As I’m still waiting for my back ordered OT, I’m trying to figure out the best way to hit the ground running. One thing I haven’t quite figured out is the best way to route the OT, MDUW, and MNM together with my midi keyboard. Currently, the Mono is the master and the MD is controlled by its own sequencer and receives clock and transport from the Mono. My X-Station is set to channel 9 (the Mono’s autochannel, so I can play the internal synths as well as anything I have sequenced from the MNM), and sends midi out to the Mono’s in, and receives midi in from the end of my midi chain.
I’d like to be able to use the controller to play both the OT as well as the Mono, with the OT as master, as well as using the OT to sequence all of my non-Elektron gear. What I can’t figure out is how I would configure this without any channel conflicts, ideally being able to easily select whatever track I need without rerouting by setup every time. I figure this must be a fairly common setup for many of you, so how do you do it? Is a midi patchbay the answer?
i have the OT as master and keep my midi controller’s midi output channel set to the OT’s auto track channel. when i want to sound the MnM, i select a different midi track on the OT that uses the MnM’s auto track channel, which will then trigger the MnM’s tracks… that allows me to record to the OT and MnMs sequencers by only changing the midi channel on one midi track on the OT.
midi controller out > midi channel 11
OT auto track channel = 11
OT midi T1 = midi channel 8
MnM auto track channel = 8
that’s my setup and it works how you are describing. i also sequence a microwave XT and Bass station via a quadra thru box, but the principals are the same.
I have a question concerning Octatrack sequencing Microwave XT.
I can’t seem the OT to control MW XT sounds on bank B. I always need to change to bank B on the microwave manually. Even tried using CC32 on the controler and setting to 1. Doesn’t work.
Since I change sounds on every different OT bank sequencer, it"s a drag that I can’t automate the Bank choice for the microwave.
Can any one tell me how I can achieve this.
Accent, you have an x-station, I also have one (the 25) bought it 8 years ago when I began electro-music for the fact that it is a controller an audio interface and a nice little synth. I like the synth more’n more and sequenced by another elektron it can be really useful.