Re: [linux-audio-dev] MIDI sync issues; mmc, mtc, ...
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] MIDI sync issues; mmc, mtc, ...
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 23:06:18 EET
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>In my case, I'm trying to start two complitely separate devices at exactly
>the same time, and hope that they run at a constant speed. But, I admit,
>there's lots of things that can go wrong.
[ ... ]
>And selecting among the various sync mechanisms is another difficult
>issue. Plain midi clock has little meaning for a digital audio
>recorder/mixer (concept of tempo unknown). Mtc and smpte are very good for
>doing precise location searches, but are they good enough for actually
>syncing audio apps to hardware devices or to other apps...?
you need two kinds of sync:
1) SMPTE/MTC for location searching and general "wall clock" sync
2) word clock for ensuring that the sample clocks run at the
same speed.
with both of these in place, i think things work very well.
--p
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