Am Donnerstag 27 November 2008 schrieb Mysth-R: > 2008/11/27 Edgar Aichinger <edogawa@xxxxxx> > > > Am Donnerstag 27 November 2008 schrieb Mysth-R: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am Quite surprised that nobody ever tried to sync 2 computers by midi. > > > I performed some tests with one computer with rosegarden and a Hardware > > > sequencer remixerr (yamaha RM1-X). > > > > > > In the RM1-X, I can choose sync mode between Intern (like a master), midi > > > and MTC. When I choose Midi, the tempo setting is not available anymore, > > and > > > the synchro with rosegarden is perfect (transport + tempo). increasing > > the > > > tempo in Rosegarden also increase the tempo in the RM1-X. > > > > > > When I choose MTC on RM1-X, the transport start with rosegarden, but I > > > always can modify the tempo. And even if I choose the same tempo, there > > is > > > some time shift few minutes later. > > > > > > In the other hand, When I make the RM1-X as a master, the transport is > > > synchro but Rosegarden keep is own tempo. So it is unusable. > > > > > > > > > I don't know very well the MTC protocol, but isn't there a way to sync > > the > > > Tempo with it ? > > > > it's been a while since i was using it, because my 8 track recorder's > > capstan > > has died some years ago. This is what i remember, maybe others know better: > > > > MTC is just a translation of SMPTE timecode (LTC) into MIDI protocol, which > > means it has time information but not tempo information. If you want tempo > > information you have to use MIDI clock and Start/Stop/Continue messages. > > Which again has the disadvantage that a slaving sequencer can't jump to a > > certain position in a song, you have to rewind and start from beginning. > > To handle this, Song Position Pointer (SPP) is used along with MIDI clock. > > > Ok thank you for sharing your experience. In fact I don't use Song mode, as > I want to play lives with patterns. So yes I jsut want to sync the tempo. > But I can't find any soft on linux that can do this job as slave or master. > I just tried freewheeling, but it can't act as a slave. So this is a problem > for me. > Other experiences or tips ? > Thank you > Mysth-R I just tried quickly to synchronize seq24(master) and rosegarden(slave) via MIDI clock, and it worked. In rosegarden preferences, MIDI/MIDI sync tab, set MIDI clock to "receive Start/Stop/Continue". In seq24 options, MIDI clock tab, set the "record in" port of rosegarden (was 130:0 now in my case) to On(Pos). Hope this is what you need, good luck... > > > > > > > > Greets, > > > > > > Mysth-R > > > > Edgar > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > > > Edgar _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
