[linux-audio-user] Sync with Ardour , MIDI, rosegarden, etc.

[Aaron Trumm]

> Basically true.  The main practical difference between SMPTE timecode
> and MTC is that the SMPTE timecode is encoded in an audio stream.  If
> digitized and fed to a JACK port, this becomes sample-synchronous,
> which can potentially provide excellent timing.  Synching to an
> external SMPTE clock will be difficult for many JACK clients because
> of clock drift.  But generating SMPTE from within a JACK timebase
> master client should be very solid, because then there's only one
> clock source.

yes this sort of confirms what I said in another post, which is that it
would be really good to use jack as a master time code hub and have
everything (internal AND external) sync to that...

the other sample accurate sync (the one I've always trusted the most) is
ADAT sync


> MIDI messages are generally not delivered with accurate timing by
> existing Linux interfaces.  I believe this is why ardour has trouble
> with it.

hmmm - I see

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>   Jack O'Quin
>   Austin, Texas, USA
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