I am running several pieces of hardware, one of which is master MTC.I am attempting to slave Ableton Live 7 and my other hardware devices to my master MTC device via routing in the MIDI Express XT.
The problem is that I cannot seem to get the MIDI Express XT to not be effected by sync sent from Ableton Live. Within Ableton Live, PLogue Bidule and MIDI Yoke I am sending and receiving massive amounts of MIDI cc data when I change programs which is causing the clock in Live to skip and quickly resync, which is in turn being echoed through the MIDI Express XT (minus the resync) to my other devices so any connected hardware devices quickly become out of sync. (Ableton always resyncs fine)
I can't for the life of me figure out how to tell the MIDI Express XT to ignore any sync from the computer and have it only relay the MTC from my master device to my other hardware.Actually, it seems no matter how I try and route within Clockworks, the same sync is always being sent to the output ports.Even if I delete all MTC routings and mute MTC on the selected output port, MTC is still sent?
In the Ableton Live MIDI control panel, the only option that will detect incoming sync is MXPXT: Sync In - Out All. Attempting to receive sync from only the port that my MTC device is on is unfruitfull.
If this is enough info for anyone to help me figure out what I could be doing wrong, please help because this is driving me crazy!The only way I am able to keep everything in sync is to daisy chain my devices via MIDI Thru which totally kills my ability to individually send MIDI sequences to them from my computer.
I am running Windows XP 32 bit
Edit:
Ok, it looks like everywhere I said MTC I should have said MIDI Clock which means that now I don't even know if what I am trying to do should be possible?
MIDI Express XT MTC Confusion
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Re: MIDI Express XT MTC Confusion
Ok, now that I have sorted out that I am dealing with MIDI clock, not MIDI time code (Doh!) it would appear that there is no way to manage the routing of MIDI clock on the MIDI Express XT?
Also strangely enough, if I route an output from the Express XT into another MIDI interface which I set as clock source the clock drift still occurs when I do the internal flood of MIDI data even though there is no clock that should be being reflected from Live at all and my master clock is going steady as ever.
If I disconnect the USB cable from the Express XT, all my devices sync fine but this means I can no nonger send MIDI to/from my other devices. (hmm, yes but then I've disconnected the trigger that cc messages the "send flood of internal MIDI data" so why shouldn't the sync be fine...no way to test)
So why is the Express XT choking on the output to port MIDI clock like this when I am not really doing anything that should effect it?
Also strangely enough, if I route an output from the Express XT into another MIDI interface which I set as clock source the clock drift still occurs when I do the internal flood of MIDI data even though there is no clock that should be being reflected from Live at all and my master clock is going steady as ever.
If I disconnect the USB cable from the Express XT, all my devices sync fine but this means I can no nonger send MIDI to/from my other devices. (hmm, yes but then I've disconnected the trigger that cc messages the "send flood of internal MIDI data" so why shouldn't the sync be fine...no way to test)
So why is the Express XT choking on the output to port MIDI clock like this when I am not really doing anything that should effect it?