Tip : sync MIII 808 and 909 groovers to sequencer start/stop

pollux · Post by **pollux** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:42 am

the trick here is that both, 808 and 909 groovers are built using MIDI Clock Divider C... which doesn't has a Start/Stop control

so to work around this you can do the following:

1) change the MIDI clock divider C for a MIDI clock divider A or a MIDI clock divider B
2) connect the Start/Stop output on the MIDI Clock to the S/S input on the Clock Divider
3) connect the Sequencer Midi Source Out to the MIDI input of the MIII groover
4) set the midi clock on the MIII groover to external
5) press "Play" on the groover (nothing should happen)
6) set the midi source on the sequencer (cubase, sonar, etc) to internal
7) play your song on the sequencer
HAVE FUN!

ISSUE: on my setup, the "reset" signal is not transmitted from the sequencer to the MIII groover, so when you stop and reset the sequencer, you must manually reset the MIII groover

TODO : I didn't find out yet how to sync in the other sense (play on the MIII groover triggers the sequencer).. if I find it out, I'll post it.. if anyone else does, I'll be happy to hear about it.

Regards

Raul