Elektron Musical Instruments

I'm attempting to sync Cubase SX with the MD with SX as master and MD as
slave.  However, when playing back a sequence from SX, the tempo on the MD
is all over the place and not stable.  I know people have suggested that the
MD be the MTC master, but that isn't what I want at the moment.  I want SX
to be in control of things.  Basically I'm sending program change messages
to the MD to trigger patterns but still be in sync with what is happening
within SX.  I've successfully done this with the MPC and MD in the past with
no issues.

I looked in the Elektron-users archives and there were a couple of threads
about this early on but there seemed to have been no definitive solution
mentioned that was clear to me.

So, can anyone out there that have successfully used this configuration fill
me in on what SX (and MD) settings you used to get a proper stable midi
sync.  I'm more interested in MTC sync than midi clock sync.

thx,
nate

I could not get this to work. And I tried, believe me.

What does work is slaving SX to the MD Midi Clk [sync settings],
then triggering patterns on the MD *from* SX [e.g. SX plays C2
via ch.1 to the MD, and MD plays pattern H7 --see Global Settings
in the MD]. This works _very_ well. The timing in SX is much
improved, and the patterns play tightly.

The MD sends out clock all the time, so slaving SX to it is
transparent, as long as you have the physical connection. You
still control transport from SX.

It seems unintuitive, but it works like a charm. Try it. Trust
me.

Good luck! -E.

: -----Original Message-----
: From: nate [mailto:nate@...]
: Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:50 PM
: To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
: Subject: [elektron] Cubase SX with MD
:
:
: I'm attempting to sync Cubase SX with the MD with SX
: as master and MD as
: slave.  However, when playing back a sequence from SX,
: the tempo on the MD
: is all over the place and not stable.  I know people
: have suggested that the
: MD be the MTC master, but that isn't what I want at
: the moment.  I want SX
: to be in control of things.  Basically I'm sending
: program change messages
: to the MD to trigger patterns but still be in sync
: with what is happening
: within SX.  I've successfully done this with the MPC
: and MD in the past with
: no issues.
:
: I looked in the Elektron-users archives and there were
: a couple of threads
: about this early on but there seemed to have been no
: definitive solution
: mentioned that was clear to me.
:
: So, can anyone out there that have successfully used
: this configuration fill
: me in on what SX (and MD) settings you used to get a
: proper stable midi
: sync.  I'm more interested in MTC sync than midi clock sync.
:
: thx,
: nate
:
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Hey nate!
forget the numbers. do you actually *hear* sync problems? Because I think 
all MDs do that, but they keep into the beat. I use mine with midi clock 
(vst 5.0) and it works just fine.


>From: "nate" <nate@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [elektron] Cubase SX with MD
>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:49:45 -0600
>
>I'm attempting to sync Cubase SX with the MD with SX as master and MD as
>slave.  However, when playing back a sequence from SX, the tempo on the MD
>is all over the place and not stable.  I know people have suggested that 
>the
>MD be the MTC master, but that isn't what I want at the moment.  I want SX
>to be in control of things.  Basically I'm sending program change messages
>to the MD to trigger patterns but still be in sync with what is happening
>within SX.  I've successfully done this with the MPC and MD in the past 
>with
>no issues.
>
>I looked in the Elektron-users archives and there were a couple of threads
>about this early on but there seemed to have been no definitive solution
>mentioned that was clear to me.
>
>So, can anyone out there that have successfully used this configuration 
>fill
>me in on what SX (and MD) settings you used to get a proper stable midi
>sync.  I'm more interested in MTC sync than midi clock sync.
>
>thx,
>nate
>


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