
Sweetnighter
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I have a sequencer, a synthesizer/midi controller, and a drum machine. How do I connect the cables for all of this?
ssscientist said:Your MS2000 does send a midi clock, and hooking up the midi out of the unit to the midi in of your SR-16 with it set to external clock mode will result in 2 sync-ed machines, but it will be something that, in my humble opinion, one would tire of quite quickly.
Better to get the whole shooting match going while you're at it.
If what you've done is what I suggested and connected the sequencer midi out to the MS2000 midi in and the SR16 to the midi thru of the MS, then both the MS2000 and the SR16 should be in external clock mode and the sequencer will be supplying the master clock. Just pick a tempo and hit start on the sequencer.Sweetnighter said:Alright, I've done this. So then how do I get a drum pattern to lock in with a sequenced pattern on the MS?
Here are two good articles about midi basics.JUSTTIGHT said:I don't understand the MIDI thing at all. I guess I have an idea about the MIDI in and out. What is the purpose of the MIDI thru, and how does it work??
ssscientist said:If what you've done is what I suggested and connected the sequencer midi out to the MS2000 midi in and the SR16 to the midi thru of the MS, then both the MS2000 and the SR16 should be in external clock mode and the sequencer will be supplying the master clock. Just pick a tempo and hit start on the sequencer.
If what you've done is what you were angling for in the first place and just hooked the MS2000 to the SR16 to trigger a simple sequence you need to turn the 'keyboard' button on the left side of the unit on and press one of the 16 keys which will start the MS2000's internal sequencer.
I just reread your post and realized that you are confusing two very distinct terms - 'sequenced' and 'clocked'.Sweetnighter said:In either case, both the synth and the drum have to be sequenced from the same place, right?