Sync external device (groovebox) with Ableton Live

Hi all,

This is my first on this forum, I was not able to find the answer I wanted by searching through this forum so here I am. I would like to apologize ahead of time on my knowledge on midi, and also if this topic has been covered before. But here is my situation, I have an MC-307 (Roland Groove Box) which I would like it to be the Master sync and control tempo changes of ableton live from this device. But I only need the clock messages to be transmitted to Ableton Live and would somehow like to block/filter the stop,start and continue midi message being sent to Live. Would this be possible with MT, or for that matter would anyone know if I am able to this?

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

this should be fairly simple with Midi Translator:

GENERAL SETUP

• install Midi Yoke

MIDI TRANSLATOR SETUP

• select the Groove Box as MIDI input
• select Yoke1 as MIDI Output
• in the options, select "Midi Time Code"
• in the options, de-select "Midi Thru"
• create Translators to pass on the sequencer control messages:
  Translator 1: "Song Position Pointer":
  Incoming: F2 pp qq
  Outgoing: F2 pp qq
  Translator 2: "Song Select"
  Incoming: F3 pp
  Outgoing: F3 pp
  Translator 3: "Clock"
  Incoming: F8
  Outgoing: F8
  Translator 4: "Tick"
  Incoming: F9
  Outgoing: F9
  Translator 5: "Start"
  Incoming: FA
  Outgoing: FA
  Translator 6: "Stop"
  Incoming: FC
  Outgoing: FC
  Translator 7: "Continue"
  Incoming: FB
  Outgoing: FB
  
  Everything else is filtered out.
• Optionally, you can make sure to not pass on remaining messages:
  Translator 8: Remove 2-byte messages
  Incoming: pp qq
  Outgoing: (none)
  Translator 9: Remove 3-byte messages
  Incoming: pp qq rr
  Outgoing: (none)

ABLETON SETUP

• select Yoke1 as MIDI input

Now it should work!
Florian