V-Synth XT Arp Synch "problems"

Glad to hear you have not got any issues with your XT, but I still have them, just checked 30 min ago.

Delay issue
http://forums.rolandclan.info/index.php?action=show_thread&thread=19434&fid=4&page=1

Arpeggio issue
http://forums.rolandclan.info/index.php?action=show_thread&thread=13297&fid=4&page=1

You can use "search" knob to find out more.

So, it is known "problem" since 2006 and nothing changed.

Good evening,

well reading this topic I tried to sync my XT with Cubase 4 - well I can sync my V-Synth XT too.

Greetings from Germany

Tim

Dimitry,
As you can see, like me, there are other guys not having that problem, like Timxt here.

I'm not saying that there is no problem, I'm just saying that, so far I didn't see it !!! lucky me.

take care
PauloF

I have no hope that Roland fix it and I adapted to use XT without USB timing.

Hi guys, I just got a V-Synth XT, and I have the same problem that some people are having. I want to use the synth only with a USB cable, and I managed to set up everything fine, so I have the midi coming in, and the audio of the synth is coming out. Everything works great....except the timing.
In the setup I have set the synth to recieve the timing from the USB midi, but it doesnt seem to respond.
If I choose a patch with an arp, and I play notes it plays like if there were no arp.

The people that have it working, how did you do it?
Regards,
Adam

adamszabo wrote:

Hi guys, I just got a V-Synth XT, and I have the same problem that some people are having. I want to use the synth only with a USB cable, and I managed to set up everything fine, so I have the midi coming in, and the audio of the synth is coming out. Everything works great....except the timing.
In the setup I have set the synth to recieve the timing from the USB midi, but it doesnt seem to respond.
If I choose a patch with an arp, and I play notes it plays like if there were no arp.

The people that have it working, how did you do it?
Regards,
Adam

Hi Adam,
Welcome to the Clan!!
Well...not good news I'm afraid...

Unfortunately I made a mistake when I said that I could synchronize my XT via USB. In fact the XT was connected via MIDI to a UM-550 MIDI Patcher, which in turn was connected to the PC/DAW via USB.
So basically, the MIDI Clock was being sent from the DAW to the V-Synth, but via the MIDI Patcher and not directly via USB, and reached the V-Synth on the MIDI interface, not the USB one.
This way the XT can be perfectly synchronized with the DAW and the ARPs play perfectly.

All further tests I've made with my iMAC (with Reaper and Logic), and my Windows PC (Sonar, Acid Pro), just proved what I'm saying now.

The V-Synth XT does not synchronize to MIDI Clock when connected via USB, which means that in this situation, the ARPs will not play.

Sorry for the wrong information from the first posts 2 Years and a half ago...

Hi PauloF

Thank you for the reply, I didnt think I will get any, it seemed like a dead topic :)
Hmm, so why do they have an option for that if its not working? Is it a bug? I guess since the XT is from 2005, and this bug is still there, Roland has no intention of fixing it in a software update I presume. :(

adamszabo wrote:

Hi PauloF

Thank you for the reply, I didnt think I will get any, it seemed like a dead topic :)
Hmm, so why do they have an option for that if its not working? Is it a bug? I guess since the XT is from 2005, and this bug is still there, Roland has no intention of fixing it in a software update I presume. :(

That should be a bug yes, and do not expect that Roland fixes it.
Like the synch problem on the GT, that was never fixed either.
USB timing is definetely an issue for Roland engineers...
:-/

Therefore I am using V-synth Xt through MIDI cable to synx arpeggio and

Clock sourse "INT" to synx delay.

It is working without problems only like that.

Dimitry wrote:

Therefore I am using V-synth Xt through MIDI cable to synx arpeggio and

Clock sourse "INT" to synx delay.

It is working without problems only like that.

Exactly like Dimitry said. It works well if a MIDI cable is used.