Can Firewire and USB be sync'd thru DAW?

Hey have you sync'd your MPC Midi via usb yet? and recorded it in a DAW such as cubase(only uses 1 asio driver/soundcard at a time)?

So I ordered an mackie 1640i today...but noticed it doesnt have a MIDI OUT port to HELP MASTER CLOCK all my devices in sync such as the MPC5000/KORG M3.

I thought it may pose a problem due to different frame speeds being clocked, i.e firewire being faster than USB(I called mackie tech support and they said the computer will sync the firewire and USB...?) When I use my Daw/Cubase as the host master clock for recording all 16 channels in Sync.

This is why they dropped the price by $200 probably... since this is cutting edge home recording technology "they" will need to include Midi thru firewire in these firewire mixers....just like their interfaces!...this is a design flaw in my opinion..

The Allen Heath Zed R16 DOES have a midi out port with midi control also....I may cancel my mackie order or send it back for the A&H...it looks cooler anyway!

Im almost done with completing this immaculate home recording setup, which to me is the best way to home record in "professional manner".

Included midi I/O that you find on a lot of these audio interfaces/mixers don't compare to a dedicated multiport midi interface.

I run a steinberg daw too, but I'll be dam if I'm going to be daisy chaining a bunch of stuff together off of one midi out.

Just doesn't make good sense to me to try and pull that off.

Grab yourself a good midi interface and be happy.

dabmeister wrote:Grab yourself a good midi interface and be happy.

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