Hi,
Im trying to record audio clips in Ableton from the TI , but Im not quite sure the best way to set things up.
I seem to be getting some delays, so that I'm not exactly hitting the beat.
Ive setup ableton, for the audio interface, and proved the latency on the audio interface is compensated correctly.
So i suspect its the midi side.
Setup:
Virus TI 5.0.7, Mac OS 10.9.1, Ableton Live 9.1
Virus is connect through analog outs oo my Focusrite Audio interface connected over firewire.
Virus is using physical midi (again via focus rite) .. so no USB
Important: I have another midi controller controlling the Virus TI (via Ableton) i.e. I'm not using the TI keyboard.
Im only interested in recording audio clips for looping, (live), not recording midi or playing back midi clips.
the questions are:
a) Do you use Ableton … 'External Instrument' … if so do you set any hardware delay?
b) I assume track delay is only used on playback… is this something I need to use on the audio loops?
c) Midi clock - do you use the virus as clock master, or slave?
… argh, this gets complicated, and a source of issues
Ive tried both…
If i have it as master (i.e. TI. Midi clock -> send) , I see the Ableton tempo going up and down constantly… most worryingly, it varies most as you start playing notes.
… i.e. it seems like the TI is not keeping constant time.
If i have as slave (i.e. TI midi clock -> sync external), Then if I do something like have an ARP, again I can see sometimes the arp moving off beat.
Im not too worried about ARPs, as I don't use, but Im worried about other clock timings in particular LFOs, not being accurate.
(I tried over USB, and it seemed no better than over midi cables)
I did see 7G video and tried this, and its fine usually… but the midi clock seems to wander, and his videos seem to imply the TI as either master or slave is fine, but this is not my experience.
d) if using midi clock sync, should I use song or pattern?
Actually I guess any help or pointers from any one using Live 9, and not using VC … about how they get the TI to play nicely would be very welcome
Thanks
Mark