Comments on: How to keep the microKorg arpeggiator in sync

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:58:57 +0000

MIDI-Ox doesn’t work on Mac, but maybe you can do the same thing with MidiPipe:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/midipipe.html

What you want to do is get it to replace a note on event with a MIDI Start event; the MIDI Start re-syncs the microKorg pattern. I would play with the Message Converter feature and see if that’s possible.

By: rory

rory — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:28:13 +0000

Yeah does the programme work with a MAC????????

By: soerena

soerena — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:33:48 +0000

ehm.. what about mac?
I’m using live and want to sync the microkorg probably, but this yoke/ox program that is mentioned, doesn’t seem to be available for mac… any alternatives?

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:28:10 +0000

Good idea (using MIDI-OX for debugging). I definitely will, seeing as I’m decidedly going to tackle this issue (It just came up as a major request on buzzchurch).

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:17:50 +0000

If you’re not already, you should try MIDI-OX for debugging your MidiTracker. You can stick it in between Buze and your actual synth and watch all the data go back and forth. The MIDI-OX interface is a little scary, but it’s just so useful.

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:28:24 +0000

Oh, I wasn’t knocking the MIDI-OX hack, that’s nice stuff! I just had that link on-hand (I’d been trying to implement MIDI clock stuff in the miditracker a couple weeks ago, so this whole topic is fresh in my mind).

I agree that it’s not easy getting devices to synchronize. What a pain… I ended up failing to implement MIDI clock broadcasting, but maybe I’ll try again later, or, maybe I had actually succeeded and my virus wasn’t set-up properly. Too many variables!

Anyway, I have been hard at work improving buze’s MIDI, input and output. I’m currently working on device-specific CC descriptions in the MidiTracker (if you’re familiar with Polac setting up useful parameter descriptions for VST’s, MidiTracker’ll do the same for MIDI gear CCs).

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:33:49 +0000

Also microKorg ignores SPP.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:26:44 +0000

That doc is very helpful. Unfortunately most sequencers don’t provide an easy way to send MIDI realtime messages (start/stop/continue etc) on demand, hence the MIDI-OX hack.

When you mention Buze’s MidiTracker .. have you been coding it??!

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:52:31 +0000

Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about MIDI synchronization:

http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec/seq.htm

This web site contains full MIDI specs in a well-laid-out format (http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tech/midispec.htm).

I’ve been hitting these pages a lot recently for buze’s MidiTracker machine and keyjazz!