Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By Dave VAder Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:25 pm
Hi all, does anyone know if it's possible to send out a constant clock signal via either CV or MIDI? I would really like to have my Pam's clock constantly driven by the MPC without having to hit play. The internal clock of the MPC is being generated all the time looking at the tap tempo so I was hoping there might be a way to route that into a gate or trigger?
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By Neodymium Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:21 am
As Pamela doesn't have mid, I think it's have to be CV. I've not used CV, but from I understand, you can set up a CV track, program quarter notes, and send them as clock triggers from the CV out.
By wavejockey Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:49 am
unfortunately this feature has been discarded (it was there in the MPC 4000)
i think because -especially at the beginning) - they had trouble(s) keeping the MIDI stream stable, and adding a MIDI sensing message every xx milliseconds wouldn't help in that regard
By HouseWithoutMouse Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:42 am
Try using a metronome click with ENABLE: Record + Play, SOUND: MPC Click, and RATE as something that the Pamela is expecting. And OUTPUT through the Key 61's outs 3-4 or something, connected to the Pamela's CV input. This may or may not work, I do not have a Pamela, but I've been able to use the Force's metronome click as sync for an Arduino based contraption. It should be more accurate than MIDI and the CV/gate as well, since audio is sample accurate, but MIDI and CV are far from it.

EDIT. Oops, I realized that even with record+play, it won't play if the transport is stopped. Just an idea anyway.