thanks very much. you have made the BEST video to explain sync in/out vs MIDI, and what MIDI is.

Threw all my devices in the lake ... they're syncing perfectly now.

As soon as I watched this video I was able to sync my deluge with my microfreak knowing absolutely nothing about midi or clock sync. Thank you so much.

calm, articulate and no BS. I love it. Glad to have found you good sir!

This is wonderfully coherent and concise. The explanation of the ability of MIDI cables versus analog sync cables was unexpected and definitely appreciated. Thank you for this video.

Such high quality thank you

Thank you. I'm new to syncing devices and this really helped me to understand my setup. I'm fortunate in that I'm using an MS1, RD8 and TD3 so no cross platform issues as such but it really helped me to understand why 'position' data isn't passed on on start / stop.

thanks for the coherent presentation on sync!

Perfect explanation and demonstration. Really appreciate it!

.. this video was super helpful! i have a korg, and Roland 88, and have been trying to figure this all out, thank you for explaining this.

Great description, while I certainly understood what Sync and Midi are I did not know that the definition of Sync - changed from device to device. This explains the oddities I ran across in trying to get Roland to sync with non Roland devices.

Well put and properly succinct. I am presently trying to rearrange my small “studio” incorporating a couple new devices and this is certainly helpful. From my ‘beginners mind’. Thank You Sir!

Thanks for that, without doubt the most useful informative video I've seen on this subject. I have synths and drum machines from, Moog, Korg and Arturia and it seems that you are expected to just know how to make them play nicely together ! Great video.

Great teaching episode.

Sooo helpful. Just got a boutique JU and want to pair it with a volca eventually. This video confirmed that 1. I can do that and 2. How. Really appreciate it

Great explanation thanks!

Extremely useful thank you. Currently researching as I am a novice trying to sync up a Korg Monologue XD, Roland TR-8s and a EricaSynth Bassline DB-01.

Dude thanks a lot. This answers all my questions. It was like being in a class. Keep up the great work

Thanks!

Clear and concise - answered my questions.

Awesome video!!! Thanks for the information!!!!!! Trying to go deeper into midi and this info is so detailed!!

The best video which describes on MIDI syncing , very technical , thanks friend !

This is exactly what i needed to know! 🙏 Thank you!

Great explanation, best I’ve found on KZfaq. Thanks for doing this.

You're the best Nu-Trix, this is a fantastic video, keep up the great work mate, thank you so much.

Thank you so much for the clear explanation. I finally understand how it works

You can actually mod every Volca to add MIDI OUT. Korg did put the chip for OUT but not the connect haha (there is many tutorials). I did the mod for the volca Beat (you can also put very easily an Out for every Drum sounds ) and the volca Bass (which is amazing because it become a 3 sequencer in One machine !!)

Thank you . Video was the best source on internet

Explained a lot. Thanks.

Fantastic explanation....

Great info.

Great video, thanks NT!

Nice. Thank you!

Good example. Love your videos

Very good explanation...thank you!

That's what I was looking for. You are the king!

thank you very muchhh!! been struggling with that same problem with a behringer td3. i’m a complete beginner and i don’t even now how to google the problems i got 😂. thought i was doing something wrong, thanks again

Very well explained! 👍

Thanks from Chile well explained... Thanks thanks thanks...

Very useful, thanks!

Perfect and clear, thank you from Italy. (I have an sh01-a and volca beats, and Now i know how to NOT use them. I'm sad)

Informative as always Nutrix. I got four of the Volcas when I first got into synths. I always wished they had made them with out and through patches for the midi cables. Alas, only the in line. There were some people back then modding them and selling them on Ebay. Haven't seen them in awhile though. I used to have one Volca with the midi line in from and RM1x and used the sync cables for the other 3. It worked but I always wanted more versatility. Ashame they didn't include more midi connections, but I guess they wanted to keep the price down. Still fun units for the price.

Thanx for the vid. I've my first rehearsal nest wednesday (Suán Trepia) and we're trying synching a Roland SP555 with my volca keys. Im so excited, as im asking my 'boss' for a year about going into analog synths for the band and this gonna be first time, but i was really lost into synching them!

Great video, really good explained. Thanks!!!

Very useful info! Tnx!

Thank you, I needed this!

Was really resourceful Video !

Thanks for the video. Clearly explained.

thanks， very helpful

Thank you for this! This helped me so much! 👌

Thank Bro!

Very useful.

Great work 👍

Thanks for this video! Super helpful!

Thank you so much! Super helpful

Thanks for this. It seems like something should be so easy and straightforward but it's not, haha. Appreciate it!

Many thanks ! Very helpfull 👍👍🙏

Damn. Now i understand this. Thank you so much! Subbed... More on Midi please!

