Hi guys,
I hope you see this. You can’t change kits via Overbridge but you can change patterns and patterns are linked to different kits. Which means that you can change the patterns using Overbridge in your DAW and if differents use different kits then the kits will also change automatically when the pattern changes.
For me, this works perfectly because I change patterns from Ableton and my patetrns are already programmed on the A4 with their kits, all works well.
What you can’t do is have a pattern running and change the kit on that pattern using Overbridge or Midi as far as I know. If anyone else knows otherwise, please post it.
To do the pattern change from Overbridge as I decribed above, please see the new Overbridge manual page 30/44:
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8.2 PATTERN CHANGE
You can send MIDI notes to the plugin on MIDI channel 16 to request pattern changes on the Elektron device.
Like SONG POSITION sync, this works in a best effort manner. The sequencer will change to the new
pattern after the current pattern has played through to the end.
MIDI note 0 = Pattern 1
MIDI note 1 = Pattern 2
MIDI note 2 = Pattern 3
…
MIDI note 15 = Pattern 16"
This only worked for me when I followed the manual and sent midi notes to channel 16. Even though my A4 is set to receive midi on auto channel 9. It wasn’t seeing the changes on channel 9 but worked when I set it to channel 16, so this must be the routing of Overbridge which makes sense because I read this in the Overbridge manual.
I hope this is helpful. Happy jamming