Just see on Synthtopia, Expert Sleepers announce the USAMO ( http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/index.php), midiclock jitter free generated by analog audio from audio interface + VST.
This is the same concept than Syncgen, ACME, but only one midi output.
I hope this will be cheaper than existing solution ! But it is nice to see all this company go on this road ! Audio based midiclock should be the standard !
EDIT : Expert Sleepers already have a audio to midiclock jitter free system but in modular format : http://vimeo.com/90652859 . Work with Spdif.
Righto, here’s my review now that I’ve finally had a chance to get this thing set up & have a play…
HOLY FCVKNG SHAZBOT!!!
As much as I love the the AR, it’s always bugged the hell out of me that I couldn’t get it to play nice with the Reason sequencer. Since Reason has always been my go to for complex percussive sequencing, I had grand designs of layering a fat juicy analog beat over the top of it - only to be cruelly taunted by MIDI jitter.
Anyways, the curse is broken and I’ve been celebrating at 170BM. For my next trick, I’ll be integrating the Virus.
Can you split the Midi-out from this box to several hardware synths, and keep the jitter/timing down, or does it only work for one dedicated midi out connection to a single piece of hardware?
For instance: I use an old Kawai MAV-8 Midi patchbay. Could I pipe the master DAW midi to several devices through the MAV-8?
Shouldn’t be a problem since it’s a standard single MIDI port with full 16 channels. There’s also talk on other boards of people successfully using thru boxes & whatnot.
Had another play around. This time I connected the AR thru to the virus input, driving 3 individual channels in a multi with simultaneous arps on two of them. Everything’s still good.