How to sync using MIDI Sync or Trigger Sync?

How to sync using MIDI sync or Trigger Sync? What is MIDI Sync? What is trigger Sync? MIDI sync versus Trigger Sync? How does Sync works?
I have seen so many question online about how to sync 2 music devices that i decided to make a video about it. Sync is hard, Sync is complex. In this video I try to simplified the concepts of sync to the most useful info so you can configure your setup.
This was triggered by a question I got last week " How can I sync My Korg Volca Beats to a Roland Boutique Se-02 and have the Volca control the sync?" .
Here is your answer.
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[@gerryk9]

thanks very much. you have made the BEST video to explain sync in/out vs MIDI, and what MIDI is.

[@Nu-trix]

Thanks a lot!

[@Vaforadeicoioni]

I agree. Am a beginner, and this was very clear.

[@7Spronge]

Threw all my devices in the lake ... they're syncing perfectly now.

[@Nu-trix]

Lol. I’m guessing my accent is causing this.

[@7Spronge]

@@Nu-trix haha , not really, your accent is just fine, both words just sound the same. And thanx for the useful video.

[@blockerdaniel7887]

Threw mine into a sink. They're not syncing. Gotta try the river next

[@akrobatish]

calm, articulate and no BS. I love it. Glad to have found you good sir!

[@Nu-trix]

Thanks

[@cablenorth3297]

As soon as I watched this video I was able to sync my deluge with my microfreak knowing absolutely nothing about midi or clock sync. Thank you so much.

[@philmarchisotta]

Dude thanks a lot. This answers all my questions. It was like being in a class. Keep up the great work

[@farfisa5]

This is wonderfully coherent and concise. The explanation of the ability of MIDI cables versus analog sync cables was unexpected and definitely appreciated. Thank you for this video.

[@sepehr.rezaei]

Thank you . Video was the best source on internet

[@Redefine01]

Great description, while I certainly understood what Sync and Midi are I did not know that the definition of Sync - changed from device to device. This explains the oddities I ran across in trying to get Roland to sync with non Roland devices.

[@MaxParkerMusic]

Sooo helpful. Just got a boutique JU and want to pair it with a volca eventually. This video confirmed that 1. I can do that and 2. How. Really appreciate it

[@aaronthompson317]

Well put and properly succinct. I am presently trying to rearrange my small “studio” incorporating a couple new devices and this is certainly helpful. From my ‘beginners mind’. Thank You Sir!

[@cablenorth3297]

Such high quality thank you

[@rajeevsiriwardena3936]

The best video which describes on MIDI syncing , very technical , thanks friend !

[@andychase5213]

Thanks for that, without doubt the most useful informative video I've seen on this subject. I have synths and drum machines from, Moog, Korg and Arturia and it seems that you are expected to just know how to make them play nicely together ! Great video.

[@LjClock]

.. this video was super helpful! i have a korg, and Roland 88, and have been trying to figure this all out, thank you for explaining this.

[@yangzhao7908]

Perfect explanation and demonstration. Really appreciate it!

[@svf1972]

Great explanation, best I’ve found on KZbin. Thanks for doing this.

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

Awesome video!!! Thanks for the information!!!!!! Trying to go deeper into midi and this info is so detailed!!

[@tsgodman4409]

You're the best Nu-Trix, this is a fantastic video, keep up the great work mate, thank you so much.

[@jmcbeady8210]

Great teaching episode.

[@emreacikgoz8418]

That's what I was looking for. You are the king!

[@Nu-trix]

Happy to be helpful

[@mancavemusician]

Thank you. I'm new to syncing devices and this really helped me to understand my setup. I'm fortunate in that I'm using an MS1, RD8 and TD3 so no cross platform issues as such but it really helped me to understand why 'position' data isn't passed on on start / stop.

[@rainerd9890]

thanks for the coherent presentation on sync!

[@onmas59]

Great explanation thanks!

[@jonathanallende9739]

This is exactly what i needed to know! 🙏 Thank you!

