[amharmon]

Hey y'all,

I recently downloaded pro tools first and purchased a focusrite scarlett 2i2 3rd gen. I have some songs I've written, each have 2 guitars, a bass, drums, and vocals, which I want to record. Up until now I've made all my beats on my Alesis SR-16 drum machine. However even when I set the pro tools BPM to the Alesis BPM the internal clocks are all out of sync.

I have no experience using midi and don't know much past plugging my instruments into the interface and raw-dogging the recording. I'm basically wondering if there is a way I can sync the internal clocks of pro tools and my Alesis so that the beats are actually lining up with the bars in the DAW, or if there was an alternative way I could record the beats and get them in sync with the clock on pro tools? This would save me a lot of effort in editing my songs. The only midi cable I own is a midi in / out to USB, but I would be willing to get whatever so I can sync these things.

Thanks!