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Title: Keystep Arp wont sync to DAW
Post by: products7074740 on February 13, 2020, 06:01:49 pm
Trying to sync my keystep to my DAW and record some sequences but I notice the MIDI notes arent precisely on grid. My whole sequence is always plus or minus 1-15ms. Sometimes its dead on, sometimes theyre slightly behind sometimes slightly ahead. I am sending clock info from my DAW (tried logic and ableton same result) via USB and the arpeggiator triggers automatically when I hit record but it just seems like its never truly synced. Adjusting MIDI delay compensation provides similarly random results. Anyone else? Do I just have to adjust everything after I record it ? Itd be helpful to just have things sync live. Thanks for your help.
Title: Re: Keystep Arp wont sync to DAW
Post by: products7074740 on February 14, 2020, 02:31:15 am
is this just something that happens with every midi based sequencer and I just never noticed? I could swear this was something that wouldnt have a problem being totally on grid. Its no big deal to quantize when recording but live is a different story. in ableton perhaps track delay would be the answer? MIDI delay only gets me so close
Title: Re: Keystep Arp wont sync to DAW
Post by: fenin on February 17, 2020, 04:48:17 pm
do you have the same results using
midi din cables instead of midi usb ??

(i always found usb midi quite unstable in different situations)
Title: Re: Keystep Arp wont sync to DAW
Post by: products7074740 on February 19, 2020, 06:31:13 am
unfortunately my current interface doesnt take MIDI DIN
Title: Re: Keystep Arp wont sync to DAW
Post by: fenin on February 19, 2020, 07:17:58 pm
... :-[