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Syncing Up

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:28 pm
by X-Trade
I've tried this once or twice but its always ended in disaster.
I recently tried again after buying a new macbook but I still can't really get my head around it:

I have a Korg TR, a Korg Radias, and Cubase on both PC and Mac.

now, should I be syncing cubase to the TR? or the TR to cubase? I rarely use the TR sequencer actually so its more about getting arps right.

Last time I tried syncing my Radias to MIDI Clock from Cubase on the Mac (through the USB MIDI), The arp came out slightly jumpy and the delay would click as it tried to adjust to slightly different tempos when it should be quite stable.
It was slightly better when I set it to not follow the song position but it was still a mess.

Similarly, syncing Cubase to the Radias caused jittery audio artefacts...

so instead I just make my tempos match and run everything internal.
well, mostly. I actually run the Radias off the TR most of the time, but these aren't actually synced to cubase, they're free running.

What am I doing wrong?