Gonna have to grab a Volca FM. Looks like a great 5th track for OP-1, and the 16 pattern memories with 32 patch memories will make it wonderfully capable for variations, recording direct to album.
So, I was thinking of a way to get battery powered sync out of the OP-1 and translate that to a trigger/pulse to send out of iPhone’s headphone output to the Volca for sync.
Initially I figured Korg’s own SyncKontrol for iPhone would do the trick, but it looks like it does not respond to any MIDI input via the CCK/USB. Just WIST from a Mac. Tried the $4 iOS app called SyncMix but it doesn’t respond to MIDI in, just spits out CV and MIDI from its own internal clock.
I’ve loaded up the free MoDrum app, which does respond to the OP-1’s USB MIDI via CCK. And now I’m thinking about using a rim shot with short decay, on 16th notes as a sync/pulse trigger.
But, I wonder if there is another iPhone app solution someone has come across for such a function?
MoDrum adds a bit too much MIDI clock latency and is a bit late in this regard.
Then you could connect the ICMv1 to any USB battery to get 5V. It looks like both are center positive. If you have some docs or way to check, you could also see whether the barrel size is the same.
(Please double check everything I said, as I don’t want to be responsible for frying someone’s electronics if I have led them astray)
yep i have a similar cable @GCF that i use to battery power my kenton usb midi host. works great! should be the same for ICM. its the same power supply requirements.
GCF, we're on the same wavelength! I was just looking at such a solution.
So, I just double checked and the iCMv1 uses a type M barrel adapter like the one linked (5.5mm x 2.1mm), and I've just ordered a USB to type M DC barrel adapter via Amazon.
I'll test it out with a regular USB port and go from there.
FYI, the included PSU with ICMv1 is 5.2v, but I've tested it to work with a 4.5v PSU as well. So 5v should be adequate.
SyncKontrol has Link support so I tried it in combination with an app called Link to Midi. Seems like it runs 4-8x the normal tempo. Otherwise this would be nice with all the Link enabled apps etc.
SyncKontrol has Link support so I tried it in combination with an app called Link to Midi. Seems like it runs 4-8x the normal tempo. Otherwise this would be nice with all the Link enabled apps etc.
Thanks. So I tried this combo and Link to Midi does not support MIDI input, it just takes the Link clock and converts it to MIDI out.
What I need is MIDI input to Link output, in order to get SyncKontrol to spit out a pulse that is slaved to MIDI clock (from my OP-1)
There is an app called MIDI LINK SYNC that I’m testing now that appears to do what I want, using MoDrum via Link to send a rimshot as a click. It doesn’t start or stop the MoDrum sequencer, but it doesn’t look like Link supports such transport functions anyway(?), but there’s a sync nudge bar that makes for lining things up real nice. Works alright with SyncKontrol too. Now I have a few options… and a USB-DC Barrel connector on the way anyway.
MIDI LINK SYNC w/ CCK should do the job for OP-1 to PO sync as well.
