Sync issues

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saski
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Sync issues

Post by saski » Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:41 am

Arrrrgh!! Pulling my (non-existent) hair out!

Trying to get Live to sync USB with a myriad of hardware...finally get it sounding ok...then stop transport and when I start up again the timing has gone to sh!t! Got a couple of electron boxes supposedly sync'd via Overbridge...but they're way out..couple of Moogs - out, ext sequencer - out...

There doesn't seem to be anything consistent happening...super-flakey.

Any suggestions?



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chris harbin
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Re: Sync issues

Post by chris harbin » Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:54 am

I don't use external synths and the like so I can't comment on that. But I had some "sync" issues with some of my controllers.

What had happened was that there are a variety of "preferences" that needed to be changed. Maybe unrelated to your situation but one was that when I started clips for recording, at first, I always had to "shift/play" (which is also stop) on the Push 2 to start at the beginning of a clip. Turns out, there was a preference for that and once unchecked, it now behaves as expected.

So the point is, try and dig deeper with that, there might be something in that department.
Live 11.x Suite, Push 2, AMD Ryzen 7900x @ 4.7 GHZ, Windows 11, 32 GB ram, Volt 2, Nektar T4 and Atom SQ.
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Re: Sync issues

Post by [jur] » Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:12 pm

Hey saski,
did you search on the forum? There's multiple threads about this.
You could also check this or this KB article.
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saski
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Re: Sync issues

Post by saski » Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:45 pm

[jur] wrote:
Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:12 pm
Hey saski,
did you search on the forum? There's multiple threads about this.
You could also check this or this KB article.
Thanks. Yes I've read/watched/searched everything there is about this...

So I've just shelled out £20 for a third-party Max device (Clock) that should be standard with LIVE! Works like a treat - but annoyed the R&D guys can't get it right without a bolt on app...

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Re: Sync issues

Post by [jur] » Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:33 pm

saski wrote:
Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:45 pm
So I've just shelled out £20 for a third-party Max device (Clock) that should be standard with LIVE! Works like a treat - but annoyed the R&D guys can't get it right without a bolt on app...
You could drop a line to Support, just as a reminder that this affects yet one another user :wink:
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