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jordan8865

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Syncing Synths to electric drums new

#990325 - 30/05/12 07:03 AM

I'm new to playing live with synthesizers and electric drums and would love some help. I have a Roland TD-12 electric drum kit that I'm going to use with a Dave Smith Prophet 08 and Yamaha M06 synth keyboards. I want to use some arpeggios from the keyboards and sync them to the drum beat that our drummer will be playing. I tried to figure it out connecting the devices through midi and was able to get the Prophet 08 to follow the BPM of the drum set, but the drums were also triggering notes on the Prophet 08. I would love some help on how to do this! Thanks.

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Re: Syncing Synths to electric drums new

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#990331 - 30/05/12 07:35 AM

The Prophet will follow MIDI clock, but that need to be generated by something with a clocked tempo (Like a drum machine).
The Roland drum kit is not generating any tempo information but simply outputting MIDI notes (which is why you hear notes on the Prophet)

The only way to link a live drummer to a MIDI clock is a device that can generate MIDI clock from inputted taps or beats. These don't work very well in my experience and are more trouble that they are worth.
The most effective means to lock the two together is to get the drummer to play to a click generated by the M06 or some other drum machine(assuming the drummer can play to click) and to lock the Prophet to that generated MIDI clock

Hope this helps

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jordan8865

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Re: Syncing Synths to electric drums new

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#990343 - 30/05/12 08:25 AM

Thanks! This helps a lot. I'm curious what you use for this issue? Do you use a keyboard for the clock? Or something else?

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Re: Syncing Synths to electric drums [Re: jordan8865]
#990360 - 30/05/12 09:43 AM

Pretty much anything that incorporates any sort of "sequencer". E.g your computer-based DAW, an old drum machine, or an MPC or similar.

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