[ardour-dev] Re: MTC & MMC ...
Dave Phillips
dlphilp at bright.net
Fri Sep 24 07:17:37 PDT 2004
Paul Davis wrote:
>> Some correction: Yes, I'm able to slave Seq+ to MTC coming from
>>Ardour, *but* when I tried it two days ago I discovered that control is
>>very bad when the receiving sequence has a lot of tempo changes. It
>>sounded like the sequencer was always trying to catch up to the
>>timecode. Anyone have any suggestions for fixing that situation ?
>>
>>
>
>it can't be fixed. ardour's MTC output stream is bursty and nothing
>will ever correctly sync to it. we require usec-resolution timers to
>make this work, something that no regular linux kernel has, and that
>even with the HRT patch, don't seem to work too well.
>
Well, it's disappointing but I think I can work around it. I'll have to
forego the use of the external sequencer as a slave, but perhaps in
future I'll be able to use it as the timecode master. Meanwhile of
course I can simply save my work in Seq+ as standard MIDI files and use
them in either MusE or Rosegarden. At that point I can simply rely on
JACK for the sync stuff.
>> I've still not got the hang of getting Ardour to receive MTC. I'm also
>>still learning the capabilities of the Tascam D1000 and will work with
>>Ron Parker to discover how Ardour and the mixer can best work together.
>>The D1000 sends and receives MMC, it also receives MTC.
>>
>>
>
>to get that work as well as possible, i just need more time at the
>studio ironing out the glitches in ardour's slave support.
>
Cool. Let me know if there are any specific tests you'd like me to run
with this gear.
Best regards,
dp
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