Midi clocks

[NotationUser]

My best guess for now is this is an experts question to Mark...

I don't know about midi clock, but I would say Composer should be able to sent realtime clock - if not this is probably a feature worth considering.

External synths usually can sync on midi clock for things like tempo synced lfo's, arpeggiators or step sequencers and alike - so that's not only important for hw slave sequencers.

Probably the sequencer also needs midi realtime start / stop commands to notice midi clock and Composer does not sent these with pressing start/stop buttons.

I am not sure if Notation Composer can control jumps in slave devices as I guess this would need midi time code and/or song position pointers support to sync that.

I am curious too. If I can find out more I'll tell you.

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Composer does not currently have a MIDI clock feature, but it is on the "wish list" for future development.

ttfn,
Sherry

[nimaranjbar]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your responses.

I tried to 'temporarily' overcome this challenge through recording to QY100 the playback of Composer while metronome of both tools ticking at almost identical time and then fine tuning the result on QY100 to exact measures and beats using its 'Quantize job'. Naturally this method may not be applicable to MIDI performances with more complicated note timings, therefore there will be a need for a MIDI clock from PC side (ideally composer), which brings me to the below:

- Any idea on when Composer will have a MIDI clock?
- If Composer will not be having a MIDI clock any time soon, do you know of another sofware with MIDI clock that can act as a MIDI master, can import and playback MIDI files?
- As the QY100 can 'load' .SMF files, perhaps Composer can export to this format (but then I will need to figure out a way to transfer SMF from PC to QY100). Or maybe there is a third party software that can import MIDI and export to SMF?

Thank you,
Nima

[NotationUser]

I don't know about your device but can't you transfer midi files directly into it via a storage medium like SD card or similar procedures?

One application I know about that claims to support both midi clock slave and master functions referring to the feature descriptions is Topten Software's Cantabile Performer http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/features/ . It's basically a performance software that hosts VST instruments and effects and has basic media player functionality for both midi and audio.

However I personally haven't tested this for the clock feature you need so you should check out the 30-days trial version carefully before considering to purchase it. Only the full, more expensive "performer" version is listed to support midi clock. Also I am a big fan of this software I admit it lately lacks a bit of support by the developer. But it's to be expected that this will change.

[nimaranjbar]

Thank you for the link to cantabile. Will check this out.

'can't you transfer midi files directly into it via a storage medium like SD card or similar procedures?'

Well QY100 does't read MIDI files but reads from and writes to SMF files. Moreover the srotage medium is Smart Media card so I will need to find a Smart Media card reader/adaptor for the PC. But then again, I will need to find a way to convert MIDI for SMF.

Thank you for the support.

Nima

[NotationUser]

"SMF" means standard midi file... probably it's worth checking out if you can simply change the file extention of a midi file, put that on a SD card and load that into your HW device...

If that does not work it's probably a better more hassle free way really looking into converters from *.mid to *.smf if there are really any incompatibilities here. But my suspicion is that this transfer probably works ...

Not sure about SM cards, that's indeed a somewhat dated medium, but I think most inexpensive multi card readers can handle that.

[Sherry C]

Howdy,

And don't forget there are two types of SMF - Type0 and Type1. Notation products will export Type 1 MIDI files. If you need a Type 0, there are a couple of free converters that you can use to change them - GN MIDI (which does a lot more, but is a bit of a "geek" interface, www.gnmidi.com) is a good one.

ttfn,
Sherry