Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Turby Schmidt" <trabantmusic@h...> wrote:
> Hi, i´d like to sync my XX7 with Cubase/VSTack (XX7 as Master) ... I trie=
d it >
>out with Cubase as Master, XX7  set to external Song Start Accept, Tempo i=
s 
>set to match,

this confused me a bit - which do you want as the timing master, your XX7 o=
r 
Cubase?

if you want the tempos to match, then you need to set the XX7 base tempo to=
 
"ext" , external sync (if Cuabse is master), and configure Cuabse to send M=
IDI 
clock to the XX7. i'm not a Cubase user, so i don't know how you do that. i=
f you 
want the XX7 to be Master, then set the tempo for whatever you want and 
configure Cubase to receive MIDI clock from the XX7.

manually setting the XX7 tempo to match will result in drift, sooner or lat=
er. this 
is inevitable, no fault of the machine.

> I think i could manage the problem using 
> Timecode instead of Clock, but i don´t know if iys possible/how to set up=
...
you could use Timecode to sync instead of MIDI Clock, but you'd need a 
device to translate SMPTE into Beat Clocks, as the XX7 only receives Beat 
Clocks. these devices can be pricey, and you don't really need it. Beat Clo=
ck 
can work great.

i had timing sync problem a month or two ago, and solved it by using the 
highest quality (and most expensive) MIDI cable i could find for the XX7's =
MIDI 
In port. this was Realm's suggestion, and believe it or not, the cheapo MID=
I 
cable was causing jittery tempo sync.

the tempo offset you mentioned is a bit strange. so it doesn't fluctuate, i=
t just 
stays static at that difference? could it have to do with the frame rate Cu=
base 
is set to? most sequencers have different frame rates to choose from in 
syncing to film, and maybe that has something to do with it.

sorry to be so vague on the Cuabse stuff - i use DP (but am wanting to jump=
 
ship to Logic now!)