{"id":16254,"date":"2002-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=16254"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"sync-roland-vs-series-recorder-midi-sequencer-cannot-work","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/sync-roland-vs-series-recorder-midi-sequencer-cannot-work\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to sync my Roland VS series recorder with a MIDI sequencer, but cannot get it to work. Can I make my tempo maps follow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roland will not sync to an external MIDI Clock, but it will generate it. There is a workaround which will basically make a tempo map in the Roland of the tempo of the sequencer. Then, when the Roland sends MIDI Clock, it will send the appropriate tempo and bars and beats.<\/p>\n<p>Set your sequencer (keyboard or software) to transmit MIDI clock and sync to Internal. (Basically, set your sequencer as the Midi clock master.)<\/p>\n<p>On the Roland, go to Utility &#8211; Sync &#8211; Sync track record = On.<\/p>\n<p>The VS will say &#8220;Wait for start command&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Start your sequencer. The Roland will now record the tempo \/ beat information.<\/p>\n<p>Set your sequencer to be Midi clock slave or external, and now your Roland will send the correct tempo \/ beat information to keep your sequencer in sync with what you are doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[34428,34670,34807,34384],"storecat":[],"itemids":[32614],"manufacturers":[33684],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the I want to sync my Roland VS series recorder with a MIDI sequencer, but cannot get it to work. 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