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  • August 30, 2017 at 12:08 am #84983
    ancaja123
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    I was bummed there was no midi options on the Clockworks but figured what the hell, its a faithful reissue and lets not muddy it up with midi etc. I figured it was kind of meant to use with the 8 Step Program and that that would be able to function as a MIDI>Trigger interface…but he 8 Step only has MIDI In and no Clock/Gate/Trigger out!!!! What the hell. Would have been great to sync MIDI clock from MPC/DAW/etc to the 8 Step, then 8 Step syncing the Clockworks…voila you have a MIDI syncable polyrhythmic trigger system with a CV sequencer. Almost like a ARP Sequencer in pedal format.

    TBH theres not much use for using these in combinations with EHX pedals which don’t typically have MIDI. OK I should never say that but they are really much more powerful tools in the vintage synth/eurorack realm.

    August 30, 2017 at 1:50 am #123109
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    I was bummed there was no midi options on the Clockworks but figured what the hell, its a faithful reissue and lets not muddy it up with midi etc. I figured it was kind of meant to use with the 8 Step Program and that that would be able to function as a MIDI>Trigger interface…but he 8 Step only has MIDI In and no Clock/Gate/Trigger out!!!! What the hell. Would have been great to sync MIDI clock from MPC/DAW/etc to the 8 Step, then 8 Step syncing the Clockworks…voila you have a MIDI syncable polyrhythmic trigger system with a CV sequencer. Almost like a ARP Sequencer in pedal format.

    TBH theres not much use for using these in combinations with EHX pedals which don’t typically have MIDI. OK I should never say that but they are really much more powerful tools in the vintage synth/eurorack realm.

    Page 6 of the 8 Step manual gives the steps for connecting to an external clock https://www.ehx.com/assets/instructions/8-step-program.pdf

    If you are lucky enough to grab a Molten Voltage CV-Sync, it will allow you to sync both the Clockworks and the 8 Step to any MIDI clock source.

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