Acid Pro 6..how to get around midi clock issue

[James R. Coplin]

Nope.  Stop by sometime if you are in Minneapolis.

Why don't you use Acid as a Rewire slave and use Cubase etc. to manage the
clocks?  That's what I've always done...

James R. Coplin
(???)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shelter-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:shelter-
> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Tony Scharf
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:33 AM
> To: shelter at lists.music-bar.org
> Subject: Acid Pro 6..how to get around midi clock issue
> 
> As you know, I have just about every PC DAW there is, except Sony
> Acid.  I never liked acid for some reason - it just didnt seem to jive
> with me back when I tested it out a few years (and probably a version
> or two) ago.
> 
> Of course this means I get into a band where the other two guys have
> been working together and using it for years.
> 
> So I went and got a copy of it the other day.  So far, I think I can
> work with it, but I have at least one real problem with it:  it can
> only send MIDI clock/timecode to *one* device.
> 
> This..really..sucks.
> 
> *every* piece of hardware I have needs midi clock for one reason or
> another, and just about every piece now has a reason why it needs its
> own MIDI port (killing the thru-chain idea).  I could use an interface
> that will 'broadcast' clock to all the devices, but 3 of my main
> devices have USB connections and therefor their own MIDI interfaces...
> 
> Any brilliant ideas how to get around this one?  This project I am in
> comes with a lot of material they want to work on already started in
> Acid, so I am pretty much stuck using it at least for file sharing
> purposes.
> 
> Considering the market Acid is directed to (soft synth freaks of the
> new generation) I can see why this is the way it is.  It still sucks.
> Am I the only guy left with a wall of synths?
> 
> Tony
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