Elektron Musical Instruments

--- daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote:
> 
> Syncing to MIDI clock is very tough because all
> manufacturers
> interpret the standard differently, and in order to
> sync to all the
> different sequencers the MD/Mono need to be
> omniscient and make up for
> all strange behaviours.
> 
> With Machinedrum OS1.19beta and Monomachine OS1.04
> (due very soon) we
> have verified the following setups to work well:
> 
> MD->Mono
> Mono->MD
> Cubase SX->Mono/MD
> Logic->Mono/MD
> MPC->Mono/MD
> MONO/MD->MPC
> 
> The setups above have been tested with four
> different setups, Mac, PC
> and different MIDI interfaces. However, no setup is
> like the other one
> these days so someone will probably experience some
> kind of problem.
> 
> So, there _was_ an issue with syncing the Mono/MD to
> Cubase, but as
> far as we know we have solved it in OS1.19. Please
> check and see what
> you find. There is a bug in SX2 though when using
> loops which we have
> reported to Steinberg.
> 
> We haven't tried with Live before, and when checking
> now I can confirm
> that the Mono/MD syncs very badly to it. We will try
> look up why and
> see if we can adjust something to the 1.20 official
> release.
> 
> Again, please do not pay atention to the tempo
> displayed in the tempo
> box when the Mono/MD is synced to external clock.
> The tempo displayed
> is a rough calculation of what tempo the incoming
> MIDI clocks
> represent. This tempo is just for display though,
> the Mono/MD syncs
> exactly on each incoming clock. It's like a chain,
> where each MIDI
> clock is like a tooth on a cog-wheel. That's why the
> swing is
> quantised when the Mono/MD is synced - it's
> quantised to the closest
> MIDI clock. That's also why the Mono/MD freezes
> first when sync is
> lost. The cog-wheel stops, and until the internal
> fallback timer makes
> the Mono/MD resort to internal clock, everything is
> held.
> 
> Syncing correctly with MIDI clock is a tough
> business, but perhaps
> with a scientific research with a report like the
> excellent
> feature-request submitted before 1.19 we could make
> it happen in a few
> more setups!
> 
> Daniel
> 
> PS. They say this is the warmest winter we've ever
> had in Sweden. =)
> 


Thank you Daniel for all the help! Any chance of
getting some more sample sounds added to the E12
machine on the MD and MnM. 

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