Midi sync issues with Protools

Play
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Hi folks, Old man noob here.

Loving my Play!!! But I’m having a few issues getting it to sync whith Protools as the master (midi via Motu Microlite).

Play often drops the first beat in the pattern when pressing play/record in Protools

Audio from play is not on the grid and the amount by which it is off is different each time I press play/record.

If I press stop in protools, the Play stops but if I go back to song start and press play in protools the Play starts the pattern wherever it was when it was stopped, not the start of the pattern

Any help is appreciated!

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Hey Jason, welcome to Backstage!

I’m going to assume that you are sending MIDI out from your Microlite to the MIDI Jack input on the Play. Could you confirm that your Play has both the Clock In and Transport In set to MIDI In Jack please?

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I can confirm that, yep. Using the trsb adapter that came with the Play.

I had similar issues setting it up with midi over USB as well. Could be protools settings I suppose but I have other drum machines that don’t do this.

Mind you… I still love the Play. It’s a brilliant instrument!