Cycling 74 » Topic: syncing QT with midi http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:06:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-57772 <![CDATA[syncing QT with midi]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-57772 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:07:50 +0000 jsr_ hi forum,

i am building an installation with audio, video and sound. the sound is linked to the quicktime movie, so the sync is rock solid here. i am using midi signals to control the lights via DMX. the whole installation is described more in detail here: http://cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id=34052

so far i have been playing the audio and midi from pro tools, doing the DMX parsing in max/msp.

i have recorded the midi data from pro tools within max using the ‘seq’ object, sending it ‘record’. i send a midi note in the beginning of the timeline, and i use this to trigger the video in time.

now than i am trying to make everything run from max, the midi is drifting out of sync!

is there a way to link the video with the midi timecode? my original idea was having QT play back the midi, but i found that it is impossible to route this data out of QT — i can only use the data to play music with the QT midi engine?!?

when i look at the movie tracks in the QT inspector, i can see i have an audio time code track right there. can i use this to control the seq object? how?

please help!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-207284 <![CDATA[Re: syncing QT with midi]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-207284 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:15:20 +0000 jsr_ ps: i have been looking at the jit.qt.movie documentation i can find the timecode command. but i am quite new to max and i don’t really know how to treat (get) commands…. if this is the way to go, can someone please post an example patch for retrieving timecode from a QT? thanks!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-207285 <![CDATA[Re: syncing QT with midi]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/syncing-qt-with-midi/#post-207285 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:09:29 +0000 jsr_ ok, i made a simplified patch showing my setup. this might be easier to give feedback on. attached is a midi file. the midi file sends midi note 33 to trigger the movie start.

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

i am still lost. please help.

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