Fantom as a slave to a Korg D3200

15 Nov 2010, 16:09

This may be a very amateur question but I have been using a fantom g for song production and transferring everything track by track to my Korg D320.. Apparently i like doing things the hard way because the way i do it is match the tempo of my song on the fantom to a metro-dome tempo on the korg then hit record on the korg then play on the fantom.. But it needs to be at the exact same time or it will not sync up.. I spend a lot of time trying to make everything exact.. So am I able to sync the fantom tempo to the korg tempo? So when I hit record on the Korg the Fantom automatically starts
I guess the lingo is make the master a slave? Hopefully this makes sense.. Thanks

Re: Fantom as a slave to a Korg D3200

22 Nov 2010, 09:28

Any ideas? I apologize if my post is confusing.. I just want to know the best way to sync up my fantom and my korg..

Re: Fantom as a slave to a Korg D3200

1 Dec 2010, 03:55

Hi !,
I have a AW 1600 Yamaha digital recorder but I think my solution here will be right also for your Korg 3200 : It is far simple and better to make the G slave (see in the system page and put the g as a midi-slave) The Korg 3200 will function as a MASTER. And keep in mind to fit the same tempo both in the G and in the Korg (see your manual for that) It works always fine with my machine, I think it will work fine also with yours. I have owned a korg D1600 and it worked simply also.

Re: Fantom as a slave to a Korg D3200

1 Dec 2010, 10:25

see page 94 of the D3200 manual for info on using MIDI.

see page 291 of the FG manual.

I agree with Dorkas, make the D3200 the "Master" device. The D3200 would send sync signal (midi clock) to the FG, which is in recieve midi clock & MTC (slave) mode.

This where it gets confusing:

Set the MMC mode of the FG as Master and the D3200 to recieve MCC. This is so when you hit start on the FG sequencer the DR3200 will start recording.

Remember that the tempo is set by the D3200, since it is suppling the MIDI clock.

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