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Hardware Instruments => MiniBrute => Topic started by: nickzero on June 22, 2016, 04:20:56 pm

Title: minibrute sync to korg volca beats?
Post by: nickzero on June 22, 2016, 04:20:56 pm

hello there!
 i am spending two days trying to find how i will sync with these two...i tried everything with sunc out to gate in  but NOTHING
i update minibrute but still nothing...
is there anyone out there to help me??????
thanks

Title: Re: minibrute sync to korg volca beats?
Post by: BodoBrute on June 23, 2016, 11:22:33 am

Quote from: nickzero on June 22, 2016, 04:20:56 pm

i tried everything with sunc out to gate in  but NOTHING

Of course not. It cannot work this way. A gate signal is completely different from a sync signal.

You may wish to check out the following sources to learn about some of the basics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CV/gate#Gate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_sync
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_beat_clock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_timecode

The Minibrute can be synced through the MIDI IN and USB jacks, so you need a device to get the sync signal there. The Volca Beats (yes, I do have and use both machines in question) does not have MIDI Out. It is thus a better idea to sync both from an external sync source. I use the E-RM Midiclock (http://www.e-rm.de/products/midiclock.php) and a Kenton MIDI Thru 5 (just for having more parallel outputs) for this purpose, and that works really well.

Title: Re: minibrute sync to korg volca beats?
Post by: nickzero on June 24, 2016, 09:18:35 am

thanks for the advice!!! 8)