MOTM

Make your life easy.

Record it back to the Sonar computer. Record it in mono - cuts the 
computer's work in half. If your computer can't handle this, spend 
$150 bucks and get it upgraded to a decent processor.

Because Sonar would be triggering the MOTM, it will stay in sync. 
Your audio tracks may be slightly delayed from the MIDI, but they 
will be consistently delayed. You can shift the audio tracks to the 
left after they're recorded in Sonar, if necessary.

Good luck with it, & post some MP3's!






--- In motm@y..., mbedtom@a... wrote:
> This is probably a RYFM (read your flamin' manual) question, but 
I'll ask if 
> there are any pointers someone could share...  How does one 
synchronize 
> tracks that are recorded at different times?  That is, MIDI track 
#1 is sent 
> player-piano style to the MOTM.  The audio produced is recorded 
onto computer 
> hard disk.  Now, MIDI track #2 is sent player-piano style to the 
MOTM.  The 
> audio produced is recorded onto computer hard disk in a different 
file from 
> track #1.  (Will mix 'em down later.)  If the composition is long, 
the sync 
> will be horrible.  What is the "right way" to fix this?  What if 
the 
> "recorder" computer is a different computer than the "Sonar" (MIDI 
> player-piano) host?  CPU clocks are way different!
> 
> Assume the following:
> 
> 8 MIDI tracks exist under the auspices of Cakewalk "Sonar" on a 
Wintel 
> computer
> MIDI-CV (for MOTM) interfaced to computer via MOTU "midi express"
> MOTM system only large enough to realize one quality MIDI track at 
a time
> Hard disk "recorder" is another, separate Wintel machine
> 
> Without some sort of "master clock", the tracks will invariably get 
out of 
> sync with each other.  The longer the piece, the worse the sync-
loss will be. 
>  Am not certain if I have the correct hardware to eliminate this 
problem.  
> All product manuals yak on and on about sync, but no single manual 
accounts 
> for the pieces of equipment I have and how they should be tied 
together to 
> minimize minor timekeeping differences.  Is there a "standard" by 
which this 
> is done?  The MIDI standard has been around for a long time.  There 
MUST be 
> some "Musical Instrument Synchronization Interface" standard, isn't 
there?
> 
> I am completely ignorant on the subject of syncing so if someone 
knows of a 
> suitable primer, I'd be overjoyed to read it.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Cheers!
> Tom Farrand (in blissful ignorance)