Using Cajon Beats With VoiceLive 3 SYNC Problem

BeatBuddy Help, Questions and Bugs
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I use my beatbuddy with my TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 and sync via midi. With the normal drum kits/beats I have no problems with the tempo locking in.

However, with the Cajon beats, at times the VL3 doesn’t seem to get locked in on occasion. For example, I can set the tempo on my BB to 69bpm and on the VL3 looper it might display 70. It doesn’t do this with the standard drum kit and beats. If I change the tempo, the VL3 will fairly quickly adjust and lock in at the same tempo the BB is putting out.

Is this a bug or is there a solution?

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I’m fairly certain that this is a bug on VL3’s end, as I just received an email about this and that’s what the issue was (problem on their end). In any case, I have sent to your email the new (beta) firmware. Install it like you installed 1.73 - also make sure that VL3 has the latest firmware.

Another thing to check to see if on which end the issue is - have another device be slave to BB. Does this variation still occur?

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Keep us posted on this, other VL3/BB users want to know.

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I just sold my ditto x4 that stayed in sync no problems … Now this voicelive 3 is drifting off to la la land man i need my brain examended !!!

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I’m sure you are aware of this but just in case: I believe the VL3 needs to have the metronome turned on before it will sync with an in coming midi clock. I have often forgotten to do this only to find that loops drift over time when trying to sync with the BB.

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Wow! No i was not aware of this thank you thank you thank you!!! I will check this a report back! Million thanks

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I am having a very similar if not the same issue.
Drum Kit: World Percussion
Beat: Cafe Gig- Cajon Essentials (#2 - Pop Rock basic)
Especially seems to be a problem on lower bpm’s.
I will tap-temp in a beat at say, 64bpm, the BB will read 64 and the VL3 will read 65 (or flicker between 64 and 65)
Any help is appreciated. Thank you

Paul

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Paul where do you have your looper set? serial, free, quantitize or smart? this may be a factor. i use mine in serial with no problems… to be honest , i not real sure what these settings do haha

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It’s at “smart” because that’s what the TC HELICON support page suggested (http://support.tc-helicon.com/entries/85176867-VoiceLive-3-and-BeatBuddy-Setup) . Maybe I should try it at “serial” then. I will report back. Thanks

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… It seems since i’ve switched to “serial” i haven’t had a sync issue. it doesn’t matter what drum kit I use either. I think you’re on to something, Mzladd (Mike is it?).
I spent the majority of yesterday and an hour or so today pulling my hair out over this - and now everything syncs up, every time.
The weird thing is, I still get the 1bpm difference on the displays, (+1 on the VL3) – but it doesn’t seem to affect the loop syncing now that I’ve switched to serial sync. Thanks man!
(now if i can figure out how to save it in serial mode for when i boot up all will be good lol)

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That’s awesome that it is now functioning in a satisfactory manner! :slight_smile:

That’s a bit strange the +1 deviations on the VL3. Do you have their latest firmware? Do you have our latest firmware? If any of these syncing issues continue, please let us know.

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I really wish I was reporting further good news here, however my good luck streak ran out. I performed live with the VL3/BB setup today and my loops were going out of sync again. Quite frustrating really.
I thought I was up to date for firmware, 1.8.5 on the BB and 2.1.00 on the VL3 - so I double checked… and updated the VL3 to 2.1.01 - that didn’t help my issue any unfortunately.
I don’t know what else to report, these are simple three chord loops at lower bpms 60-75bpm
Paul