MainStage中发送来自外部节拍时钟

After exploring the differences between Timecode and MIDI Beat Clock, David Earl moves on to show how to sync two Macs running MainStage. For a fail-safe live performance rig this tip is unbeatable!  

MainStage中正在成为一个谁希望有实时控制仪器和舞台上的影响,现场音乐家去方案。最近,键盘和电子音乐家的怪人行驶,托姆帕特里克问我是否有办法同步多台计算机上运行MainStage中一起。

当播放现场满座的人群,最后要发生的事情是有一台电脑在性能下降。从影响的节目流,以帮助保持这样的事,电子音乐家已经开始创建,当计算机出现故障计数踢的冗余系统。

他在Thoms案件中,有两台笔记本电脑,运行相同的主级会议。他已经从一个单一的控制器两台计算机的MIDI路由,但他需要依托轨道和效果,确保正确的节奏,无论他发生了补丁。他需要一定MainStage中#2打后盾MainStage中#1对齐的轨道。同步系统,他需要一些参考。

MainStage中没有像其他方案。一般在其他程序中,你将有一个同步的偏好,将允许你发送一个MIDI端口的多种类型的时间码。两个主要的提述,将时间码和节拍时钟。

时间码是绝对时间。它有一个小时,分钟,秒,帧和时间的基础上。在电影世界中,通常有24日和30帧每秒,这涉及到如何捕获和回放电影之间。 MIDI时间码是绝对的,这意味着第二个持续第二长,一个小时一个小时,换句话说,时间不灵活,在时间码。那整点。在电影的世界里,你要一定时间死1同步帧。

MIDI节拍时钟更像是贴紧你的手指的节拍。这不是无情时间码一致,并允许在时间轴的节奏变化。 MainStage中使用MIDI节拍时钟发送到外部设备和程序的补丁的节奏。通常在MainStage中的世界,我们更关心的节奏变化,而不是绝对时间。

MainStage中设置发送MIDI节拍时钟是有点棘手,但一旦你知道该怎么做,你有没有问题节拍时钟发送到其他设备和方案。


第1步 - 在你的补丁创建一个外部仪器

在编辑模式下,去添加频道地带上混频器的右上角按钮:

Add channel strip


从菜单中,选择外部仪器。一定要告诉它什么端口发送的节拍时钟。这将是MIDI输出。


第2步 - 调整MIDI输出

现在外部文书是在修补,我们有能力发送补丁的节拍时钟。选择外部仪器的通道条,看看它的MIDI输出“选项卡。选择发送MIDI节拍时钟复选框,发送启动消息,并发送停止消息。这些设置似乎对我最好的工作:

MIDI Output settings


现在,你是好去,尽量发送MIDI关注。要设置补丁的速度,只需选择从屏幕左侧的补丁,并设置属性“选项卡下的节奏:

Attributes tab


和良好的措施,继承人帕特里克托姆的怪人!托姆是膨胀的家伙,怪人岩石。有趣的是,看到两个主级会议上的2台电脑完全同步。显然,如果他的第一台电脑出现故障,过渡到另一台计算机是相当完美的。

Thom Kirkpatrick from The Kooks with his MainStage rig.


享受的可能性!



David writes music for all media including advertising, branding, movies, television, and games. He works for such clients as Sega, LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios, Landor and Associates, Beyond Pix, Rich Pageant, and Nextel. He also teaches at an Apple Certified training facility in San Francisco called Pyramind and has long bee... Read More

Discussion

Paul Spencer
Having difficulty getting reliable sync between two mainstage setups.
Mine is for keys and the other is the drummers. I have created a network midi connection. Both setups are connecting to it OK, and I can get my setup to track tempo changes the drummers patches create.
I wish to use the ARP from ms3 and also from Omnisphere, together with some of the rhythmic env mods and have them sync to midi clock from drummers laptop.
On the drummers setup I am using playback to play the click track, which is sync'd to its own midi clock fine.
At its most basic, I can't even get the metronomes to sync.
Leslie
Hi Paul, did you figure it out? We're also trying to sync up our keys and drums.
sflogicninja
I would not trust network MIDI. What I did was use a physical MIDI cable to send to a MIDI box that would send the MIDI messages from the controller to 2 computers at once. This would allow for the patch change messages to be received by both computers. The MIDI clock was not what I used to sync the systems. The idea was to have a redundant system that was always on. If he hits play, both computers are playing at once. the sync was mechanical, not clock. It was for catastrophic failure.

I'm going to ask the Logic team if there is something I'm missing, but I don't think you can receive clock.
Leslie
Hi! I'm sure this is a silly question, but how are the two Macs actually connected? I know you mentioned a MIDI controller, how does that work? I'm new to the idea of connecting two Macs with Mainstage but would really love to be able to.

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