[@Reeesegame]

Thank you so much for the clear explanation. I finally understand how it works

[@ferrellms]

Clear and concise - answered my questions.

[@matheusstefanello859]

thank you very muchhh!! been struggling with that same problem with a behringer td3. i’m a complete beginner and i don’t even now how to google the problems i got 😂. thought i was doing something wrong, thanks again

[@jaunejaune]

You can actually mod every Volca to add MIDI OUT. Korg did put the chip for OUT but not the connect haha (there is many tutorials). I did the mod for the volca Beat (you can also put very easily an Out for every Drum sounds ) and the volca Bass (which is amazing because it become a 3 sequencer in One machine !!)

[@Mistubishi.]

FREEZE!!! KORG POLICE!!!

[@Decoy303]

Sucks for people like me who have no knowledge of doing modifications let alone tools. Wish they offered a place that you could ship your Volcas to for v these modifications.

[@jaunejaune]

@@Decoy303 I learn by wathing tutorials ! it's pretty easy actually

[@philipsheard624]

Extremely useful thank you. Currently researching as I am a novice trying to sync up a Korg Monologue XD, Roland TR-8s and a EricaSynth Bassline DB-01.

[@geminielectro]

Thank you. That's very usefull. Soon, I'll have to sync a SH-01a, a Volca sample, and a Behringer TD-3. What a mess.... 😓

[@campoacceso6892]

Perfect and clear, thank you from Italy. (I have an sh01-a and volca beats, and Now i know how to NOT use them. I'm sad)

[@chriscook2451]

Great video, thanks NT!

[@claudioguendelman]

Thanks from Chile well explained... Thanks thanks thanks...

[@nervewar7738]

Thanks for this. It seems like something should be so easy and straightforward but it's not, haha. Appreciate it!

[@Nu-trix]

Sync is one of the most difficult thing to get working. Basically trying to get different devices and software from different brands created by different engineer for different user with different workflow. And in this video I only talked about music sync. Wait until you try to sync MIDI Sync, analog sync, S.M.P.T.E LTC, S.M.P.T.E. VTC, the multitude versions of Wordclork or even Black burst House sync! Now THAT is a real Nightmare! ;-)

[@terrykorsmo3586]

Thanks!

[@LegendPhase]

Was really resourceful Video !

[@suomiperkele89]

Great video, really good explained. Thanks!!!

[@simonbaker4834]

Explained a lot. Thanks.

[@jonathanyoung6397]

Damn. Now i understand this. Thank you so much! Subbed... More on Midi please!

[@TheOriginalEG]

Thank you for this! This helped me so much! 👌

[@StygianDogs]

Thanks for this video! Super helpful!

[@esssee5121]

Thank you, I needed this!

[@SouthShoreSonics]

Great info.

[@jcjrock]

Good example. Love your videos

[@flix3o3]

Very well explained! 👍

[@alanb5690]

Very good explanation...thank you!

[@kalpeshkpanchal]

Hi, so so so helpful video. Great explanation. You have got a new subscriber.

[@kalpeshkpanchal]

So in short, volca cannot be set as master when trying to connect and sync with Roland boutiques or Aira , correct?

[@Nu-trix]

@kalpeshkpanchal correct

[@andrewburns5697]

Thanks for the video. Clearly explained.

[@swampdweller5]

Thank you so much! Super helpful

[@perrypelican9476]

I think native instruments is trying to standardize things. Great great video. You are doing a good thing by explaining things like you are. A lot of beginners never learn this stuff and end up frustrated after time because they think that after time they should beat a certain level, but of course they need basic knowledge that can be boring to learn. You are making it more fun. Don’t forget you are talking mostly to beginners so fun is important to keep their attention. Anyway, I am just throwing ideas at you. I am no expert. I am sitting in a breakfast place corner Cote Des Neiges and Cote st Catherine getting ideas. Have fun mr. nutrix.

[@Nu-trix]

Thanks fellow Montrealer!

[@brianmccarthy6655]

Very useful, thanks!

