Help with MIDI sync

I have MC3 and have some trouble with MIDI sync.

I am tyring to sync my Korg DAW to MC3 in my computer so that I can run some MIDI parts with MC3 and run my DAW at the same time. I do this now with an old version of Cakewalk guitar studio V1 and it works great. I just got MC3 and wanted to do the same thing.

When I try to sync MC3 to my DAW, I set up under options>project> and clicked the MIDI Sync button, but MC3 will not sync. It "arms" (tells me that it is waiting for play from the DAW) but never takes off.
Note that i have all the correct setting through my MIDI set up and on the DAW.
I know that my MIDI set up is OK because I can close MC3, load Cakewalk Guitar Studio, and it will work with it just fine.
Also, I can use MC3 to run midi sound modules through my MIDI set up and it works well for that, just not the sync.

I checked the forums and there is some issue with weather or not MC3 has a sync function? Does MC3 actually have MIDI sync in the program menu section, but it does not actually work? I could have some setting bad MIDI setting in MC3, but let me know what you think.

Thanks for any help!

Indygo

Beagle,

Thanks for the quick responce. If I can ask, do you know that SHS4 supports MIDI sync from using it, or is it noted in documentation somewhere?

If SHS4 has MIDI sync thats all I need, but I would hate to upgrade to SHS4 only to find I actually have to upgrade again to Sonar.

Thanks again.

Indygo

According to MC3 docs, no MIDI machine control or send/receive MIDI time code. However, with Calkewalk product manuals, you don't always want to believe what you read!

Well, really I was saying to ask a SALES rep if SHS4 will do what you want in order to VERIFY what I've told you here. I wasn't telling you to call tech support for MC. I know that phone support for MC is not available.

I'm 99.99% sure that MC won't do it (I'm an engineer - you'll rarely get a 100% response from an engineer! ).

I'm also 99% sure that SHS4 will do MIDI sync, just not MMC, SMPTE or MTC. The only reason I'm not 100% on this is because I've not personally used the MIDI sync.

I'm not discouraging you from asking on the SHS forum, but the link I provided you above came directly from that forum recently and they may point you back to the same thread.

Great, Indy - and you've confirmed something for me that I wasn't sure of which is that the external MIDI sync only works if you have a MIDI ONLY project in SHS4.

Would you mind posting that email here so we can reference it?

thnx, indy