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Title: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: FlavioB on November 17, 2017, 11:36:16 am: Hi all.
I do have a Roland SBX-1 which I use as my main/master clock. This has a cool feature/button which is called "Sync". What it does is as follows:

"Press the [SYNC] button if synchronization has been lost.
Synchronized playback will stop while you hold down the button, and will resume
on the next beat when you release it."

This does not work with the BSP with the latest 2.x firmware: it simply doesn't act, it just goes on.
Anybody has this issue as well?
Any solution to this?

One other thing: when I stop SBX-1 and press start again, the BSP doesn't start from step 1, but just "continues" where it left.
Is this behavior correct?
Can it be changed?

Thanks and regards,
Flavio.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: I grec on November 20, 2017, 09:45:57 am: Hi FlavioB,
You do not say what sync you use (MIDI, clock DIN).

Regards,
Yannick.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: FlavioB on November 20, 2017, 05:31:57 pm: Hi.
I'm feeding MIDI sync into my SBX-1 and I'm working with MIDI out from SBX-1 into my MIDITEMP MP88, from that one forwarded to BeatStep Pro and all my other gear (MIDI).
F.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: I grec on November 30, 2017, 09:13:57 am: Hi FlavioB,
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from that one forwarded to BeatStep Pro
Did you try connecting the BSP directly to your SBX-1?

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One other thing: when I stop SBX-1 and press start again, the BSP doesn't start from step 1, but just "continues" where it left.
If the SBX-1 sends a "MIDI real time Continue" message, this is normal.

Regards,
Y.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: FlavioB on November 30, 2017, 09:20:28 am: Quote from: I grec on November 30, 2017, 09:13:57 am
Hi FlavioB,
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from that one forwarded to BeatStep Pro
Did you try connecting the BSP directly to your SBX-1?
Yes I did - and with BSP directly connected to SBX-1, it works!
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One other thing: when I stop SBX-1 and press start again, the BSP doesn't start from step 1, but just "continues" where it left.
If the SBX-1 sends a "MIDI real time Continue" message, this is normal.
Can you suggest some "sniffer software" to capture MIDI on that port and analyse it?
Thanks,
Flavio.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: megamarkd on November 30, 2017, 09:26:22 am: Quote from: FlavioB on November 30, 2017, 09:20:28 am
Can you suggest some "sniffer software" to capture MIDI on that port and analyse it?
Thanks,
Flavio.

If you are on PC, MidiOx will do the trick.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: FlavioB on November 30, 2017, 09:30:17 am: Quote from: megamarkd on November 30, 2017, 09:26:22 am
Quote from: FlavioB on November 30, 2017, 09:20:28 am
Can you suggest some "sniffer software" to capture MIDI on that port and analyse it?
Thanks,
Flavio.

If you are on PC, MidiOx will do the trick.
I'm on both Windows and Mac OS X, I'll give it a shot with MidiOx ;-)
F.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: I grec on December 01, 2017, 04:02:08 pm: Hi all,
Yes for MIDI-OX on Windows. You can try MIDI Monitor on Mac OS.

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Yes I did - and with BSP directly connected to SBX-1, it works!
That means your MIDITEMP MP88 is filtering messages. I guess it is a "Song Position Pointer" message that is not echoed and I think it is understandable.
You should use a MIDI splitter.

Y.
Title: Re: Roland SBX-1 and "Sync Button" not working with
Post by: FlavioB on December 07, 2017, 09:24:50 am: Hi all!
Nevermind this issue - I re-cabled everything and I found out that I connected the incoming clock (master clock) wrong: it was connected to the MP88 and was sending constantly the clock to each device. Whereas now I connected it into the SBX-1 and all went well!

Thanks,
Flavio.