[@2009Tosh]

Fantastic explanation....

[@KitCatStudio]

Very useful info! Tnx!

[@immerwiedersonntags5744]

Nice. Thank you!

[@synthlord2368]

Informative as always Nutrix. I got four of the Volcas when I first got into synths. I always wished they had made them with out and through patches for the midi cables. Alas, only the in line. There were some people back then modding them and selling them on Ebay. Haven't seen them in awhile though. I used to have one Volca with the midi line in from and RM1x and used the sync cables for the other 3. It worked but I always wanted more versatility. Ashame they didn't include more midi connections, but I guess they wanted to keep the price down. Still fun units for the price.

[@harounsamadi2527]

Many thanks ! Very helpfull 👍👍🙏

[@earanwe]

Thanx for the vid. I've my first rehearsal nest wednesday (Suán Trepia) and we're trying synching a Roland SP555 with my volca keys. Im so excited, as im asking my 'boss' for a year about going into analog synths for the band and this gonna be first time, but i was really lost into synching them!

[@Nu-trix]

Glad that it helped!

[@earanwe]

@@Nu-trix sadly rehearsal was posponed due to covid restrictions ¬¬ waiting for better times. The idea is on, tho . XXX

[@w33dOr]

Great work 👍

[@JamesVytas]

Very useful.

[@zhipengyi5128]

thanks， very helpful

[@gerryk9]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

[@ussrfeniks]

Thank Bro!

[@RaquelFoster]

To be specific, Volcas and Pocket Operators run at 2 PPQN (pulses per quarter note). Newer Volcas (2019+ like the Drum and Nubass) can be set to 4 PPQN in the global settings. Roland Boutiques run at 4 PPQN. If you hook them up to a 2 PPQN Volca they'll run at half speed. They also NEED a mono cable. They don't work at all if you use a stereo cable. Volcas work fine with stereo cables (tip = clock, ring = NC). The whole idea of using patch cables (1/4" or 3.5mm) for sync was a modular thing mostly intended to work with trigger outputs. So normally one pulse would be one step, and on a 16-step sequencer that's 4 pulses per quarter note. So it's odd that Volcas and POs use 2 PPQN. I can sync my JX-08 Boutique with a trigger out from my TR-606 going into EXT CLK IN, or with Volcas, or with my J-6. The Roland Aira Compact synths work fine with a stereo cable, and they let you set 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 24 PPQN in the settings. So you can use a them to double-clock or half-clock other things. For example, I can set my J-6 to 1 PPQN, then sync it with a PO-33 or Volca (2 PPQN) if I want the PO-33 / Volca to be clocked at half-speed and have 2-bar patterns. Some things use stereo sync cables and actually put a start/stop signal on the ring. I think the Behringer RD-8 and RD-9 are like that. They work fine with Volcas since the ring isn't connected anyway. And the RD-8 and RD-9 let you set a pretty wide range of PPQN clocks (not as many as the Roland Compacts, though). I actually never had any mono patch cables till I got the JX-08. I couldn't get it to sync with anything, but then I played with it with a multimeter trying to see what it was doing. It looks like the Boutiques detect that a patch cable is inserted the same way a Boss pedal detects that a cable is inserted - it grounds a circuit to the ring of a stereo input jack. EXT CLK IN has 3.3V on the ring. When you insert a mono cable, the jack's ring contact gets grounded to the sleeve. But if you insert a stereo cable it doesn't know because the ring/sleeve aren't connected.

[@muhammadiq]

Thanks Sir!

[@RzRipper]

Very interesting.

[@oskie66skye]

THANKS A LOT,Sir Nu-Trix!

[@kevinpackard3968]

This is making sense now. I managed to sync an Atari 8-bit computer (master) running Midi Music System software with a PO-33 and/or an NTS-1. The Atari outputs 24 pulses per quarter note from pin 3 on joystick port 2. An Arduino is used to count the pulses from the Atari and then sends out a pulse every 12 pulses to the slave. Everything seems to stay in sync until I stop sending MIDI signals using the escape key.

