I have an A4 mk2 sequencing a Moog Sub 25 and I would love an AR mk2 but my MPC One is fine for drums and samples.
I just don’t know how to set up the A4 as master Clock and for starting the sequencers on both. I found midi transport send as an option but not sure what I have to do on the MPC to receive clock and sequence instructions. Any ideas?
In the GLOBAL > MIDI CONFIG > SYNC menu, activate CLOCK SEND and TRANSPORT SEND.
You also need to ensure that you have set the AF to send MIDI from its MIDI Out port.
In the PREFERENCES > MIDI/SYNC menu, set Receive to “MIDI Clock”.
The MPC One manual that I read does not refer to receipt of MIDI Start, Stop, or Continue messages, only to MIDI MMC messages. However, MPC One owners report that it functions as you wish. Perhaps an MPC One owner can comment?
I have an mpc one and it works great with the Elektron machines. In addition to the settings mentioned above, you can also set the mpc one to receive program changes to switch sequence.
This way the mpc will follow Elektron pattern change messages (unfortunately I haven’t figured out how to do it the other way around). It receives program changes on all channels.
One caveat: Be aware that the mpc will not sample when set up as clock slave.