Syncing up a TR 707

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eggnchips
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Syncing up a TR 707

Post by eggnchips » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:47 am

Hey chaps,
I'm having problems getting Ableton to trigger the start/stop of my Tr 707 drummachine.
I have got it working with Midi and can play the drum sounds from Ableton but I want it so Ableton triggers the 707 to play its own patterns.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by 3phase » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:15 am

you have to set the 707 in midi sync mode
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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by eggnchips » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:47 pm

I have done this and like I said, I have it receiving Midi notes fine. It just won't trigger the sequencer.
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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by freshdrumma » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:19 pm

i had the 707 but don't remember.
anyway on some drum machines you have to set the tempo to 0 to enable to synch

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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by freshdrumma » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:27 pm

also..
beeing able to trigger notes from live doesn't mean that you put your tr in slave mode

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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by eggnchips » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:12 pm

Solved it! Abe's Midi clock type wasn't set to pattern.
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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by homesick73 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:27 pm

hey,
i'm having the opposite problem.
i can run the 707's clock w ableton, but can't figure out how to trigger the 707 sounds from a midi clip in ableton.
any ideas?

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Re: Syncing up a TR 707

Post by eggnchips » Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:41 pm

You should be able to open a Midi channel and set the Midi so it's going out of your Midi interface in the 'Midi To' box.
Then it should play the sounds when you click on notes on the grid while playing.
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