From 198fded20e083b7ee2270a84cab5e11a8ae9c664 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:56:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Enable MIDI clock/transport reception (ignore_types
 timing=False)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 pytheory/live.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pytheory/live.py b/pytheory/live.py
index a4d98e9..9d09d36 100644
--- a/pytheory/live.py
+++ b/pytheory/live.py
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ class LiveEngine:
                     break
 
         self._midi_in.open_port(port)
+        # Enable system realtime messages (clock, start, stop)
+        self._midi_in.ignore_types(sysex=True, timing=False, active_sense=True)
         self._midi_in.set_callback(self._midi_callback)
         port_name = ports[port] if isinstance(port, int) else port