that the beat
doesn't 
> fit to well from time to time then...
> 
> i also tried to set the md's sync to internal and to 120 bpm and just 
> trigger the drum pattern every 16 counts, but that is also too
unprecise, 
> sometimes the bd sounds like if hit twice at a time then.
> 
> i know that fruityloops isn't cubase, isn't reason, isn't any of these 
> higher level killer music making apps, but i use it since years and
it seems 
> best for me (the studio edition even more).
> 
> so, can anybody help me?
> 
> greetings from austria,
> gert
> 
> 
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