ClikIn CV slow BPM for Clock In?

[Jeremiah]

Trigger and sync are not necessarily equivalent to a clock. As noted on page 25 of the NDLR manual, the NDLR is expecting 24 Pulses Per Quarter note (PPQ). I suspect the trigger is only outputting 1 pulse per note (thus, the PPQ will change depending on if you are making eighth notes or sixteenth notes). The other instruments are happy to receive a single pulse to trigger their activity, but this is not a clock.

This is why I suggested using the 5-pin MIDI connection to get the NDLR to play in sync with your TR-8S. The MIDI spec for clocks is always 24PPQ and nothing else. It always works.

I just turned on my NDLR. With it set to anything but internal (and no external clocks supplied), it always says 0.0BPM in blue text. If I start and stop the external clock, it displays the proper BPM. When the external clock stops, it continues to read the last BPM it received, until a new clock is started.

Hope this helps.

Yes, it does help. Thanks! I'll try the 5 pin. Though I feel a bit sad about it.