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Boss RC50 and MPC midi sync problems!



the 9/7 was a typo.  I meant 9/8.  Moving on.  I FIGURED IT OUT!  Kind of.  Although it means a little extra work.  Heres what I did...

MPC -Master
RC50 - Slave

On each machine set the desired tempo.  This must be set on both machines or it will not work.  Then set the MIDI SYNC under the SYSTEM tab on the RC50 to REMOTE.  The MPC should be set to output MIDI CLOCK on whatever midi out you pick. 

When you press PLAY on the MPC the looper will start automatically, but it won't take the tempo (that's why you set and save it in the patch!).  The problem here is that the looper starts recording immediately (which blows)  so you either have to start the loop right away or set the first phrase to auto-overdub.  In the later situation, you essentially record an empty loop the length of loop you want to record, then after pressing the PLAY / RECORD pedal, when the "loop" is on it's "second" pass you start recording the real loop. 

it means that before you start every song with both machines, that you have a count-in the length of your first loop.  What a bitch.  But it works, it stays in sync. 

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:38 AM, <folkstone57@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:
Hello

No such thing as 9/7. If one gadget only does 4/4 then write everything in 4/4 & count as hemiola or get another gadget that has more time signiture options.

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From: Oldfolks Home Music <oldfolkshomemusic@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:54:45 -0600
Subject: Boss RC50 and MPC midi sync problems!

Here's an update.  I got the RC50 to sync with the MPC when the looper is running as the master BUT it falls out of sync after a couple minutes.  I'm not sure whether its the looper, the info the looper is sending, the way the mpc is receiving or the mpc unit.  This is so frustrating!

I tried out a 2880 but the problem is that I work in 6/4, 9/7 and other weird times and the 2880 only does 4/4 time.  So I'm screwed!  I wish someone could write a program for the RC50 so that it worked properly because Boss may never do it. 

Any other suggestions?  Any other loopers I should try?  The problem at this point is money and availability of other units.  Does anyone run a similar set up?

Is there a metronome with a midi out that I could use as a master clock to run to both units so that I don't depend on the midi clock in either?   Will that only mean that the RC50 won't accept it anyway!?!?!? 


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Ricardo Lopez-Aguilar
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Ricardo Lopez-Aguilar
Oldfolks Home / Solomon Records Music
http://www.myspace.com/oldfolkshomemusic
http://www.sonicbids.com/oldfolkshome




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Ricardo Lopez-Aguilar
Oldfolks Home / Solomon Records Music
http://www.myspace.com/oldfolkshomemusic
http://www.sonicbids.com/oldfolkshome