How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station? -ACID Product Family

Subject:How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station? Posted by: djpp Date:10/24/2003 9:08:23 PM newbie says; I'm trying to get Acid to generate midi clock to my Novation K-station synth , so arpeggiators lock to beat. I think I have the K set up correctly on ext. clock etc, but it's not seeing it. The bpm (120) should come up in the K-stations's "Ext. Clock In..." setting when I play beats in Acid. -Don't know much about midi/midi clocks etc. -On PC, Using Sound Blaster Live card -Midi cable out of sound card and into (not the "thru" input) K-station and vice versa -Computer settings-for midi clock/midi timecode settings, do I set everything to Sound Blaster live "midi port?" of to one of the three Soundblaster Live software synths' that show up? -helpless
Subject:RE: How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station? Reply by: Iacobus Date:10/25/2003 1:12:21 PM MIDI acts like a loop as far as the signal flow goes. You want the MIDI cable adapter's "MIDI Out" to go into the "MIDI In" on the K-Station. Similarly, you wan the "MIDI Out" to go into the "MIDI In" on the MIDI adapter cable. Try that first. MIDI Out on MIDI cable > MIDI In on K-Station > MIDI Out on K-Station > MIDI In on MIDI cable You only use the MIDI Thru if you want to send a copy of what's coming in via the "MIDI In" port to another MIDI device. HTH, Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page
Subject:RE: How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station? Reply by: djpp Date:10/26/2003 11:55:43 AM hey-figured it out. thank you so much.

Subject:How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station?

Posted by: djpp

Date:10/24/2003 9:08:23 PM

newbie says; I'm trying to get Acid to generate midi clock to my Novation K-station synth , so arpeggiators lock to beat. I think I have the K set up correctly on ext. clock etc, but it's not seeing it. The bpm (120) should come up in the K-stations's "Ext. Clock In..." setting when I play beats in Acid.

-Don't know much about midi/midi clocks etc.
-On PC, Using Sound Blaster Live card
-Midi cable out of sound card and into (not the "thru" input) K-station and vice versa

-Computer settings-for midi clock/midi timecode settings, do I set everything to Sound Blaster live "midi port?" of to one of the three Soundblaster Live software synths' that show up?

-helpless

Subject:RE: How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/25/2003 1:12:21 PM

MIDI acts like a loop as far as the signal flow goes.

You want the MIDI cable adapter's "MIDI Out" to go into the "MIDI In" on the K-Station. Similarly, you wan the "MIDI Out" to go into the "MIDI In" on the MIDI adapter cable. Try that first.

MIDI Out on MIDI cable > MIDI In on K-Station > MIDI Out on K-Station > MIDI In on MIDI cable

You only use the MIDI Thru if you want to send a copy of what's coming in via the "MIDI In" port to another MIDI device.

HTH,
Iacobus
-------
RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page

Subject:RE: How to sync Acid Pro 4.0 to Novation K-station?

Reply by: djpp

Date:10/26/2003 11:55:43 AM

hey-figured it out. thank you so much.