Re: RC-50 - Synching w. MIDI metronome

[Cody Page <jensen5@gmail.com>]

Rick's great M9/DL4 post may be the answer to what I'm asking
(practice more, try to sync/quantize less), but I'd still like to see
what y'all think in terms of a technical solution to what I'm trying
to do.

To clear up the original post, I'd like to have my drummer hear his
click as usual regardless of whether I'm recording, playing back, or
not even engaging the RC-50 (aside from having it turned on and
connected to his metronome via MIDI, of course). This way, I can
quantize the loops I record live to the same clock that he's listening
to. If his metronome doesn't start until I start recording (b/c it's
slaved to the RC-50), he doesn't get the click that he needs for other
parts of the song when I'm not recording a loop, which is no good.

Maybe the most distilled version of the question is:  Is it possible
for me to quantize the loops I'm recording live to the click that my
drummer is playing to?

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On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Cody Page <jensen5@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm *thiiiiiis* close to giving up on the RC-50 but figured I'd
> solicit some more advice before I did.
>
> After reading about the RC-50's trouble slaving to an external MIDI
> clock, I decided to try it out as the master to a slave metronome
> equipped with a MIDI in. This does work, but I can only get the
> metronome to start when I start recording on the RC-50. What I need is
> for the metronome to pick up on the constant clock info being sent by
> the RC-50 and just play the click (synched up) all the time.
>
> The metronome my drummer is using is some sort of discontinued Yamaha
> model. I think the problem is that it needs to receive a "start"
> command via MIDI before it does anything. Is there any sort of
> metronome (or drum machine?) out there that just syncs up and starts
> playing all the time without needing that "start" command?
>
> Thanks,
> Cody
>