Hi guys!
I have a problem when I put the arpeggiator on my LP Stage II and I do work with the MIDI CLOCK, MIDI notes, do not line up and do not follow the grid, the bars of ProTools.
How can I do?
Can anyone help me?
Below I post a link where you can see a screenshot of what happens when you use the arpeggiator to MIDI CLOCK.
√ iPlay.
I might be able to help, but I’m not 100% sure what you’re asking…
I understand what you mean by “not lining up,” but it isn’t clear what process you’re following to end up with that result. Are you using the LP’s arpeggiator or not? It looks like you’ve programmed in an arpeggio on the Pro Tools piano roll… so which is supplying the arpeggiation - LP or PT?
One the one hand, if you turn the LP’s arp on and set its clock to external, you need only put long notes forming some sort of chord (extending for a duration greater than, say, a few cycles of the arpeggio) in the midi piano roll of PT, and press play or record - this will cause the LP to play arpeggios - automatically. In this case there’s no need to plot arpeggios in the piano roll of PT (as it appears you are doing from your picture). (note you also need to make sure PT is enabled to send MIDI clock - that’s in one of the options or preferences menus).
On the other hand, you can manually plot arpeggios (or any monophonic succession of notes) in PT’s piano roll (as it appears you have done in your pic), turn off the LP’s arpeggiator, and hit play or record, and the LP will play whatever you’ve put in your piano roll. (Note in this case you should set the LP’s clock back to internal).
However, if you attempt to do both these things at once, your result will be muddled.
See, on your pic, I’m wondering why you’ve got what appears to be a passage of “arpeggiated” octaves but with occasional simultaneous notes… ?
Aside from all that, there is the issue of latency (again, it’s unclear whether or not you’re referring to this specifically). Any DAW possesses some. When you record, depending on how much latency there is, your recorded track may be a little offset (delayed) from the grid. There are two ways to correct that in PT - you can move your waveform back a bit (re-aligning it to the grid) - this is a manual but very accurate fix. Or, prior to recording, you can compensate by offsetting the MIDI on that track to a negative start position - this will send out MIDI signals on that track ever so slightly ahead of everything else (by the amount you specify). I’m not at my PT computer so I can’t describe exactly how you do this, but the option can be found in one of the menus.
If you describe your problem more clearly I might be able to help more.