[@dirckxd]

The gate out on the boutique is not a clock out like you mentioned. It seems so since the programmed sequence in your example consists of 16th notes, but if you had some tied notes or rests in the sequence, the 'clock' would hang or shift on those points.

[@Nu-trix]

You are entirely right.

[@jonnysterling6917]

Great video!

[@djsweatysac1842]

thanks for the video - I find this to be an annoying part of my setup.

[@midifilescom]

merci !

[@Nu-trix]

Avec plaisir!

[@seeditchmusic]

Much love Thank you 💐🌈❤️

[@frankramrath8433]

Thank you. Much informative. I want to use an electribe to controll the 2 volcas and the microfreak (+ uno). So i think if i should use sync or better only midi.

[@Nu-trix]

MIDI Sync is more complete

[@Kim-on1ej]

Thx

[@BlakeDrummond]

this is great- im having issues getting midi synch to work in logic...

[@KurtLorenz]

❤❤❤

[@enjenj6655]

Very helpful... After looking at the OP-Z along with the optional ZM-1, could something like that drive your Volcas and Boutiques since it has CV out and Midi out (Midi via 3.5mm)?

[@enelaoszafetas9300]

Watched that again and yes as people say this is very informative. Thank you for your great work! I am thinking to get a behringer td 3 and i am wondering if i can trigger it with the microfreak. The microfreak has cv/gate out and clock in/out and the td3 has sync in and filter in and im trying to understand if the td 3 can be triggered by the freak. Ideally i would like the output of the freak to be audio in at the td3 cause there is no space at my mixer..... Some say you can do that with the filter in of the td3 but its not official. Sorry for all that mess but its new territories for me. All the best from Greece and keep it up :)))

[@zazoomatt]

So right Nu-Trix. Flux Capacitor's are a Triffle bit ouchy.........I hear You and thank YOU

[@chrismartin6690]

Really useful. Learnt alot did not realise that diff Manufacturers mange sync differently.... I want to sink Roland FA06 to My TR-08.. But cant see the settings in the manual for the TR-08 , Please help Thanks..

[@kurthendrix7324]

Wow, you just explained that perfectly. It helped thanks. Do you do private tutoring ?

[@Nu-trix]

Yes, just need to schedule a date and time.

[@kurthendrix7324]

@@Nu-trix, how do I do that? Also, do you use,zoom or any other platform ? And price ? What platform to pay?

[@Nu-trix]

Write to me at [e-mail].

[@rjadamz9117]

Yes very thankful. Next question: WHAT IS MIDI thru?

[@Nu-trix]

I can make that !

[@Holiday_Ringo]

Ive been using a pocket operator to sync volca keys to a roland tr6s.

[@moonboy2022]

To sync 3 devices would you do this... 'Clock Out -> Sync In -> Sync Out -> Sync In' and can I send midi to sync? Cheers for video is very helpful.

[@MrGeoffashley]

Thanks so much for the video!! Not sure if I was the one you mentioned asking the question..or if it’s that commonly asked...but thank you. Kinda bummed the Volca can’t trigger the Boutique. I use a Volca Mix which has a master tempo control...but I can’t hook up my Boutiques to it. I don’t have an SH-01a so I was unaware of it’s tempo knob on the front panel..I have a JU-06 and SE-02 and the tempo control isn’t as easy to work with than the Volcas. Oh, well. At least now I have a definitive answer that it really doesn’t work, and it’s not just me hooking it up wrong

[@Nu-trix]

You triggered the need to make the video. But it is a question I see almost everyday online!

[@MrGeoffashley]

“Triggered” the need...ahhhhhhhhhhhhh See what you did there Again...thank you for the definitive answer. I’ve been looking to invest in an MX-1 anyway for my Boutiques

[@Nu-trix]

See another idea for a video ... the mx-1.

