Syncing to external clock

[mrmatthewkellyParticipant]

Hi All,

Bit of a noob question.

I’m trying to sync my pulsar 23 with an octatrack mk2. I can ONLY get the Pulsar to recognise the tempo from the OT’s clock out via MIDI but it doesn’t accurately sync further than that e.g. the 16s of the pulsar aren’t synced in time with the OTs 16s. I have to manually trigger the OT “play” to try and get in time with the pulsar. Is there a way to sync the pulsar more accurately to external clock or am I misunderstanding some fundamentals about clock? Thank you!

[noiseg33kParticipant]

Have you tried hitting the RST button in the Pulsar’s clock section to sync it up with your octatrack?

Another option that I use personally: Some sequencers have the option to stop sending MIDI clock when stop is pressed – I use a keystep with my Pulsar for this purpose.

[mcclaneonfireParticipant]

I also try to get Pulsar tempered 😀

Scenario: Kontakt with some Acoustic Guitar pattern playing in a certain tempo. The Pulsar I keep in tempo with a sequencer via cv cable (torso electronic T-1).So far so sweet BUT: I can’t get the Pulsar in time with the guitar pattern in my DAW (Cubase). For starters if I set the T-1 to 56bpm and I set my DAW to 56bpm – it never fits. It’s alway something completely different. And after that I try to manually find the right bpm: I never find the right bpm, even numbers like 85,700bpm don’t work. I have the feeling that the tempo of the Pulsar OR the tempo of my DAW is sliiiightly changing over the course of a song.

Now please people: who syncs like Pro and has some infos, ideas and setups that work?

[mcclaneonfireParticipant]

Update:

with Addictive Drums / the DAW set to 90bpm and the T-1 set to 120bpm it works (over the course of time).

Why does it differ?

[mcclaneonfireParticipant]

Interesting: with Kontakt / Homage it works: T-1/Pulsar set to 90bpm + Homage/DAW set at 90bpm.

Might this be an individual VST issue? Some work and with others you have to manually find the right bpm?

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