Test Environment

  • Bitwig Studio > 5.3.12

  • 8 x Simultaneous MIDI Clock Outputs [ No Notes ]

  • 8 x Simultaneous MIDI Track Outputs [ No Clock ]

  • 8 x Identical MIDI Tracks - 1000 x C3 [ 60 ]

  • Platform > Mac Studio M4Max / macOS 15.5

  • Audio > Antelope Orion 32 Gen 3 / RME M-16DA

  • Project > 96kHz / 32 sample buffer / 100 BPM

  • Test Date > 17.7.25

Output Jitter > MIDI Clock

 
Port Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output 8
Event Type MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock MIDI Clock
Rate [ PPQ ] 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
Event Count 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Max. Jitter [ µs ] 295 345 359 345 359 423 423 425
Min. Jitter [ µs ] 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Avg. Jitter [ µs ] 16 18 17 16 16 17 17 17
Sub 25 [ µs ] 942 936 961 969 967 967 972 962
Sub 10 [ µs ] 695 685 721 737 732 729 739 721
Sub 5 [ µs ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max. Tempo [ BPM ] 101.195 101.326 101.458 101.326 101.458 101.722 101.722 101.722
Min. Tempo [ BPM ] 98.889 98.639 98.639 98.639 98.639 98.391 98.391 98.391
Avg Tempo [ BPM ] 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
Max. Skew [ µs ] Ref 156 134 128 99 122 160 163
 
 

Output Jitter > MIDI Note On

 
Port Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output 8
Event Type MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On
Rate [ Grid / PPQ ] 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4
Event Count 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Max. Jitter [ µs ] 341 341 363 437 459 405 427 469
Min. Jitter [ µs ] 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Avg. Jitter [ µs ] 34 38 36 39 41 38 40 41
Sub 25 [ µs ] 863 789 865 826 762 856 816 767
Sub 10 [ µs ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sub 5 [ µs ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max. Tempo [ BPM ] 100.221 100.221 100.243 100.286 100.307 100.264 100.286 100.307
Min. Tempo [ BPM ] 99.773 99.773 99.773 99.710 99.731 99.731 99.731 99.689
Avg Tempo [ BPM ] 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
Max. Skew [ µs ] Ref 188 166 128 163 154 192 227
 
 
 
 

Test Environment

  • Cubase 14PRO > 14.0.32

  • 8 x Simultaneous MIDI Clock Outputs [ No Notes ]

  • 8 x Simultaneous MIDI Track Outputs [ No Clock ]

  • 8 x Identical MIDI Tracks - 1000 x C3 [ 60 ]

  • Platform > Mac Studio M4Max / macOS 15.5

  • Audio > Antelope Orion 32 Gen 3 / RME M-16DA

  • Project > 96kHz / 32 sample buffer / 100 BPM

  • Test Date > 17.7.25

Output Jitter > MIDI Clock

 
Port Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output 8
Event Type MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On MIDI Note On
Rate [ Grid / PPQ ] 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4 16th / 4
Event Count 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Max. Jitter [ µs ] 341 309 331 331 427 203 181 373
Min. Jitter [ µs ] 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Avg. Jitter [ µs ] 41 42 40 42 43 39 40 45
Sub 25 [ µs ] 642 615 626 611 596 618 616 595
Sub 10 [ µs ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sub 5 [ µs ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max. Tempo [ BPM ] 100.200 100.200 100.221 100.221 100.286 100.136 100.114 100.178
Min. Tempo [ BPM ] 99.773 99.795 99.816 99.816 99.858 99.880 99.880 99.752
Avg Tempo [ BPM ] 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
Max. Skew [ µs ] Ref 188 187 192 227 422 384 227
 
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