Sorry for bumping this, but I am just wondering:

The only thing I want to do is launch ableton clips while lsdj is running and launch lsdj while ableton clips are running.

Is it possible? And what do I need? I was searching the forum but could not find an answer. This seemed the appropriate thread.

And yes, I know, human syncing is possible, but syncing ableton and lsdj live by ear is a bitch.

yeah, i never really had any problems syncing with ableton either. i would use an arduinoboy and a midi nes together and i never noticed anything not playing accurately.

I've never had Ableton syncing issues outside of the context of the LSDJMC2 (once again, a Firestarter one, not a Low-Gain made one).

i love you logan but I call bullshit. I've been using Ableton since day one and I'm using sync now. Perfectly fine. MY old ninja sync cable worked great, no "knotching" needed (which really im guessing is just a sync byte skip routine for the minus and a add a fake sync byte for the plus) ... Which is why I built the Aboy, i knew there was a better solution than my lsdjmc2 ... By the way I should mention that my LSDJMC2 was the original firestarter one and not the one by logan.

ditto

i'm kinda dumb though

Ableton has issues syncing midi clock. it always has.. since day one. it's always needed minor adjustment

Isn't that why it had the buttons to creep it forward or back on the clock?

I had a problem with lsdjmc2. My one was always *exactly* 99.99% in sync. So I had to make a Max/MSP patch between, say, Ableton and the lsdjmc2 that compensates for the 0.001%.

seriously! i never totally got the hang of my midi nes, and now i've traded it for a guitar amp.

yeah man! or at least play a show sometime.

I would bet that's the same problem with all. yet again its arduino & open-source, meaning at least the end user has the option to fix it how they see fit.   ... Really there is no excuse for users not to learn a bit and start hacking away. It's not like I went to college to learn this stuff- It can be done.

I will take the time now and say Arduinoboy was originally developed because my lsdjmc2 never really worked well, while my old ninja sync cable (8 years old- you probably never heard of it)  worked perfectly. Might of been something specific with mine but it always fell out of sync, and it seemed silly to require a power supply.

my one problem with the arduino, is that if youre using something like ableton as a master clock, and want to to sync the arduino up to it, they have to start at the same time. you can't just drop something from lsdj into whatever's already going on in ableton.

Oh man!  Most of the white hair on my head is all thanks to MIDINES.  Stuck notes FTL!  The rubber band effect on the DPCMs is unparalleled though... hmm, I wonder if Johan could get something snapping like that in LSDJ keyboard mode... [/lightbulb]

We gotta jam for realz sometime, Nick!

or midi nes!

my nord g1 will output midi clock but doesn't have any transport. 
so i had to bring along a drum machine to be able to send midi start commands to nanoloop 1.3 to get it going.   i'd set it to sync but i need to tell it to start to get it playing.  the sync is good.  its really an issue with my particular setup and what i'm trying to do.