On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been working my Roland R8mk II into my DJ set. It's getting easier to > do, but there's a lot of fine tuning involved with the tempo and pitch > control. I've got to do it by ear, no BPM counters or MIDI out on my mixer > or anything like that. Matter of fact, I'd probably prefer not to have it. > Extra stuff takes the fun out of it. > Actually what would REALLLY be useful would be a little MIDI Master Clock box, with a high resolution tempo slider, a pressure sensitive push button and a pressure sensitive drag button. Then you could integrate virtually anything MIDI into a set.
Those mixers with MIDI clock out are basically worthless -- the Roland ones make exceedingly spastic guesses at the tempo if you're playing anything besides 4 to the floor techno or house. And the tempo tends to float and flutter if, for instance, a track breaks down to something syncopated without a steady pulse on beat. I have a feeling you'd be really embarrassed if the BPM counter went fluttery on you -- your drum machine (or whatever) would lose it's mind out in front of god and everybody.
