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Re: calculating rhythmic synch between analalog delay pedal and bpm



i have that delay pedal-
never been able to sync properly over time-
always drifts
s
(thank godd for the pcm42 that i(used to) loop w/)


>Won't that drift horribly?
>On Sep 6, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Rick Williamson wrote:
>
>> Here's one more variation:
>>
>> >what math do i use to figure out what would sync a drum machine  
>> bpm to  a milliseconds knob on a delay pedal?
>>
>> taken from a post by "John Greythorne":
>>
>> y = (240,000 * (d / t)) / x
>>
>> where t is the divisions of a bar (e.g. 16)
>> and d is the delay time (e.g. 3)
>> and x is the bpm of your song
>>
>> y is the delay time in milliseconds
>>
>>
>> so to calculate 3/16ths of a bar for a 120bpm song, the calculation is
>>
>> (240,000 x (3 / 16)) / 120
>> = 45,000 / 120
>> = 375 milliseconds
>>
>> >wondering if precision is possible?
>> To control the mooger fooger via MIDI you'll need a MIDI to CV,  
>> "control voltage",  converter box of some kind.
>> This link shows several. http://www.synthzone.com/cv.htm
>>
>> Analog is not perfect and will have to be retuned on occasion, but  
>> it'll be close enough
>>
>>
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