[@MrGeoffashley]

I just received my JU-06a and I have a theory on the sync with the Volca Mix. What about a Korg SQ-1?? I saw a video from Perfect Circuit Audio with an SE-02, SQ-1, and a Volca Beats. The Volca Mix could clock the SQ-1 which could clock the SE-02 and JU-06a through ext clock in. Just a thought. I’ve been wanting an SQ-1 anyway for other gear

[@elevan2760]

Great video mate. Do you have any additional information on how to set external gear to a daw? Cheers

[@Nu-trix]

What would you like to know?

[@elevan2760]

@@Nu-trix I meant to write sync.. How you can sync external synths to your daw so they essentially act as plugins in the box I.e. Start, stop and continue with your daw so you can write music accordingly

[@Rafix-drummer]

A question for the experts. *How do I connect devices with built-in sounds Directly to a control keyboard that has no sounds? *Which cables do I need? And what is the friend why? - I have: launchkey 25 mk Novation control keyboard and want to connect it for example: to CIRCUIT TRACKS. Or - for the Roland device / Roland Aira S-1 and use their sounds. Many thanks to the helpers.

[@Nu-trix]

The easiest interconnection between devices is using MIDI cable (5pin DIN). Out of the controller in the sound generator. But today, not all device have MIDI in and out. Some only have usb. Than you need to got through a computer and assign the MIDI to a MIDI interface out or to a USB MIDI compatible hardware synth,

[@tcalzuolo]

Great video. I think i have the ultimate question. I just bought an Akai APC mini to cue music in OBS for shows. I want to assign for example 5 triggers (music tracks) to the same volume slider but cannot seem to figure this out. Thanking you in advance for any suggestions. Keep up the great work.

[@Nu-trix]

A MIDI volume is link to a specific MIDI channel. If you want one MIDI fader to control the volume of 5 sounds, they should be on the same MIDI channel.

[@tcalzuolo]

@@Nu-trix I've tried but I get a message saying the channel has already been assigned. ill keep trying. thank you for responding.

[@Nu-trix]

Have you tried to use only one channel in OBS and put all the triggers on the same channel in the APC?

[@tcalzuolo]

Im not sure when you say one channel in OBS. Please excuse me if I'm not understanding. I try to explain it a bit more in detail. I am using the midi set up in OBS on my Mac. I am using the APC mini. I have 8 rows with 7 triggers and one volume slider below each of them. I have separate tracks assigned to each trigger that turn on and off just fine. I can assign one track to the volume slider but when I attempt to assign more than one I get a message that says" Can Not Map Channel 0. Please Click Listen One Or Listen Many to listen for MIDI Event to map". after clicking OK I then get another message that says" Mapping already Exists for APC MINI, with channel # 1 norc # 51 and Message type Control Change. I hope I'm answering you question. thanks again for your help on this.

[@aaron8298]

Hello mate awesome channel on here 👍 I have the SH01a I’m looking to add reverb and delay what’s the way to this ?

[@Nu-trix]

You mean adding an effect pedal or as a plugin in your DAW?

[@aaron8298]

@@Nu-trix hello yes I’m looking to add a pedal but if I use the trigger out in the tr8s can I use the effects via the channel on the tr8s if so I do if that way thank you for your reply 👍

[@Nu-trix]

I think you could send the SH audio out inside the aux TR8S aux in and apply to it the TR8S effects. But I would have to check (I know I do it with the System-8 )

[@RiccardoFranconi]

Nice video!!! I use tr-8s as master midi out go into midi in of a ju06a. Everythings works, but if during the playback I stop the sequencer from ju06a , when I restart the sequence is out of sync. Why? I didnt understand the reason. Thank yoy very much.

[@kimrobinson7692]

Hi I love the way you explained it. What's confusing to me in the midi world of is what's the difference between a midi "sync" box a midi "thru" box? It sounds like a play on words, if they both send the exact same type and amount of midi messages between 2 devices. Based upon your knowledge and experience, is there a difference between the messages stemming from a midi "sync" box versus a midi "thru" box? Does a midi thru box allow midi messages through or thru? And does a midi sync box sync all messages or just a few? The difference between those 2 type of boxes is what confuses me. Do you know which one is better between the two: a midi sync box a midi thru box? (I really appreciate your insight, because you definitely explained things where it's easy to understand). I look foward to hear what's your take on sync versus thru. Thanks for sharing your insight.

