MMC clarification needed.

[stratblue]

Hi All.

 

I have a Genoqs Octopus HW sequencer which has been slaved off Cubase, Live and a TR8s among other things, I see it sending out start and stop messages in master mode in midi monitor so I assumed that I could use Helix 2.92 foot control buttons to send out Start/ Stop commands and control it but all I see are sysex commands. I tried sending Helix to Live, making sure the Helix was a sync source in the prefs but still no joy, what have I misunderstood here?

 

Thanks.

[rd2rk]

Helix doesn't do sysex, so not sure what you're referring to. It does do MMC.

I tried to DL the Octopus manual, but the website's DL link doesn't seem to be working.

FWIW, I've never been able to get MMC to work with LIVE or any other DAW. They have their own Start/Stop MIDI commands based on CCs.

If you have the Octopus manual, look for configuration settings that allow incoming commands. Also check to see that it's on the same MIDI Channel as Helix.

[stratblue]

14 hours ago, rd2rk said:

Helix doesn't do sysex, so not sure what you're referring to. It does do MMC.

I tried to DL the Octopus manual, but the website's DL link doesn't seem to be working.

FWIW, I've never been able to get MMC to work with LIVE or any other DAW. They have their own Start/Stop MIDI commands based on CCs.

If you have the Octopus manual, look for configuration settings that allow incoming commands. Also check to see that it's on the same MIDI Channel as Helix.

Hi there.

 

It seems that I mistook MMC for MTC, didn't realise that until this.  I'm sure I saw sysex in midi monitor as I sent a start command:

 

http://www.showcuesystems.com/scs10help/topics/scs-options-mid-mmc.htm

 

Maybe there is some sort of MMC to MTC convertor box...