[LAU] what's up with midi clock

[Jesse Chappell]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Paul Davis<paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

>> I was asking how to implement midi clock, since there seemed to be some
>> subtle differences between the specs and the things worked in warious
>> programs, at least that how it seemed when I played with it.
>
> This is true in hardware too. Not to quite the same extent as with
> linux software, but its still not too hard to find subtle things wrong
> when using MIDI Clock to sync devices. The protocol spec is written in
> wierd english, not particularly clear about intent when it comes to a
> few details, and as a result, people interpret things differently.

Just to reiterate on the original topic of the thread, the current
SooperLooper implementation of MIDI clock does *not* follow the spec
with regard to the start message.  I'm guessing at least a few of the
other apps the OP tried make the same mistake.  I will correct it
eventually.

jlc