If you just need clean, stable clock sync between your DAW and hardware but don’t need actual MIDI transfer, by far the most cost effecive way is to get an old (pre-USB) MOTU MIDI Timepiece II. They’re easy to find on eBay in the $30-$60 range and depending on where you live you might be able to find one for less locally. I’ve got one around because they’re still really useful as a powerful MIDI router/filter (there’s nothing comparable anywhere near as cheap on the market now), but you can also send SMPTE timecode from your DAW to the MTPII and use it to generate MIDI clock for your hardware. I haven’t used it for that but I did the same thing with my MPC for years. Much better timing than direct clock output from a USB MIDI interface.
Really solid construction, some of the sturdiest encoders i’ve ever seen, no soldering to repalce the battery. Relaly the only thing to be aware of is they’re old enough that the LCD backlight will probably be pretty dim.