02-24-2020, 12:14 PM
(02-22-2020, 08:22 AM)Jesse Johannesen Wrote: Ok, that's great info, I agree that the midi interface is not a likely culprit, even if it is the latest firmware it may be worth a reflashing as it may just be a setting that accidentally got switched or something I can't think of that just fixes itself with a reinstall. a couple more things to try first:
For both Motifs set them to a short even numbered pattern length, then choose a rhythm that has a trigger every beat and just to keep things under control, shorten that down and make it an even number of beats. set clk division to x4. In the menu turn the setting for pad quantisation off. Try playing that and see if that lines things up for you.
Turn down the tempo to something low, and listen to the drone while watching the beat indicator, if the on screen tempo indicator is lit (red on the one and then the next three are a different color) that indicates a down beat and with the 5 dots and 4 filled squares, you should be hearing the drone trigger in time. This test can help us figure out if it's actually everything else that's been off.
Let me know if any of that returns good info!
Jesse
Hey Jesse, so I spent the weekend testing and playing around. I've localized the issue to clock sync on the midi inputs. Here was my test:
The NDLR: Powered by connecting to the PC via USB. Midi In and Out are connected to the iconnectivity MioXM (for whatever reason the MioXM USB host port doesn't see the NDLR, so I needed to use MIDI - this is so I don't have to rewire my studio when I practice performances in "Dawless" mode).
The Deluge, Korg XD, DSI Rev2, Pyramid, and Neutron are all connected to the MioXM via usb host. Finally have I have a zoia connected via midi to the mioXM.
The MioXM is connected to the PC via USB DAW port.
Both Reaper and Live are configured to send out midi clock to the Deluge, Korg Minilogue XD, Rev2, Neutron, zioa, pyramid, and NDLR (via USB and Midi).
If I program a sequence on the Pyramid and Deluge, then hit play on the DAW. They both play locked perfectly. When the NDLR is locked via USB is to rock-steady as well. I can trigger all of the different parts and they stay locked regardless of when I trigger them. (the sequence on programmed on the pyramid and the deluge matches the pattern matches the drone patter of the one solid block followed by the divided block, followed the two solid blocks, so I can see if it locked to the phase of the pattern).
When I switch to MIDI A for sync, however, it was all over the place. It doesn't drift, as far as I can tell, but the "phase" is dependent on when I push the trigger buttons. It doesn't seen to correlate to exactly when I press the trigger button. Sometimes it will be as much as a beat and a half out of sync. Pressing close to the downbeat tends to keep the sync in phase. (again this is different than the behavior i see with the sync set to USB where phase is matched regardless of where in the bar I trigger the sequence).