M -
Y. Good point. I'll set up a channel for the expert sleepers and it'll be nearly as convenient.

Be able to work out if it's the clock sync or the midi input causing the problem like that at any rate!

cheers! J.

On 3 Jun 2013, at 12:49, Martin Klang wrote:

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> yes, Ableton's midi timing is terrible.
> Can you send a click track to the gate / clock input on the Dark Time That should give you much tighter sync. Plus, if you want it, groove!
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> hth,
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> /m
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> On 3 Jun 2013, at 11:57, Jim Credland wrote:
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> > Cheers Florian - I'll take it up with them. I'm on the latest version. Seems a shame it's so slack on that front. It's bloody good with other things.
> >
> > For now I've cured it with the quantise button :)
> >
> > On 3 Jun 2013, at 11:49, Florian Anwander wrote:
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> >> Ableton Live is known to have an awful timing in respect to MIDI-Clock no matter whether the MIDI-protocoldata are transmitted via USB- or MIDI-hardware.
> >>
> >> The latest version of live has some improvements in this regard.
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> >> But nevertheless: all the Ableton guys come from audio and ITB-production. They never had their scope on midi and external gear.
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> >>
> >> Florian
> >>
> >> Am 03.06.2013 12:44, schrieb Jim Credland:
> >>> After a year of having one I just twigged how cool the dark time would be connected to a soft synth. So I tried it and now have an awesome groove over a record. However, a couple of questions:
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> >>> The Dark Time's timing, into Ableton, is awful. I'm running it through USB into Ableton and it's neither precise nor accurate. Any tips Does MIDI work better I'm on a Mac, it's plugged directly into a USB socket on the front of the computer.
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> >>> Secondly, it'd be great to leave it plugged in all the time but whenever I hit play on the sequencer it kicks off. Is there some way of telling it that stop means STOP! ;)
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> >>> thank you! J.
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