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Hey there

I have just upgraded my Midronome to the latest & greatest everything, and now can enjoy bi-directional communication between Ableton Live & the Midronome if I plug it into my Mac directly. Nice!. Unless, of course I want to put the MioXL into the middle of those two. In that case, no luck.

Why would I want to do that? Well, my gear sits across the room, not on my desktop. That is where I want to have a stable clock and analog outs, as well as the possibility to change the BPM. When I am on my desk, I could just use Ableton Live to change the BPM (or any controller mapped to it).

Setup:
Live goes via USB cable to the MioXL ("USB DAW'), MioXL to the Midronome via USB HST and vise-versa.

First question
Did anybody here successfully do that? Please share your setup details (MioXL config, mainly)

Second question
Auracle X allows me to do a "USB Host Reservation". There, I have one Port Name (HST 1) which I could rename if that is relevant for the Daemon to know what's happening. What is the daemon looking for? For the port reservation itself, there are three possible ports advertised by
"Sim'n Tonic Midronome" of which apparently I can only select one. Which one? Or is that the issue and I need to somehow map all three? How? Third Question
What exactly does U-sync send via USB, or more specifically, does it need USB, or could I link the DAW (or deamon?) with e.g. RTP Midi? The idea here is that I already have the MioXL connected via ethernet RTP Midi and would much love to not need a second cable across the studio just for the USB connection.

Thanks
- Fables

Hi Fables

The Nome and the computer need to be close to each other, and they need a stable (ideally direct) USB connection, it's a requirement for U-SYNC to work.

You can easily send the clock from the Nome to your mioXL (many people do) using a DIN-MIDI cable, then use the mio to spread the clock to all your gear. And if you need to "remove control" your Nome, you can use pedals, a drum pad, or even send some MIDI CC commands from another device, through the mio, through the computer, which end up in the Nome.

Alternatively, you can place the Nome further from the computer if you sync it using an audio sync track from your DAW, like I would guess you were doing before. Any regular audio will work, but I would recommend using the "Midronome" plugin which will generate an audio sync track at 24ppq.

Thanks Simon,

both approaches you mentioned I have used in the past.I like the bi-directional aspect of the new firmware.

The USB connection works – both "direct" and via an active usb cable (i.e. through hubs).

I guess it really isn't the Midronome's problem that the MioXL acts up – I thought it might be because of the ports, but theoretically that should not bother MioXL. I'll stick to the additional USB cable for now.

Cheers
- Fables