Hello,
This post is dual purpose.
1) I'm hoping that UFO or CC, or anyone that experiments using hardware with Orion will chime in with advice or confirmation.
2) To provide useful information for the setup which is currently working for me.
I have been enjoying my Korg MS-20 mini for a few months. This was the working setup:
MIDI out generator controlling MS-20 via USB midi, and when ready, recording the audio back into an audiotrack.
This means putting unit delays on every other channel. Then, later, fixing the audio and removing the delays. It works great though, and I have recorded some excellent takes.
Yesterday I received the Korg SQ-1 Midi/CV/step sequencer. It's a lot of fun.
I tried a bunch of different routing configurations, but settled on one that doesn't even use any CV outs to the MS-20. This seems to defeat the purpose, right? I initially thought that I would be able to midi sync or tempo sync the SQ-1 to Orion and then CV patch it up to the MS-20, but I could not get this to work reliably. The tempo would drift pretty significantly. So, here is the setup:
MIDI out generator controlling MS-20 via USB midi
SQ-1 contolling MIDI out generator (generator config) via USB midi
SQ-1 set as main MIDI in controller (with start/stop/sync) checked
The SQ-1 converts the pattern to USB/MIDI and sends that through the MIDI out generator, and on to the MS-20 synth.
I can record the sequences generated by the SQ-1 into the Midi out generator. Perfect!
Drumrack "FIT" seems to act funny when Orion is synced to another device though.
It's also a bummer that I don't get to CV patch the thing up. If anyone knows how to get rock solid sync from Orion, Let me know. This crappy laptop is probably a factor as well.
-7zark7