accurate VST host syncing / receiving MIDI clock

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airelibre
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accurate VST host syncing / receiving MIDI clock

Post by airelibre »

Hello.

I'm trying to make some kind of modular sequencer, working now on two basic modules, one to send different interval triggers, and a modulation one (envelope transformable to an LFO).

So far I've tried my basic designs using an Arturia Beatstep sending 1/32 notes, which I use as clock, but ideally I would need either:

a- Sync from host

or

b- Be able to recieve MIDI clock from one of my ext. hard (Some candidates are Beatstep or Kaossilator PRO+)

I've read this post, but it is a bit old viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1267

What's the current state of the art for ACCURATE Syncing to a VST host / Receiving MIDI clock ??? :D

THANKS !!!
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Re: accurate VST host syncing / receiving MIDI clock

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if you need it to create midinotes binded to host songposition there is no existing good solution, the thread you had a look is the best way to do it... a dll in c++ would be faster but no-one shared anything like this yet..

but you can have a look at nix' dreamsequencer here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3446

if you need it to sync LFo's or stepsequencers... you can have a look here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2732&hilit=ppq+synced&start=30

the thread is a bit chaotic but i know that the one i posted on page 4 works fine and right

you also can have a look at the psoition synced steplfo here:
(just updated and cleaned up the thread to have no old versions there)

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1001
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Re: accurate VST host syncing / receiving MIDI clock

Post by Perfect Human Interface »

MIDI aside, there is a PPQ primitive that's synced to a DAW's PPQ position. Avoid green data and stick to stream data for anything you want to be sample/timing accurate.
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