but how do you have all the midi connected? via usb? or do you also have a hardware sequencer?
I will check, have to puzzle a bit. if not possible in logic, couldnt I just deactivate āreceive clockā in the OT?
sounds good, do you have a demo somewhere on YT or something showing how you set this all up?
MIDI out from the 8pre to my Octatrack, then MIDI thru from Octatrack to whatever synths or drum machines I have on the desk. Very straightforward, nothing fancy.
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These videos came up when looking up the Multiclock on YouTube.
This has really cleaned up sync issues for me. So worth it and Iām surprised that other companies donāt make similar boxes.
As for the UA Apollo I could see lots of worthy alternatives, other interfaces or mixers, but I donāt know what Iād do without the ERM.
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Is it really a good idea to recommend an E-RM Multiclock or UA interfaces just to get a jam going? Iāve been making music for years (hardly professionally admittedly) and Iāve never once felt the need for this gear just to get a steady connection going. Just use MIDI cables dude!
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This is what I do after countless hours of testing. Overbridge in DAW sends sync to Digitone over USB. Digitone is master of all the rest of the gear in the studio via the MIDI DIN sync output. Unbeatable accuracy. As good as a ERM, as long as you donāt need to offset the clock of several sequencers: only the ERM can have multiple offsets. Iāve many sequencers running off the Digitone this way, without an issue. You donāt even need to change whatever setting if you launch the DAW, or if you close it. Hit run on the DAW, everything starts in sync, hit run on the Digitone, everything starts in sync too. If you already own a Overbridge enabled sequencer, try this first. Youād need to do some calibration to compensate for latency when recording back in the DAW while synced to the DAW but your DAW should provide such procedures (hopefully). Mine does, so when I record everything is sample accurate.
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To each their own. Admittedly, Iām no pro either but was just sharing what I feel has really improved my hybrid setup. Iāve seen people on here recommend the Multiclock for years and for years I was resistant to such advice. I finally bought one a year ago and it really does help a lot for creating music with a hybrid Set, at least for me.
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worked perfectly on my old BLA modded Digi002, wonāt generate clock at all with the new Studiolive 32r. the LED lights up but nothing happens.
Anyhow, I think I mentioned it before but after years of MIDI jitter on Windows systems I finally updated to Windows 10 and USB MIDI clock is now about as stable as the OT and MPC2000xl. Measured with a MidiGAL running the MidiClk firmware, jitter from Reaper running under Windows 10 is too low to measure; with the same hardware, drivers and version of Reaper under Windows 7 it was +/- about 2.5 bpm and completely unusable. First time Iāve gotten usable MIDI clock from a Windows machine since XP, and also first time Iāve gotten MIDI clock that stable from any computer except the old Atari ST I traded for a long time ago. Still not stable enough for the OT to work well with, though.
Iāve been falling in love with a hybrid setup. Overbridge has hit a very stable state, and Iām making music faster than ever. But, Elektron doesnāt make a traditional poly synth, and sometimes you want a different character than Elektron.
Does anyone have any experience getting a kind-of Overbridge experience with non-Elektron synths?
Most importantly, Iād want Total Recall (patch saved with a DAW project), but a plug-in editor would be a nice bonus.
I believe there are VST editors for the prophet 6, OB6, and such, which are beautiful polysynths.
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i gather the Moog Sub(sequent) series are good for this
yes they have a good editor too, but not polyphonic.
Thanks! Do you (or anyone else really) have experience with the plugins? If so, which ones? I absolutely adore OB6ās sound, but would need to be really sure on hybrid workflow compatibility to justify the cost.