[@Nu-trix]

In short: a MIDI THRU box simply copies the MIDI IN to multiples THRU to send the exact same message that was received at the input. A MIDI SYNC box would normally affect the sync messages (not the notes or the controls changes) it should be able to receive a certain type of a sync (that is not MIDI) and generate from that a MIDI sync message, or vice versa. A sync box will permit you to have to incompatible machine talk the sync (tempo, song locator, start, stop, etc…)

[@kimrobinson7692]

@@Nu-trix I was thinking to use a 1010 music black box to better sequence the sounds from a casio wk 7600 keyboard, and keeping the sounds from the casio, utilizing black box to build a song. In that situation is a sync better than midi thru? If I understand synce vs thru properly the way you explained it (please correct me if I'm wrong), in this case to keep the sounds from the casio keyboard but control it using a 1010 music black box would be better to use a midi sync box instead I think. Am I understanding that right? Thanks always

[@perrypelican9476]

FYI, nothing to do with this topic. Just to tell you that UVI just released Falcon 2 with crazy new stuff. I don't know if you have Falcon but if you do, this update to version 2 is free, which says a lot for the lack of greediness of UVI considering how huge this update is. I personally think their products are top quality. Great sounds. I tried most synths but I only ended up purchasing Falcon and Serum. Did you do a video on the new Massive X? Anyway I am curious about your opinion of the new Falcon 2. I don't have any hardware synths except for a tiny one I got to learn to connect midi out from my iconnectaudio4+. I really like the midi side of music making. It amazes me how much you can do with something as relatively simple as midi. I like to help people to set up midi systems. My favorite midi gadget is a powered midi hub. There are excellent ones and they almost guarantee no power issues amongst many connected devices and no need to disconnect one midi instrument or synth in order to use another because of power problems. Boy did I ever go off topic. I don't k ow if I gave your email address. That would make it easier than communicating by comments. Keep having fun as often as you can.

[@IntangibleMan]

Informative video! I'm trying to sync up a Drumbrute Impact and a Behringer TD-3...I figured this would have me on my way, but I haven't figured it out yet...both have MIDI IN/OUT and sync, but I'm stumped... Edit: I figured it out! Got the midi control installed and the firmware update did the trick. This might be of interest to people in regard to compatibility issues with korg or other companies, the Drumbrute has different timing options available for Korg and anything else👍 What an awesome little drum machine.

[@Nu-trix]

Thanks for the info!

[@Zaleskee]

WOW!, thank You for this Master Class, this video describes it all in detail and with such clarity!. Can you please recommend a sync device, I would like to synchronize My Cubase project running from a PC to a Protools session running from a Mac. I want to make Cubase the master and Pro Tools the slave. Essentially, I want to press play, stop, rewind, scrub left, right and have pro tools follow. The goal is to have Cubase (master) as my sequencer and pro tools (slave) to run video simultaneously. There is a device that does this exact thing but the price is $4,000. after this video I know that there is a better efficient cheaper way. Thank You for your suggestions and thank You for this amazing Video.

[@Nu-trix]

I’ll try to answer in a video soon

[@Zaleskee]

thank you@@Nu-trix

[@Nu-trix]

@@Zaleskee Can you tell me the Cubase and Protools versions you are using? Will Protools run video and audio while recording Cubase output? Cubase will playback music I’m guessing, right?

[@Zaleskee]

Hi @@Nu-trix , Absolutely, I am running Protools Studio on a M1 Mac Ultra and Cubase 12 on a 64 Core PC Threadripper Pro 256 RAM. Yes Protools will run Video and audio while recording Cubase output, and Cubase will play back the music.. Thank You for Your Time!!

