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Sync² = Feasable ?


bill

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Haha.  I just did a search for clockbox to show someone else on another forum, and then I thought "what about that big red button thing?"  So I searched for that, then I came back here and this window was open :)

I would be interested in copying the Sync2 function into a Clockbox, should be easy enough. 

What's your ULTIMATE Master clock??

Mine: 

1.  DIN, MIDI, 16th note pulse clocks out -and- in.  Korg DIN (48ppq) optional.

2.  Sync2 - downstream stop/start on the beat.

3.  Sync Shift - fix any latency between clocks. 

4.  A jog wheel, to nudge the pattern forward or backwards without changing the tempo, say ... this would be great for DJing instruments against vinyl.*

5.  Shuffle

6.  Selectable clock dividers on each output.

* yeah BPM detection from audio would be nice, but let's not get carried away here :-)

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You're not wrong... But then again I've heard worse at lots of gigs heheheh

Hey how about adding to that list:

SMPTE

SPP

MTC

Multiple phase locked clocks (I can provide code for that from the vX)

Higher MIDI clock rates (48, 96, etc)

Multiple midi outs

* I've got a Red Systems Voyager version 2 for sync to audio, highly recommended! They cost a shiatload because they're not made and rarely parted with unfortunately. There's a smaller single channel version called the Micro Sync that's a bit cheaper. I thought I'd visit their site to give you a link and I noticed that they're vamping the site up and all the old products are gone :( (including my beloved EleVAta) but thought this soon-to-be-released product might be of interest... http://www.redsound.com/products/soundbitemicro ...Looks like a micro sync with some FX for good measure ;)

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SMPTE

Relevant for some I guess, but not on my list.  My 707 does FSK tape sync if I ever need it :)

Perhaps the solution is to use something like a "plug-in" architecture, where people can write their own plugins.  I mean, that's what we'll be doing I guess.  Just take the care to leave it open for others in the future to add more.

SPP
What?
MTC
Think the Clockbox already has that.
Multiple phase locked clocks
I'm confused here, how is that different from having individual clock dividers?
Higher MIDI clock rates (48, 96, etc)
Why?
Multiple midi outs
But of course :-)

In fact if you were to treat each MIDI -channel- as a separate out, with all the hacks applied individually per channel ... the other sync outs could be treated as special cases of MIDI outs.

While we're on the subject of ultimate clocks - Sync Shift from InnerClock Systems.  The only people I've ever seen with Hewlett Packard laboratory timing pulse generators in their studio gearlist.

Oh.  I just noticed I linked to this device earlier.  Well, maybe no-one else noticed either.  Check it out.

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I was thinking SMPTE for video rather than tape... Not high on my list either ;)

SPP = Song Position Pointer, I think that's already in the clokbox too

With the multiple clocks, the difference is having multipliers as well as dividers.

I've seen that sync shift box before (there was one on ebay a while back that I was bidding on), it's pretty cool but daaamn expensive :(

Why higher clockrates? For more accurate timing, and slaving more advanced gear like a PC...

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