Midi clock Sync In

[bluebeat]

Hi Dan.
Happy New Year!

Can you please tell me and those who are interested if any progress was made on Midi Sync In feature?

Thank you.

[balajo]

Hello Dan, MIDI clock sync in would be a great feature to add to vArranger. I have been dreaming of that for a number of years, just think of it MIDI clock out from Cubase to MIDI clock in on vArranger what a combination for editing and making recordings. Balajo

[Dan]

Just added it for the NEXT or test version

[bluebeat]

Dan, this is GREAT news!
Can't wait.

[balajo]

Great news Dan, well worth the wait.😁

[drepalla]

Question: is it a Midi Clock input or Midi Time Code?

https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/what-difference-between-midi-clock-midi-timecode/

[Dan]

MIDI CLOCK

[drepalla]

thanks for reply, better to be sure

[bluebeat]

Dan,
Congrats and thank you! I played with Midi Sync In with a couple of programs, there are a couple of minor issues/questions that I will leave for another day, but overall goal achieved! It works pretty good. Stop / Start, initial tempo grab,  stays in sync through playing.

I still think a VST would be a better solution and perhaps will bring new customers, but as is, it is a solid workaround!!! (and a big step in the right direction)

The only thing that I want to mention which I think is very important, is to be able to have option of setting Audio Out to NONE if working with VA as a midi module only.  Because even if set with something "unrelated" to main audio soundcard, it will still use internal resources.  Dan, what do you think about that, am I right?

Thank you.

[Dan]

This is a great news !

The 'NONE' is the DirectSound output
Don't forget to put it back to ASIO or WASAPI when you really want to use it again

[stewbow]

Dan
That's great, something I've looked forward to for ages.

Can I have a download please? Is there a charge?

thanks

Stuart

[Dan]

Yes, you can get the update + one year of updates for 50€ here : https://www.varranger.com/vforum/index.php/topic,4006.0.html

[rikkisbears]

Hi Dan,
for those of us who have subscribed, do you send the updates out automatically, or do we need to get in touch with you.
Best wishes
Rikki

[Dan]

When it will be ready, I plan to send the next update automatically to all the users who have subscribed or are in their first year of purchase
I can still send manually some intermediate update like MIDI CLOCK SYNC IN if someone need this

[drepalla]

I now have tested the Sync-in feature,  both from an internal VST host, Eareckon BloxPander, and from external source, where I used my Roland RA800 for the test.
It was most interesting with the RA800, I loaded the same Roland style in both Varranger and RA800. Both arrangers can be triggered by the RA800 start/stop button and stayed perfectly in sync, so I could use a fader forth and back for style auditioning purposes, pretty cool!
It is of course wise to use a dedicated midi port/cable (not only dedicated MIDI channel), midi data is serial so jitter always increases with more data being transmitted over the cable.

Conclusion:
+Midi sync in is working well.
+The Varranger2 is extremely good at playing the Roland styles!

best regards, Gunnar K

[Dan]

This is a great news ! Thank you