[@estudioslactomeda]

Your video is great, thanks a lot but I will love if you can help me with a question… If it’s possible to send the tempo from a volca to a loop station Rc5? Or it’s the same thing? I only want that my loops go with the time of the volca doesn’t matter if it doesn’t trigger the play o other information… thanks a lot

[@Nu-trix]

The volca can only follow MIDI sync. So for the volca to be sync master it has to send trigger sync and loop station has to be able to follow. Can it?

[@estudioslactomeda]

@@Nu-trix I don’t know if it can :( I only see that the RC5 from Boss has the MIDI in and out and the Option of sending a clock, so it will be perfect for me, to send the clock to my volca

[@chrisdrzewiecki]

Thanks for the video! Now with MIDI, is there anyway to sync an arpeggiator on a synth to a pattern on the rimshot of a drum machine like they did back in the 80s? I know they did it by hooking up trigger out from rimshot output of the drum machine to the arpeggiator clock in on the synth. I really love this technique, just can't seem to find a possible way with newer equipment via MIDI.

[@Nu-trix]

What you describe is really something typic to trigger gates. It is not easy to do with MIDI. You would need to be creative to find a way to do this. Maybe a DAW that runs also a sequencer in a plugin that responds to a trigger ? Or program a patch in an app like MAX? But between to hardware MIDI devices it will be very difficult to do.

[@chrisdrzewiecki]

Nu-Trix The Synth Guy that's what I thought. I was told it could be done with MIDI, but I couldn't find any info on the web. I should be able to do it with my Beatstep Pro and Minibrute 2 though with a gated output into the Minibrute.

[@chrisdrzewiecki]

Nu-Trix The Synth Guy Would it be possible to convert it with a MOTU midi express? It appears you can with the older models by connecting the click audio into the pedal input. And then choosing it in the console software. However the newer ones use clockworks and it doesn't mention that option in the manual. Like they took that option out. Any advice?

[@alainszyller615]

Thank you for this clear explanation. I have a specific question; how to MIDI synch Alesis SR18 with Korg SQ1 (Korg SQ1 doesn't show up the bpm)

[@Nu-trix]

I’ll do a video about specific sync setup. Including this one. I’m guessing you want the SR18 to be sync master and the SQ1 to follow.

[@alainszyller615]

@@Nu-trix correct , thank you so much

[@TheGreatPanicker]

This is all new to me, but I have a volca bass I want to connect to my kaossilator pro and have them work together. How would I do that?

[@Govwski]

I'm chaining an mbase 01 into the kick of my mfb, mbase plays though speakers but when everything is run into ableton the kick of the mbase won't play though, when plugged out the kick from the mfb plays into ableton. any ideas on how to fix this?

[@user-hx9gu5nh9p]

Thanks for the detailed infos. I see up there you have a Microbrute. I'm trying to sync it to a Behringer RD-6 and TD-3. Any ideas?

[@Nu-trix]

By default, the drum machine should be a good MIDI Clock master. Look into each manual to find the MIDI sync option of all your devices that you want to sync. If you select the RD-6 has the master, connect a MIDI cable for it's MIDI out to the TD-3 IN. Then using the MIDI out as a thru (check in the manual) Connect another cable from the TD-3 MIDI out to MicroFreak MIDI IN. Put the TD-3 and Microfreak in MIDI follow mode (can be called MIDI sync in, MIDI Slave, Ext MIDI in ...) Hope this helps.

[@scartissue121]

@@Nu-trix i have a rd6 and td3 synced in midi with rd6 as master. In the same way as you just described could I (what my dad calls) 'daisy chain' master rd6 - slave td3 - slave td3 - slave roland sh01a via the same midi outs and ins as you just described?

[@Nu-trix]

@@scartissue121 Yes, you could daisy chain them but be sure not to have them send a Thru signal in the Out (soft Thru) at the same time they send internal MIDI notes (you would have a MIDI Sync + MIDI notes sent to the next device). Check also this video :kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIXOoHx3mq14nZY