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iOS app to listen to metronome and output midi clock?
I have a zoom r16 that I record with, and I want to sync it with my ipad (to use arpist and samplr). The r16 can output a metronome on a seperate headphones output, and I can run that into my ipad with a microphone in cable, are there any apps that can listen to a metronome (not a click track but a tick tick tock metronome), subdivide the track by 4 and act as a midi clock source?
I might have a go at writing this myself if it doesn't exist.
The other option is to upgrade to a zoom r24, send korg clock sync to my electribe, then use that to send midi clock to the ipad, but it'd be way nicer to not have to buy new gear or add more gear to my recording set up.
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I don’t think there is but there might one since there’s more midi experts here they might be able to chime in.
It wouldn't be too difficult to develop such an app, but neither SyncMix nor the Korg Sync app support audio in and midi out, and I've been looking for such years ago.
Here's a little Arduino project you might be interested in:
https://github.com/rydan/arduino-audioToMidiClock
Or this hardware that you should be able to find second hand:
Red Sound "Soundbite Micro". I have it, and it does its job, although using it regularly to sync recording between R16 and iApps won't be fun.
Both will "listen" to audio, try to get beat reference information and generate Midi Clock signals.
Big advantage of a hardware solution is that its clock will be most likely much more stable than running multiple apps doing midi concurrently. As long as you work with one app, internally prioritized midi clock handling works well, but as soon as multiple apps fight for prioritization, the clock might become more jittery.
Or get a recorder that does Midi Sync in the first place. Any audio to Midi clock conversion app will only do a half-hearted job because you expect both the R16 and the iOS app start at the same time and at the correct position, without latency, right?
And what about positioning inside the song if the R16 does not send Midi Song Position Pointer messages?
Think about it.
Since I got me an 8-channel class compliant USB interface, I'm using Audio Evolution Mobile to record audio and Midi and I'd never go back. Editing audio and Midi tracks on the iPad is so much more convenient, really, even on an iPad Mini... but ok, that was not your question
Hey thanks @rs2000 that's great info. I found the soundbite micro too, looks like it'd do what I want. I think I'm going to spend an evening with audiokit and try and write this tool myself, I can put it on the app store, and make it support a variety of subdivisions, so that I could also use it to slave my ipad to a chain of korg volcas. You're right about the jitter, not sure what I can do about that, but I've been finding my 2017 ipad will run arpist / zeeon / samplr / elastic drums quite happily, and I might upgrade to an ipad pro if I start getting bad jitter / any lag.