Syncing 7 laptops, and getting the best out of it...

RhythmSickness · Post by **RhythmSickness** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:44 pm

Machinate wrote:
RhythmSickness wrote:
Machinate wrote:ah, well then we agree, lol! Only my suggestion costs half that
lol yeah we agree, the older models of motu unit go for about the same price though, I've seen them for around £90-£100
ah, that's a cool price, I reckon. Ýou can't go wrong with MOTU. Also the Emagic Unitor8 has a patchbay mode, i love mine

Only real disadvantage to it I think is that its a second hand item, and so you are going to be constrained by having to find one of them, as opposed to simply buying one from a shop

Trat · Post by **Trat** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:57 pm

tundravisions wrote: Is Robert Henke on this board sometimes?

I would be very interested in how the whole "Narod Niki" thing was set up back then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2FZ8LY ... re=related

Those guys all use Macs so they sync over ethernet...

furrybum · Post by **furrybum** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:55 pm

Read this. He says they're not synchronised

http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=news ... c+Magazine

Dr.Drane · Post by **Dr.Drane** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:00 pm

My attempts to sync using midi clock weren't that great.

Make a kick on one system and percussion on another and you can hear they're not synced tight enough. Anybody has some other experiences, or tips?

Isn't it possible to sync via digitally (spdif) to get it tighter?

Thanks

chapelier fou · Post by **chapelier fou** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:29 pm

tundravisions wrote: Second: Do you guys have any ideas on how to divide tasks when playing live techno with 7 persons?

Cl hit hat
Op hit hat
Snare
Kick
Synth

OOoops, 5 persons is enough for techno!

skeet · Post by **skeet** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:02 am

Trat wrote:
tundravisions wrote: Is Robert Henke on this board sometimes?

I would be very interested in how the whole "Narod Niki" thing was set up back then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2FZ8LY ... re=related
Those guys all use Macs so they sync over ethernet...

I've heard them here in Berlin and have to say the timing was like crap.
Even the soundset wasn't that good I supposed... No, they were not synced.

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:02 pm

they are not synchronized. they all use the built in soundcard so everybody has the same latency. So told me zip after the montreux gig.
it has really been the best electronic live performance I saw in my life.

WaveRider · Post by **WaveRider** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:06 pm

well, I would go for the 1 midi clock thru 8 outs, have everyone use the same audio latency, use the metronomes to sync the machines one by one to your master clock metronome, via preferences midi clock delay setting, it is easy to hear tight sync, with the metronome or other tight percussion sound.... and you should be pretty good!

Dr.Drane · Post by **Dr.Drane** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:58 am

WaveRider wrote:via preferences midi clock delay setting, it is easy to hear tight sync, with the metronome or other tight percussion sound.... and you should be pretty good!

Aha, I thought you should use the Audio>Latency>Driver Error Compensation> parameter to adjust you overal latency to become 0.

Or should you use them both to get your computers in sync?

Thanks and greets!

Ps: Isn't MTC sync tigther than the midi clock sync?

Syncing 7 laptops, and getting the best out of it...

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