sync issue MIDI express XT with Ableton 8

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Dixie237
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sync issue MIDI express XT with Ableton 8

Post by Dixie237 »

Hi all,
plugged some hardware into my studio last night (long time softsynth user) and struggled to get Albeton to send a decent clock signal via the XT to allow arps to play / x0xb0x sequencer to play with decent timing.
Firstly the signal sent out was 4x too fast. I had to drop the tempo to 30bpm to achieve 120bpm, and the timing was all over the place.

I reset the XT to factory settings..still no decent results.

can anyone help?

Cheers

D
Dixie237
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Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:36 am
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Re: sync issue MIDI express XT with Ableton 8

Post by Dixie237 »

Hi,
I thought I would follow this up and after some further attempts and posts on ableton forum have come to this conclusion.
In ableton I started a fresh session with all in and out ports turned off.
I then turned on the track and sync port for my x0xb0x, pressed play on the ableton transport and all was good. good timing, correct tempo.
I then turned track and sync on for a second device port, and the x0x tempo doubled.

So I guess im getting clock sync fron any port to all ports.
The xt express was reset to factory settings.

Any pointers from XT experts much appretiated.

Cheers
D
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