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Synchronization / Synchronization settings
Master synchronization: Samplitude Music Studio 15 will slave to SMPTE/MTC/MC and can act as
the master for MIDI
clock and MIDI time code.
Sync output is directly linked to audio playback so that no delays occur between Samplitude Music
Studio 15 and external devices, even with long tracks. This new synchronization technology was specially
developed for connecting Samplitude Music Studio 15 with MIDI sequencers such as Cakewalk,
Cubase, Logic, Evolution Audio
, MIDI Connections, etc. which can run on the same PC in multitasking mode.
In this case you should use a virtual MIDI router for internally linking the programs like "Hubis MIDI
Loopback" from the Samplitude Music Studio 15 studio CD-ROM.
Wherever possible, please use MTC -25 frames/sec., since unlike the MIDI clock, no tempo changes
have to be taken into account.
If Samplitude Music Studio 15 is running as master, please set the FX factor to 1.0.
Slave synchronization with real "chase lock":
Samplitude Music Studio 15 supports real "chase lock" synchronization, i.e. audio playback can be
controlled precisely by a received time code signal (MC or MTC). In this case not only the starting point
of audio playback is controlled externally, but sync also controls playback speed if "chase lock" is
activated. This way Samplitude Music Studio 15 can follow the sync of analog tape machines or VCRs
for quite some time, which always have a certain slip, without delay.
This is a very powerful feature which many "professional" systems only offer at a high price!
By entering the "sync velocity", you can influence the speed of the tempo adjustment. The greater the
sync velocity, the faster Samplitude Music Studio 15 will follow a tempo change of the sync master;
however, this also means that the pitch fluctuation in the audio material is greater.
Only use values greater than 100 if Samplitude Music Studio 15 does not synchronize precisely in
standard cases.
The "chase lock" synchronization uses a real-time resampling routine requiring a certain CPU
power. Anything as fast as a Pentium 90 processor should suffice.
When using the hardware pitching feature, the chase lock synchronization uses direct access to the
sample rate of the sound card in 1 Hz steps. This achieves particularly precise synchronization without
additional CPU load. However, the sound card has to support this feature, as is currently the case with
the ARC44 and ARC88 4 or 8 channel.
MIDI clock input device
: Here the driver must be selected from which Samplitude Music Studio 15 will receive MIDI clocks for
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