Measure external Synth Loop delay for delay Compensation

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To calibrate External Synth, we know can use:

ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Download/Test_Projects/

It would be more convenient if we could have a button in External Instruments Parameter Window “Measure external Synth Loop delay for delay Compensation” just like Measure “Effects Loop delay for delay Compensation” for external effects.

I think this saves lots of time for those who work with external synths. What do you guys think?

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I think this will be a new feature with MIDI 2.0 I hope.

The reason I think this was never done, is because of the jitter involved with MIDI - the timing is never accurate. It’s not like clock sync’d AD/DA which is sample accurate.

Jitter is supposed to be reduced with MIDI 2.0, which means potentially delay compensation could be utilized.

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For now, if the result of the new feature is comparable with the one with the test projects that I mentioned above, it’s great. Not looking for .01ms accuracies here.