Tap tempo or receive MIDI clock from BOSS SY-1000

General
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My rig: Boss sy 1000 sub out to midi guitar 3. Controller 3 tab pedal for the tempo.

Is there a way to tab the tempo with the pedal over a midi controller?

Thanks

2

The BOSS SY-1000 can generate and transmit MIDI clock over USB or 5-pin MIDI.

If you’re interested in using the SY-1000’s MIDI clock, you would need to use it in conjunction with a DAW so the signals get passed through to the target plug-ins, including MG3. MG3 standalone does not respond to MIDI clock directly.

The master tempo on the SY-1000 would be generated by your tap switch and the DAW can be set to follow this.

Alternatively, you can layer a CC message on the SY-1000 control switch and use that to trigger the tap tempo in a DAW, such as Ableton Live.

3

if your synth/device/vst has midi-addressable tap tempo you should be able to route the sy-1000 pedal to it using mg3.

this is not optimal, obviously, but could serve as a workaround until mg3 allows tap tempo.

4

Thanks for the feedback! Do I understand correctly? MG3 doesn’t recognize tap tempo or MIDI clock. That’s a drawback. I’ll try it using a DAW. Thank you!

5

Yes, you understand correctly. Note that the BPM value displayed in MG3 passes to plugins correctly. The issue is manually setting the actual tempo in MG3. You can attach a modulator as in the image below but it is not a logical way to to control BPM/tempo.

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You are better off using a DAW to take control of BPM/tempo controlled via tapping in a value.