Two sequencers clocked

Midihub
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What is the best way to run a beatstep pro and a korg sq64 together ? Maybe a direct clock connection ? Previously I think I created a midi loop that made everything freak out

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You have to pick one of them to be the sync master (or Midihub can be one as well). Then use Midihub to distribute the Start, Continue, Clock, Stop events to the other devices. If you receive and forward input between both devices, make sure to place Filter pipes to drop these events from those pipelines, so they don’t create feedback loops.

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Would that be possible to generate the clock in the midihub, but use the transport + SPP from one of the sequencers?

I don’t have (yet!) the Midihub, and from I saw/read online the following could be done, if I am not wrong?

Assuming that

  • the “master” sequencer midi out is connected to the Midihub midi in A,
  • the “master” sequencer midi in is connected to the Midihub midi out A,
  • other devices midi in are all receiving external clock from Midihub midi out B, C, … etc
  • the “master” sequencer sends transport (start/stop/continue/spp), but not clock
  • all devices (sequencers, etc) are all receiving external clock
  • all devices except “master” sequencer are receiving transport

Then we could set this pipeline:

  • clock (with “use midi DIN A” box ticked) → to A
  • from A → to B
  • from A → to C
  • from A → to … (etc. for all midi devices)

Maybe I am missing some extra filter here? could that achieve my goal?

Many thanks!

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Yes, that’s possible to set up. You can have Clock pipes of Midihub to be controlled by the external Start/Stop/Continue messages. Midihub can forward Song Position Pointer events too.

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