I have a MIDI drum track that I have created in Cakewalk ProAudio9 that I would like to sync on playback of my VegasAudioLE program. Is this possible? If so, how do I setup the Chase(CW) and Generate MTC(Vegas) settings. I have a SoundBlaster Live audio card. Thanks for anyinput you may have.
good question... i hope someone can post the settings for this. it should be possible with a midi loopback device. has anyone used this method in production? how's the latency?
You can use Hubi's Loopback device... I don't know about the details of Cakewalk, but this is definitely possible with Cubase (I've done it).
Still it is a bit of a pain in the ass - very tempremental, and CPU intensive. Probably the best way to do it is to bounce down your MIDI tracks as audio and import them into vegas. You'll be able to cut them up EQ them etc, which is v. useful, but you'll have to go into cakewalk, write new parts in MIDI and bounce down again if you want to change / edit any of the original MIDI parts.
Alternatively, you could set up a separate computer as a sequencer, and sync it up with MTC. This is probably the best (but most extravagant option)
Hubi's loopback is freeware, and you can find it on the Net in many places. Or I can email it to you, it's just a tiny driver.
But wouldn't it be nice if Vegas had a sequencer?!
- Set Vegas to generate MIDI clock from the sync prefs page. Select one of the VMR outputs
- Set CW to listen to incomming MIDI Clock using the same numbered VMR input.
- Make sure the tempo in Vegas is correct.
Hit play on Vegas and CW will sync up.
Alternatively, you could use MTC, but since this is just MIDI, the MIDI Clock generation is better as it follows the tempo of Vegas.