Tonverk preroll issue

Elektron Gear Tonverk
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Noticing a weird preroll issue with external clock. I’ve got my TV hooked up to an old Zoom HD-16 recorder as my master clock. When I put the Zoom into record mode and hit play, it gives a 1-bar preroll before starting.

If the recorder time is at 000:00:010 or less, TV will ignore the preroll and start immediately, which is a real hassle for syncing. If I set the time to 000:00:011 or later, TV will acknowledge the preroll and only start when it is done. Never had this issue with another device (DTII behaves properly in the same scenario).

Bug or am I doing something wrong?

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That’s the behavior I noticed with my Elektrons, can be used as a workaround to start live recording.

I can double check with DN2.

Why do you need preroll ?
Workaround : use an additional pattern.

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Just checked : doesn’t work with DN2. If you have a preroll with DT2 slaved I’d like a video proof.

None of them imo. But this can be a:
feature-request@elektron.se

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I think you may be misunderstanding - I am not trying to add a preroll with the Tonverk, the Zoom recorder starts with a preroll and the Tonverk is not acknowledging that (unless the start time is set more than 0.01 seconds off from the 0 position). So the TV starts playing before the recorder starts recording.

I could use a blank pattern on TV to offset for one bar but that would get tedious very quickly. Same with offsetting the recorder every time.

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Tonverk’s doing prerolls now? I gotta hit up my dispensary.

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Ah ok. I’d change the title : Zoom preroll issue.

If the Tonverk receive PLAY midi message too early, the problem seem to come from the Zoom.