Dave wrote: ↑03 Aug 2023, 04:38
Dark Waves wrote: ↑13 Jun 2023, 02:52
Thought I'd go ahead and report from admittedly very limited time to play with it this weekend (and bear in mind, I'm far from highly experienced in DAW usage, still).
Watching the video with quite a few pauses and rewinds, and trying to get to the right sections in Studio One (they are often hidden by default) I did get the plug-in to load and play. Am using S1 v.6 Pro on Windows 10 with a Focusrite Scarlett 8i6. Pleasantly surprised the short bit of drawn sync section, just 3 bars, continuously works regardless of transport operation or position further down the track. I got the metronome sound from the Midronome playing and following the tempo changes, and then played around with some ramps in the tempo track, and it followed those fine.
There is some fairly frequent dropping of the sync, though. Once or twice a minute the box shows Err, and most of those times there will be audible glitching happening then. I took some care to set levels, both in the Focusrite mixing / routing control app, and in the DAW, finding the ranges that worked best, trying to avoid also running too hot, i.e. out of headroom, on either one, though I did find that the signal needs quite a bit of high level to get in the green range. Also, the line outs on the interface seemed to perform somewhat better than the headphone outs, as the drop outs were more frequent on the latter. I haven't had a chance yet to compare the plug-in performance to the audio sync file.
I'm interested what kind of results others experience.
How did you set up S1 Pro 6? I did what was shown in the video (I've been using the sync file generator and using the DAW Pipeline plugin to route the audio to the Midronome via an output on my interface) and can't get it to show as an ARA plugin in the DAW - I always get the not an ARA plugin error. Yes, I'm adding it as shown in the video.
I'm now using 6.2.1 I think is the latest version of S1. I'm on win11.
Since I got it working, it is a very slick function, since it just dynamically follows the DAW's tempo. Anyway, it did take several times before I got the hang of it without scrutinizing the video myself, and I had to pause and rewind to catch all the details. I'm on S1 Pro 6.2 and Windows 10, so close enough, although differences in default song setup could change how you get to where everything is. Anyway, here's what works for me, considering there are usually multiple ways of accomplishing the same thing:
Launching a new song, add an audio track and make it mono. Other settings can be done later.
In the Record Input dropdown, select "None" since you don't need actual audio coming in.
[EDIT: try range tool if arrow doesn't work on this step] With the arrow tool, draw in a short section (a bar, could be flexible, need to experiment with that) to the beginning of the track, then "Bounce Selection."
If it isn't already, open the Inspector to the left, with the "i" symbol.
Above the fader, the second rectangle allows you to select the audio output, so choose one not going to your speakers!
In the section below the fader, next to "Event" click "Enable."
A bit below that, where the box says "Inserts" click the small "+" icon, open the Midronome folder and select Midroaudiosync.
You can deselect "Only send signal while playing" and close the popup box that appeared.
Sync signal should now be going to wherever you sent it.
Mileage may vary, but for me, I found the best settings (coincidentally) are the track fader at nominal, i.e. zero, and adjust the output for optimal level to the Midronome on the interface using whatever software or hardware controls it. That has the advantage of being preset at that level every new song, so less fussing about adjusting each time.
Let me know if that works for you!