Re: Midiocracy

[Tom Swirly <tom@swirly.com>]

I don't know these units but it sounds bad... cause everyone wants to be master!

A desperate trick that has worked before is free-running sync.  Modern digital clocks are very accurate, as long as Logic can respond to MIDI start/stop and your tempos are precisely the same, your two clocks should run very close for a long time.

I blame all your gear and programs, and Logic most of all.  Every device should be able to run as a slave, but a sequencer particularly.

On Jun 19, 2011 9:50 PM, "Phil Clevenger" <phil.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK Looperati -
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> After 3 days of tearing my hair out, researching on the web, and one perplexing visit to a Guitar Center MIDI hotshot about a third of my age, I am crying 'uncle' and calling LD tech support:
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> Is there really no way to synch an EDP or LP-1 with rhythm tracks from Logic Pro, *and* control the looper with a MIDI footswitch (FC300) ?
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> • The loopers both have MIDI in/out/thru.
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> • The FC300 has MIDI in/out.
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> • Logic from my MacBook is using an M-Audio MidiSport USB cable, which has MIDI in/out.
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> I can get either clock from Logic into looper, or footswitch control into looper, depending upon cable routing, but have not been able to get both at the same time.
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> Thought I had a genius idea to use the LP-1 MIDI clock out to drive Logic's BPM (instead of the reverse) only to find that Logic Pro 8 cannot operate as a slave.. gah !
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> Truly appreciative of any pointers. It's OK to point and laugh too.
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> Phil :)
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