Using the Juno Gi as a master clock (but not controller)
Posted: 18:00, 11 December 2014
Hey all. This is my first post. I'm a long time Roland fan and I've owned many Roland products in the past.
Currently, I'm trying to do a "one man band" thing. I've got 3 synths (Roland Juno Gi, Arturia MiniBrute, DSI Mopho) and drum machine (Alesis SR18). I'm not performing this act live yet, just working up the songs in the basement. Currently, I have to set the BPM on each of the 4 devices before I start each song. I want each instrument to function independently, but I want all the clocks to sync. I have a MIDI thru box and all the cables I need, but I can't seem to make this happen.
I've tried using the Alesis as the master clock. I can get everything to sync to the clock, but it doesn't sync until you start the drum machine. So, if I have a song that starts with piano or synth (or anything other than drums), I still end up synching manually. Ugh.
The clock is the DSI is extremely accurate, so I thought of using that. However, I talked to Dave Smith support and they said there is no way to do with this with the Mopho as the master clock. It has to be a slave (because it always send the notes with the clock).
The Arturia is way too limited. It doesn't even display the BPM (just a flashing light), so it's not even a possibility.
This bring me to the Juno Gi. It seems like I should be able to do what I want using the Gi as the master clock. Well... I can get all the clock to sync... and it syncs real time. So that's all good! But when I play the keyboard on the Juno it plays notes on the other two synths (and the Alesis if the notes are low enough). This is definitely not what I want. I want to be able to send the clock signal w/o sending the notes.
I tried all the tx/rx settings under the MIDI menu. I can't see anything that controls this. Does anyone know if there's a way to do this? If not, any other ideas? It doesn't seem like this simple thing should be so complicated.
Currently, I'm trying to do a "one man band" thing. I've got 3 synths (Roland Juno Gi, Arturia MiniBrute, DSI Mopho) and drum machine (Alesis SR18). I'm not performing this act live yet, just working up the songs in the basement. Currently, I have to set the BPM on each of the 4 devices before I start each song. I want each instrument to function independently, but I want all the clocks to sync. I have a MIDI thru box and all the cables I need, but I can't seem to make this happen.
I've tried using the Alesis as the master clock. I can get everything to sync to the clock, but it doesn't sync until you start the drum machine. So, if I have a song that starts with piano or synth (or anything other than drums), I still end up synching manually. Ugh.
The clock is the DSI is extremely accurate, so I thought of using that. However, I talked to Dave Smith support and they said there is no way to do with this with the Mopho as the master clock. It has to be a slave (because it always send the notes with the clock).
The Arturia is way too limited. It doesn't even display the BPM (just a flashing light), so it's not even a possibility.
This bring me to the Juno Gi. It seems like I should be able to do what I want using the Gi as the master clock. Well... I can get all the clock to sync... and it syncs real time. So that's all good! But when I play the keyboard on the Juno it plays notes on the other two synths (and the Alesis if the notes are low enough). This is definitely not what I want. I want to be able to send the clock signal w/o sending the notes.
I tried all the tx/rx settings under the MIDI menu. I can't see anything that controls this. Does anyone know if there's a way to do this? If not, any other ideas? It doesn't seem like this simple thing should be so complicated.