Timestamp translated into a normal time indication

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Hi there

Can the Bome Timestamp be translated into a normal time indication?

Best regards
JAKIV

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Hi,

The following example will take MTC (MIDI Time Code) Quarter Frame information on input and send out full Time Code Messages on Frame 0. I have put in a rule to log the time as the quarter frames come in. (Translator 1.0). It will only send out full timecode on frame 0. Time will be displayed in the Log Window on every frame. in this form:

Log Time is: 23:39:15 Frame=0

I tested by sending the following Quarter Frame Sequence which is 23:39:15 Frame 0

F1 00 F1 10 F1 2F F1 30 F1 47 F1 52 F1 67 F1 71

I set up my aliases as follows:

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You can learn more about aliases from this tutorial.

Device selection is set at the preset level.

For more information about device selection, see this tutorial.

If your application sends out quarter frame messages you should be able to see it in action if you have your application selected as input.

MTC-QF-Send-Full.bmtp (2.4 KB)

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Bome Timestamps are simply shown as relative milliseconds. You would need to create some other mechanism to convert incoming MTC to actual real time stamps. I think this was really the question you asked. You could use incoming MTC to create these timestamps but MT Pro does not have any internal real time clock reading capability except through MIDI input.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Hi Steve

You are right that it is the right time that I want. I have set Bome to test approx. 1 million SysEx codes on my Keyboard. Since the Keyboard must have 100 milliseconds between each SysEx code, it takes approx. 1 hour to get from F0 00 00 F7 to F0 7F 7F F7. But I have to go from F0 00 00 00 F7 to F0 7F 7F 7F F7. I have then set another program to monitor what happens on the Keyboard, when and if there is a SysEx that the Keyboard understands. This program displays a time for when Keyboard received this SysEx message. Unfortunately, I cannot see which SysEx message it is that Bome has sent. Therefore, I want to compare the time from Bome and the Monitorings program so that I can see in Bome which SysEx I can use.

Best regards
JAKIV

lør. 10. jun. 2023 kl. 16.17 skrev Steve via Bome Forum <forum@bome.com>:

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Hi

When you say > Log Time is: 23:39:15 Frame=0 <
Then it’s not the real time but ?

If the time is real, it’s exatly what I need :slight_smile:

Best
JAKIV

lør. 10. jun. 2023 kl. 16.14 skrev Steve via Bome Forum <forum@bome.com>:

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Yes, Bome MIDI Translator Pro does not keep an internal real time clock so it will need to be supplied by an external device or program that does. We can then capture the MTC messages via MIDI and use the Log Message as a time stamp. We can also pass along the MTC messages to a monitoring program if necessary.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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