Digitakt - MIDI Foot Controller

[lowsonic]

Hello everyone,

I have preordered a Digitakt several weeks ago (still waiting) and I´m quite happy with what the demos are promising how it will be.

BUT: I´m very dissapointed that there will be no song mode and that you can´t save pattern chains. Some of you guys comment these functions only being for newbies but that isn´t correct. I´m a bass guitar player and I want to ad an electronic component to my band sound, so I´m looking for a midi foot controller that gives me the possibility to do pattern change while I´m playing the bass. Do you think the Keith Mc Millen SoftStep 2 will work for that purpose with the Digitakt? It is quite expensive, do you know cheaper alternatives?

Thanks for your help!

[Jogerflocky]

Generative, mutating pattern chains

[title edited - not theory anymore] Digitakt can sequence program changes, and it has trig conditions you can take a MIDI cable and create a loop from the MIDI out into the MIDI in So, you could put a trigless lock into a MIDI track which just sends a program change to the device. DT should then queue a pattern according to the program change it sends to itself. Cool! You can chain patterns that way. Mute the MIDI track to stay in a pattern. now, what if you enable a trig condition for …

You can set the Digitakt to talk to itself via midi. Essentially you’re creating a pattern chain via midi program change sends. No footswitch needed. Though a start stop switch might be helpful if you’re gonna have both hands on the Bass. Any solution requires a bit of planning but not necessarily a chunk of cash.

Edit: I’d read the linked thread and see if that works for you. I plan on spending more time this weekend doing the same thing. And if the Digitakt could send midi to itself internally that would be fantastic.