Connecting clock to Roland SPD- 20 Pro
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FolderolVT
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Connecting clock to Roland SPD- 20 Pro
Just received my Nome II- end goal being to use it as the master clock for external synthesizers and a Roland SPD 20 Pro drum pad. When connecting it to the Roland SPD 20 Pro, it does not change the temp of any delay settings. Any recommendations? I have made sure that the Nome II is on and sending clock data, as well as the “TX/RX Sw” setting on the SPD 20 Pro is on.
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simntonic
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Re: Connecting clock to Roland SPD- 20 Pro
Hi 
As written in our Quick Start Guide, we usually recommend looking for "clock" or "sync" in your gear's manual - https://static.roland.com/assets/media/ ... ng03_W.pdf
Looking at the SPD-20 Manual, it does not seem that it can sync to any incoming clock? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Then your only option is to sync the Nome to the SPD-20, if you can get it to output an a dedicated audio output some regular sounds at its internal BPM (for example a kick every 4th note, or even better a sharper/louder sound every 16th or 32nd note), then send that to the Nome's INPUT and set the Nome's "inP" setting to "1ppq" so it will follow the SPD. See https://manuals.simntonic.com/nome-ii/c ... dio-signal
Simon
As written in our Quick Start Guide, we usually recommend looking for "clock" or "sync" in your gear's manual - https://static.roland.com/assets/media/ ... ng03_W.pdf
Looking at the SPD-20 Manual, it does not seem that it can sync to any incoming clock? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Then your only option is to sync the Nome to the SPD-20, if you can get it to output an a dedicated audio output some regular sounds at its internal BPM (for example a kick every 4th note, or even better a sharper/louder sound every 16th or 32nd note), then send that to the Nome's INPUT and set the Nome's "inP" setting to "1ppq" so it will follow the SPD. See https://manuals.simntonic.com/nome-ii/c ... dio-signal
Simon
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