I think native instruments is trying to standardize things. Great great video. You are doing a good thing by explaining things like you are. A lot of beginners never learn this stuff and end up frustrated after time because they think that after time they should beat a certain level, but of course they need basic knowledge that can be boring to learn. You are making it more fun. Don’t forget you are talking mostly to beginners so fun is important to keep their attention. Anyway, I am just throwing ideas at you. I am no expert. I am sitting in a breakfast place corner Cote Des Neiges and Cote st Catherine getting ideas. Have fun mr. nutrix.

Thx

To be specific, Volcas and Pocket Operators run at 2 PPQN (pulses per quarter note). Newer Volcas (2019+ like the Drum and Nubass) can be set to 4 PPQN in the global settings. Roland Boutiques run at 4 PPQN. If you hook them up to a 2 PPQN Volca they'll run at half speed. They also NEED a mono cable. They don't work at all if you use a stereo cable. Volcas work fine with stereo cables (tip = clock, ring = NC). The whole idea of using patch cables (1/4" or 3.5mm) for sync was a modular thing mostly intended to work with trigger outputs. So normally one pulse would be one step, and on a 16-step sequencer that's 4 pulses per quarter note. So it's odd that Volcas and POs use 2 PPQN. I can sync my JX-08 Boutique with a trigger out from my TR-606 going into EXT CLK IN, or with Volcas, or with my J-6. The Roland Aira Compact synths work fine with a stereo cable, and they let you set 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 24 PPQN in the settings. So you can use a them to double-clock or half-clock other things. For example, I can set my J-6 to 1 PPQN, then sync it with a PO-33 or Volca (2 PPQN) if I want the PO-33 / Volca to be clocked at half-speed and have 2-bar patterns. Some things use stereo sync cables and actually put a start/stop signal on the ring. I think the Behringer RD-8 and RD-9 are like that. They work fine with Volcas since the ring isn't connected anyway. And the RD-8 and RD-9 let you set a pretty wide range of PPQN clocks (not as many as the Roland Compacts, though). I actually never had any mono patch cables till I got the JX-08. I couldn't get it to sync with anything, but then I played with it with a multimeter trying to see what it was doing. It looks like the Boutiques detect that a patch cable is inserted the same way a Boss pedal detects that a cable is inserted - it grounds a circuit to the ring of a stereo input jack. EXT CLK IN has 3.3V on the ring. When you insert a mono cable, the jack's ring contact gets grounded to the sleeve. But if you insert a stereo cable it doesn't know because the ring/sleeve aren't connected.

Thank you. That's very usefull. Soon, I'll have to sync a SH-01a, a Volca sample, and a Behringer TD-3. What a mess.... 😓

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

merci !

Very interesting.

Thanks Sir!

Hi, so so so helpful video. Great explanation. You have got a new subscriber.

This is making sense now. I managed to sync an Atari 8-bit computer (master) running Midi Music System software with a PO-33 and/or an NTS-1. The Atari outputs 24 pulses per quarter note from pin 3 on joystick port 2. An Arduino is used to count the pulses from the Atari and then sends out a pulse every 12 pulses to the slave. Everything seems to stay in sync until I stop sending MIDI signals using the escape key.

So right Nu-Trix. Flux Capacitor's are a Triffle bit ouchy.........I hear You and thank YOU

Very helpful... After looking at the OP-Z along with the optional ZM-1, could something like that drive your Volcas and Boutiques since it has CV out and Midi out (Midi via 3.5mm)?

The gate out on the boutique is not a clock out like you mentioned. It seems so since the programmed sequence in your example consists of 16th notes, but if you had some tied notes or rests in the sequence, the 'clock' would hang or shift on those points.

THANKS A LOT,Sir Nu-Trix!

Great video!

Thank you. Much informative. I want to use an electribe to controll the 2 volcas and the microfreak (+ uno). So i think if i should use sync or better only midi.

this is great- im having issues getting midi synch to work in logic...

Ive been using a pocket operator to sync volca keys to a roland tr6s.

Much love Thank you 💐🌈❤️

Really useful. Learnt alot did not realise that diff Manufacturers mange sync differently.... I want to sink Roland FA06 to My TR-08.. But cant see the settings in the manual for the TR-08 , Please help Thanks..

thanks for the video - I find this to be an annoying part of my setup.

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To sync 3 devices would you do this... 'Clock Out -> Sync In -> Sync Out -> Sync In' and can I send midi to sync? Cheers for video is very helpful.

Nice video!!! I use tr-8s as master midi out go into midi in of a ju06a. Everythings works, but if during the playback I stop the sequencer from ju06a , when I restart the sequence is out of sync. Why? I didnt understand the reason. Thank yoy very much.

I'm chaining an mbase 01 into the kick of my mfb, mbase plays though speakers but when everything is run into ableton the kick of the mbase won't play though, when plugged out the kick from the mfb plays into ableton. any ideas on how to fix this?

Thank you for this clear explanation. I have a specific question; how to MIDI synch Alesis SR18 with Korg SQ1 (Korg SQ1 doesn't show up the bpm)

This is all new to me, but I have a volca bass I want to connect to my kaossilator pro and have them work together. How would I do that?

someone knows which modern alternatives exist to the "Redsound SoundBITE micro" to convert incoming audio to MIDI-clock, so to sync drum machines along with the playing audio (... and do live remixes during performance)?

