Unstable midi clock drift

lol yes that would work but 1: the tempo of my songs are saved in the project files so i would have to remember the tempo and then turn the knob on the midronome. 2: i would like my hapax to work like its supposed to.

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This has been my experience as well. Never seen a master clock perfectly reflect the same BPM on another device, it gets close but never perfect readout. I would imagine it can fluxuate between two readings when the average BPM is right on the precipice between two numbers. Some fluxuation seems natural. That being said I don’t want to discount whats going on here, there may be something out of the norm. I don’t fully understand the midi protocol and how clock stability works in regards to other data on the same cable

EDIT: OK based on some limited research “midi jitter” is fairly normal and can get worse the more data going over the line. If you google midi jitter hapax, you’ll find more threads like this. Some people are talking about changing PPQ settings, as well as a firmware update that may have improved things.

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thank you for the advice. i think midi clock runs at a unchangeable ppqn? you can only change it for the gate output. as for the firmware, its on the latest.

I would be curious to know what Squarp says if you contact them.

yeah same. i will today.

if it’s off a hair it’s never been enough for me to notice, that’s for sure, even with some pretty tightly syncopated stuff, high bpm stuff. recorded tons of stuff with it, it’s been good enough for me.