Hi
My setup consists of an Octatrack as master and a Rytm as slave. I want to achieve as tight a sync between the two as possible, as I use the Octatrack to sequence my Virus TI Polar.
There seems to be two ways to achieve this;
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setup Octatrack as master clock and Rytm to receive clock AND transport and use the sequencer on the Rytm.
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setup Octatrack as master clock and Rytm to receive clock ONLY and sequence the Rytm via the Octatrack’s MIDI tracks.
I suspect 2) would provide tighter sync between the Virus and Rytm but I do not understand enough about how the sync works in 1) to be sure. Would there be drift in the actual song position in 1) ?
My understanding of what is going on with 1) is that when you press Play on the Octatrack both sequencers on the Octatrack and Rytm will start simultaneously. From then on the Octatrack will send sync to ensure the BPM stays the same on both devices however I am not sure there is any mechanism on the Octatrack to send MIDI song position to the Rytm.