A question for the experts. *How do I connect devices with built-in sounds Directly to a control keyboard that has no sounds? *Which cables do I need? And what is the friend why? - I have: launchkey 25 mk Novation control keyboard and want to connect it for example: to CIRCUIT TRACKS. Or - for the Roland device / Roland Aira S-1 and use their sounds. Many thanks to the helpers.

Yes very thankful. Next question: WHAT IS MIDI thru?

Watched that again and yes as people say this is very informative. Thank you for your great work! I am thinking to get a behringer td 3 and i am wondering if i can trigger it with the microfreak. The microfreak has cv/gate out and clock in/out and the td3 has sync in and filter in and im trying to understand if the td 3 can be triggered by the freak. Ideally i would like the output of the freak to be audio in at the td3 cause there is no space at my mixer..... Some say you can do that with the filter in of the td3 but its not official. Sorry for all that mess but its new territories for me. All the best from Greece and keep it up :)))

Thanks so much for the video!! Not sure if I was the one you mentioned asking the question..or if it’s that commonly asked...but thank you. Kinda bummed the Volca can’t trigger the Boutique. I use a Volca Mix which has a master tempo control...but I can’t hook up my Boutiques to it. I don’t have an SH-01a so I was unaware of it’s tempo knob on the front panel..I have a JU-06 and SE-02 and the tempo control isn’t as easy to work with than the Volcas. Oh, well. At least now I have a definitive answer that it really doesn’t work, and it’s not just me hooking it up wrong

Good topic. I have a related question regarding the Arturia Microbrute. I want to connect the Microbrute with a drum machine or clock of some kind, with a means of controlling bpm. There is no bpm display on the Microbrute, so I’d like to be able to do 2 things: 1) sync with a drum machine (in correct time), and 2) actually see the bpm on a digital LED display as part of the setup. Any suggestions for drum machine options or ideas for a digital clock/bpm gauge (maybe modular)? Thanks.

What device will be clocked with your daw when recording the seperate instruments?

Hi I love the way you explained it. What's confusing to me in the midi world of is what's the difference between a midi "sync" box a midi "thru" box? It sounds like a play on words, if they both send the exact same type and amount of midi messages between 2 devices. Based upon your knowledge and experience, is there a difference between the messages stemming from a midi "sync" box versus a midi "thru" box? Does a midi thru box allow midi messages through or thru? And does a midi sync box sync all messages or just a few? The difference between those 2 type of boxes is what confuses me. Do you know which one is better between the two: a midi sync box a midi thru box? (I really appreciate your insight, because you definitely explained things where it's easy to understand). I look foward to hear what's your take on sync versus thru. Thanks for sharing your insight.

Your video is great, thanks a lot but I will love if you can help me with a question… If it’s possible to send the tempo from a volca to a loop station Rc5? Or it’s the same thing? I only want that my loops go with the time of the volca doesn’t matter if it doesn’t trigger the play o other information… thanks a lot

Thanks for the video! Now with MIDI, is there anyway to sync an arpeggiator on a synth to a pattern on the rimshot of a drum machine like they did back in the 80s? I know they did it by hooking up trigger out from rimshot output of the drum machine to the arpeggiator clock in on the synth. I really love this technique, just can't seem to find a possible way with newer equipment via MIDI.

I have been given a Yamaha CS2X synthesizer from the 90s and a Yamaha RX15 drum machine from the 80s and am curious about how they can sync with each other...what device can do what with the other?

I'm just about to use my TR-8s in combo with the SE-02 and SH-O1A and i need to clarify if the patch cable connecting trigger TR-8s to trigger in on the boutiques - 3.5mm audio - does it need to be mono/stereo or will both work ? Thanks for the clarification on sync/trigger/midi technology.

Doesn'tthe volca play in half .and 1/4 timing?

Do I need to have them both going into a mixer? What kind of set up do you have here for output?

FYI, nothing to do with this topic. Just to tell you that UVI just released Falcon 2 with crazy new stuff. I don't know if you have Falcon but if you do, this update to version 2 is free, which says a lot for the lack of greediness of UVI considering how huge this update is. I personally think their products are top quality. Great sounds. I tried most synths but I only ended up purchasing Falcon and Serum. Did you do a video on the new Massive X? Anyway I am curious about your opinion of the new Falcon 2. I don't have any hardware synths except for a tiny one I got to learn to connect midi out from my iconnectaudio4+. I really like the midi side of music making. It amazes me how much you can do with something as relatively simple as midi. I like to help people to set up midi systems. My favorite midi gadget is a powered midi hub. There are excellent ones and they almost guarantee no power issues amongst many connected devices and no need to disconnect one midi instrument or synth in order to use another because of power problems. Boy did I ever go off topic. I don't k ow if I gave your email address. That would make it easier than communicating by comments. Keep having fun as often as you can.