MD please explain how you sync acid and cubase sx on seperate machines or is fruityloops the answer -ACID Product Family

Subject:MD please explain how you sync acid and cubase sx on seperate machines or is fruityloops the answer Posted by: ozzborn Date:10/8/2004 11:09:53 PM i've synced acid to reason on the same computer(before rewire) using hubis midi loopback device. ive also synced acid to cubase 5.1 on a seperate machine . in both cases the results were the same. they start but, everytime it loopsback to zero they drift further and further out of sync. if your making music by building parts (chrous,bridge,verse,change,)8 to 16 measure at a time it becomes impossible because of the drift. please explain how your sync is succsesful. thanx in advance p.s. is fruity loops better at external sequeneing than acid. is there any one that uses fruityloops for this purpose please give your opinions.
Subject:RE: MD please explain how you sync acid and cubase sx on seperate machines or is fruityloops the answer Reply by: Iacobus Date:10/11/2004 7:00:57 PM Sorry for the delay. Been busy. I don't use MIDI a whole lot like I do digital audio. There's probably a few things I can suggest: -Check out SPD's KB article on MIDI sync'ing with ACID Pro. -If you're using MTC instead of MIDI Clock, be sure that you're using the same frame rate (go to the Sync tab under Options>Preferences). -ACID likes to be the master in a MIDI sync situation. If you're using ACID as a slave, try it as master. -Try different drivers for your MIDI interface (or soundcard if your MIDI I/O is part of that) to see if that helps any. -Try higher-quality MIDI cables. Note that MIDI sync drift is not an issue that's not exclusive to ACID alone; other apps have this problem as well. There are other reasons why MIDI is drifting, from background apps interrupting the sync to bottlenecks during the transfer. Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page Guitars 4 Kids

Subject:MD please explain how you sync acid and cubase sx on seperate machines or is fruityloops the answer

Posted by: ozzborn

Date:10/8/2004 11:09:53 PM

i've synced acid to reason on the same computer(before rewire) using hubis midi loopback device. ive also synced acid to cubase 5.1 on a seperate machine .

in both cases the results were the same. they start but, everytime it loopsback to zero they drift further and further out of sync.

if your making music by building parts (chrous,bridge,verse,change,)8 to 16 measure at a time it becomes impossible because of the drift.

please explain how your sync is succsesful.

thanx in advance

p.s. is fruity loops better at external sequeneing than acid. is there any one that uses fruityloops for this purpose please give your opinions.

Subject:RE: MD please explain how you sync acid and cubase sx on seperate machines or is fruityloops the answer

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/11/2004 7:00:57 PM

Sorry for the delay. Been busy.

I don't use MIDI a whole lot like I do digital audio. There's probably a few things I can suggest:

-Check out SPD's KB article on MIDI sync'ing with ACID Pro.

-If you're using MTC instead of MIDI Clock, be sure that you're using the same frame rate (go to the Sync tab under Options>Preferences).

-ACID likes to be the master in a MIDI sync situation. If you're using ACID as a slave, try it as master.

-Try different drivers for your MIDI interface (or soundcard if your MIDI I/O is part of that) to see if that helps any.

-Try higher-quality MIDI cables.

Note that MIDI sync drift is not an issue that's not exclusive to ACID alone; other apps have this problem as well. There are other reasons why MIDI is drifting, from background apps interrupting the sync to bottlenecks during the transfer.

Iacobus
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RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page
Guitars 4 Kids