What omniCLOCK is, where to read about it, and where to download it after you buy.

omniCLOCK is Rapid Flow&apos;s MIDI clock plugin. It creates a stable MIDI clock and sends it to your instruments over USB and over 5-pin MIDI, so your setup stays in time without a separate hardware clock.
The shuffle profiles are based on classic hardware. They put that rhythmic feel on the clock itself, rather than on one sequencer.
The full description is on the product page, and that is also where the price for your account is shown. Prices are not listed in this help center, because they are not the same for every customer.
<a href="https://www.rapidflow.shop/products/omniclock">omniCLOCK on rapidflow.shop</a>
After you buy, log in at <a href="https://rapidflow.moonbase.sh">rapidflow.moonbase.sh</a> with the email you used at checkout. Download the installer shown there for your computer. That file is the latest public version.
Quit your DAW completely after installing, including the icon in the menu bar or the system tray, then open it again. The new version loads only when the DAW starts.
If you already own omniCLOCK, <a href="https://rapid-flow-help.gorgias.help/en-US/articles/install-and-activation-457287">Install and activation</a> covers the download, the Windows plugin folder, activation, and how to send a report.

About omniCLOCK

The current version does not follow Song Position Pointer. An update is planned.

The current public version of omniCLOCK does not support MIDI Song Position Pointer.
Song Position Pointer is the message that tells a device where it is in the song. A device that understands it can jump with the DAW when you start playback in the middle of a project. omniCLOCK sends clock, but this version will not follow that mid-song position.
An update that adds Song Position Pointer is planned within the next few months. There is no release date and no version number for it yet. When it is ready, it will show up in your Moonbase library. Log in at <a href="https://rapidflow.moonbase.sh">rapidflow.moonbase.sh</a> with your checkout email and download the installer shown there.
You do not need to contact us about this. The current version simply does not have it yet.

Does omniCLOCK support Song Position Pointer?

Put it on its own MIDI track, pick the hardware port, and turn off the DAW's own clock for that port.

omniCLOCK only sends clock while the DAW is playing. Press Play after the setup below.
<ol>
<li>Put omniCLOCK on its own MIDI track. In Logic, that is the MIDI FX slot, not an audio effect.</li>
<li>At the top of the plugin, choose your hardware&apos;s port in the Output menu.</li>
<li>Turn off the DAW&apos;s own MIDI clock for that same port. Two clocks on one port is the usual reason a synth ignores omniCLOCK or runs at double speed.</li>
<li>Set the hardware to external clock, sometimes called slave.</li>
</ol>
In Cubase, also turn off Preferences, then VST, then Plug-ins, then &quot;Suspend VST3 plugin processing when no audio signal is received&quot;.
The manual walks through this in more detail: <a href="https://www.rapidflow.shop/pages/omniclock-manual">omniCLOCK manual</a>

omniCLOCK isn't sending clock to my synth

On Windows, the DAW and omniCLOCK cannot open the same hardware port at once.

If the Output menu keeps returning to &quot;select midi port&quot;, the port is already open somewhere else.
On Windows, the older MIDI driver lets only one program use a hardware port. The DAW has usually claimed it, so omniCLOCK cannot. Turn that port off in the DAW&apos;s MIDI settings, then choose it inside omniCLOCK.
If the DAW and omniCLOCK both have to reach the same instrument, create virtual ports with loopMIDI and merge them onto the hardware port with MIDI-OX.
Power the hardware on and connect it before you open the DAW session. A port that was offline when the session loaded will not come back until you reload the session.
More detail is in the <a href="https://www.rapidflow.shop/pages/omniclock-manual">omniCLOCK manual</a>.

I can't select a MIDI port in omniCLOCK

Shift and shuffle move the clock sent to hardware. They do not move notes inside the DAW.

omniCLOCK is a clock plugin. Shift and the shuffle profiles move the MIDI clock that goes to a hardware sequencer, arpeggiator, or drum machine.
They do not move MIDI notes in a DAW clip, and they do not swing a software instrument. To move those notes, use the DAW&apos;s track delay or its own groove tools.
Shuffling notes inside the DAW is planned for a later version. There is no date for it yet.
There is also no half-time or double-time clock. The 1x, 2x, and 4x controls only extend how far Shift can go. CV output is not built in. A MIDI-to-CV converter can send the clock onward if you need CV.

The Shift knob doesn't move my clips

Double speed means two clocks. Drift usually means the hardware is also sending clock, or the computer is overloaded.

Double tempo, or a &quot;MIDI buffer full&quot; message, means the instrument is receiving two clocks. Turn off the DAW&apos;s sync output for that port, and leave omniCLOCK as the only clock.
If it slowly drifts, the hardware is often sending clock back as well. Turn off the hardware&apos;s own clock output. A very high CPU load can cause the same drift.
If the start is late or garbled, a negative Shift is being used without a count-in. Give the song 1 to 4 bars of preroll and start playback at the beginning of a bar.
Set the shuffle profile to Accurate while you test. That shows whether the groove setting is what you are hearing.
The steps are also in the <a href="https://www.rapidflow.shop/pages/omniclock-manual">omniCLOCK manual</a>.

My hardware drifts or plays at double speed

Logic uses the MIDI FX slot. Ableton needs a separate track for notes. Cubase must not suspend the plugin.

<ul>
<li>Logic Pro. Use the AU version in the MIDI FX slot of a MIDI or software-instrument track.</li>
<li>Pro Tools. Use the AAX version on an instrument track.</li>
<li>Ableton Live. Use the VST3 version on its own MIDI track. Send notes to the hardware from a different track. Ableton drops MIDI that passes through omniCLOCK, so the notes and the clock need two tracks.</li>
<li>Cubase. Insert it on an audio, instrument, or sampler track, and turn off VST3 suspend, as in the clock article.</li>
</ul>
Use one omniCLOCK for each hardware device, on that device&apos;s own track. You do not need one instance per track of the same device. The settings are saved with the DAW session. If they disappear when you reopen it, the hardware was off when the session loaded. Power it on first, then open the session.
<a href="https://www.rapidflow.shop/pages/omniclock-manual">omniCLOCK manual</a>

How do I set up omniCLOCK in my DAW?

Look in the Rapid Flow folder, and in Logic look in MIDI FX rather than instruments.

omniCLOCK is grouped under Rapid Flow. In Logic it is in the MIDI FX slot, not in the instrument list and not in audio effects.
In Ableton, hold Option on a Mac or Alt on Windows and click Rescan so the scan is a full one.
On a Mac, open System Settings, then Privacy &amp; Security. If the plugin was blocked, click Allow Anyway, then scan again.
If it is still missing, run the installer again and restart the computer. The latest installer is in your Moonbase library, not in an old email: <a href="https://rapidflow.moonbase.sh">rapidflow.moonbase.sh</a>

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