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Re: EDP & cakewalk sync problems



>hi all,
>
>i've been syncing my edp to cakewalk via midi, with some degree of
>success.  but i'm experiencing some drift.
>
>i'm looping within cakewalk (say 32 bars), and looping the edp (say 4
>bars) within cakewalk's loop.  the edp doesn't seem to want to stay
>sync'ed with cakewalk, and there is a disturbing amount of drift after
>only a few loops.  in some cases, this is a good thing.  but i'd like to
>have more control over it.
>
>so, any ideas on how to tighten up the phasing?  is there a parameter in
>the edp that will allow it to continuously monitor midi time?

It does continuously sync to midi clock, if you have Sync = In. You should
see the far right decimal point flash on the display with each cycle when
midi clock is present, and when the loop syncs it will also flash the
second-from-the-right decimal point.

Are you sure it's not cakewalk that's causing the problem? Some
PC/sequencer combos are horribly inaccurate with clock timing. Also, make
sure cakewalk is actually sending clock. (the dot flashing on the plex is a
reasonable way to check.)  The echoplex is pretty tolerant of drift, and
will still try to sync even when the clock has changed by several BPM.

>would i
>be better off by sending a click to the edp's brothersync?  if so, what
>types of sounds work best for this?

I think you are much better off with midi, even more precise actually,
since the echoplex checks midi slightly more often. If you want to do this
though, you would actually send the sound to the BeatSync jack, not
brother. Any click or sharp percussion type sound would be fine.

kim


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