[PD] midi_sync_out

[Andy Farnell]

Compiles fine (Linux 2.6.8-4-386 on VIA). Seems to send midi clock
sync. But I can't find any app that will be a slave to test it properly.

With a [midi_sync_in] would be able to test syncing two Pds together :)

cheers,

a.



On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:16:34 -0700
Alex <x37v.alex at gmail.com> wrote:

> I bet someone has already done this but I haven't seen it yet so I
> figured I'd do it myself.  I made an external which lets me send midi
> clock, start, stop and continue messages out of pd.  This way I can
> sync an external drum-machine, sequencer, etc., to pd.
> 
> I've placed the code here:
> http://x37v.info/projects/puredata/midi_sync_out/code/midi_sync_out.tar.gz
> 
> I just wrote it in the last hour or so, and have tested it only with 1
> drum machine.. I'm using ALSA for midi, if you're not you'll have to
> modify the Makefile (I couldn't figure out how to send midi bytes in a
> generic way as the sys_queuemidimess function is static).
> 
> It is a super simple external.  I tried for a while to simply use the
> [midiout] object but I couldn't figure out how to get it to actually
> output anything.  I looked at the pd source code, it looks like there
> is a little bit of code to send clock out messages but I don't think
> it is exposed to the user in any object... and I didn't see anything
> about start/stop/continue messages.
> 
> There is a help file which explains the functionality of the object
> and gives a really basic sync out solution.
> 
> Please tell me if this works for you, if this is redundant
> [encompassed by another project (which you could point me to)], etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
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