controllers/midi/midicontroller: Ignore MIDI clock messages (0xF8)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/controllers/midi/midicontroller.cpp b/src/controllers/midi/midicontroller.cpp
index 8ebf383c61..676683b6ed 100644
--- a/src/controllers/midi/midicontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/midi/midicontroller.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ void MidiController::receive(unsigned char status, unsigned char control,
     unsigned char channel = MidiUtils::channelFromStatus(status);
     unsigned char opCode = MidiUtils::opCodeFromStatus(status);
 
+    // Ignore MIDI beat clock messages (0xF8) until we have proper MIDI sync in
+    // Mixxx. These messages are not suitable to use in JS anyway, as they are
+    // sent at 24 ppqn (i.e. one message every 20.83 ms for a 120 BPM track)
+    // and require real-time code. Currently, they are only spam on the
+    // console, inhibit the screen saver unintentionally, could potentially
+    // slow down Mixxx or interfere with the learning wizard.
+    if (status == 0xF8) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     controllerDebug(MidiUtils::formatMidiMessage(getName(), status, control, value,
                                                  channel, opCode, timestamp));
     MidiKey mappingKey(status, control);