Re: RC-50

[Scott Kellogg <bassnut@gmail.com>]

Cool, I'll do this very thing.

I couldn't get the RC to sync properly when sync was set to external,  
but it synced when set to auto.  I didn't send any tempo changes from  
the master device though (Monomachine).

Scott

On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Sjaak wrote:

>> I'm still not getting why a few people think the RC-50 is 'useless'  
>> as
>> a clock slave.
>
> OK, I'll explain. Test case:
>
> - RC-50: clock sync is set to EXTERNAL, patch tempo = 120
> - Some other midi device (synth): clock is set to master, initial  
> tempo = 120
>
> Now increase the tempo on the synth to 130 bpm and check the tempo  
> on the RC-50: it's still says 120. In order to sync the RC-50 clock  
> to 130 bpm you need to send a midi start message; you can do that  
> with starting a sequence on the sync but....this will also result in  
> starting the current phrase of the RC-50 in playback or record mode.  
> So these are the issues everyone talks about; you need more than  
> just a midi tempo change message to sync the RC-50.
>
> Sjaak
>
>
>

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