RE: Repeater: Persistent Problems with Sync

["M. Steven Ginn" <sginn@airmail.net>]

But what about the midi clock that Repeater continues to try and
generate even if it is not the master clock?  If you have another device
in the setup that is providing the master clock for everything, it seems
to me the best way to connect everything would be so that Repeater does
not have any Out connection to anything else so its clock does not cause
interference.  I guess only external midi data appears at the midi thru
port without any data from Repeater?  Isn't this the case for any midi
device?  I also thought that Midi Clock was a global signal, unrelated
to any specific midi channel.

I wonder if this midi clock implementation is isolated to Repeater only,
or is the same in all Electrix units such as MO-FX?  I have seen posts
from others on this list of difficulty in syncing other Electrix devices
as well.  If this is the case, I would imagine you would want to somehow
isolate the data coming out of those units as well so as to establish a
good reliable source of midi timing.

Regards,
Steve Ginn
 
 
> 
> i think kim was saying the (external) midi clock passes 
> properly through 
> the repeater if you use midi thru and doesn't if you use midi out...
> 
> 
> > So does Midi Thru not pass any midi clock information?  How 
> than can I 
> > connect several devices in series so that they each receive their 
> > respective patch changes (on different channels) and midi clock is 
> > effectively communicated?  Should I go to the first device 
> then from 
> > midi out to the second device, then from midi out to the 
> third device
> > (Repeater) then from Midi thru to whatever?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> > 
> >  
> > > I guess this is why I saw a number of instances on the
> > > electrix forum where 
> > > they were recommending to use midi thru for devices down 
> stream of 
> > > Repeater. :-)
> > > 
> > > kim
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
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