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  • April 17, 2011 at 5:31 pm #81545
    pv_joker
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    I’m getting towards the end of my tether with a problem I’m having getting my 2880 to sync with Logic and I’m really hoping someone can help. I have the 1.5 software upgrade for the 2880 and, as far as I can tell, it is technically in perfect sync with Logic. The 2880 (in ext. clock and quantize mode) is definitely receiving midi clock from Logic via my Motu Ultralite mk3, the looper reacts appropriately to play and stop messages from Logic and does not give any error messages to infer that it is not syncing properly.

    The problem I have is that when I’m playing back a recorded loop, the tempo seems to waver and create changes in pitch. It seems as though the 2880 is being clever and following an uneven midi clock input. I have read around on the net and have come across a couple of workarounds that suggested to record a blank loop first, re-record over this loop and then let it play back with the volume down for one revolution of the loop (to let the looper ‘settle in’ to the midi clock tempo). Unfortunately I’ve been unable to make this work.

    I’m certain that I can’t be the only person who has ever experienced this problem but have been unable to find much info regarding it. Any help on this would be much appreciated. I have a gig coming up very soon and I’m starting to freak a little bit.

    Thanks.

    April 17, 2011 at 8:16 pm #115035
    Cryabetes
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    is it at all possible that your computer is the problem? I mean, there is variance in midi time code [more data chokes the baud rate]. an overtaxed cpu acting as the master clock could exacerbate those variances.

    April 21, 2011 at 9:51 am #115062
    pv_joker
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    Thank you for the reply Cryabetes, I thought the computer might be the problem so I bounced the entire project down into a fresh project and was still experiencing the problem. After much searching I have discovered the source of all the bother and after updating the midi drivers for my Motu all is well! Everything functioning perfectly.

    Looking back at my previous post, I’m aware that it may have come across as though I thought that the 2880 was the source of the problem. To be honest, I didn’t discount the possibility completely but, from the way it was behaving, it was obvious that the 2880 was behaving normally and that the problem emanated from elsewhere. The reason I came to this forum for help (I used Logic forums and Motu forums as well) was because I’ve always had an excellent experience with EHX and this time was no exception.

    I always have loved EHX products and now I can get back to loving my looper, yay!!!

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