Hi All - I’m new to hardware and having trouble getting set up. I would like to connect my Minilogue XD to my Syntakt. My goal is to be able to have the Minilogue dedicated to a specific channel on my Syntakt. Currently have midi out from Minilogue to Midi In on Syntakt. Also have audio out L/Mono from Minlogue to Input L on Syntakt. I have Channel 8 on Syntakt set to MIDI, however when I play a note on the Minilogue, it triggers Channel 1 on the Syntact + the Minilogue pad. Also only coming out of left speaker. Any thoughts? Apologies for the noob question.
On the Syntakt mixer page you will need to confirm that the pan control for the left input is centered and not panned left or all audio will only come out of one side, as you found out.
As far as the minilogue, you’ll have to clarify whether you are saying you want to sequence and control it with a midi track of the syntakt, or if you are just trying to play track 8 using the minilogue keys (assuming it’s the keyboard from what you stated). I understand track 1 is currently responding to the xd and thats not what you want.
Thank you for the feedback. Pan control appears to be centered, but still hearing the Minilogue sound only from the left. Playing the Minilogue key also simultaneously triggers the Track 1 sound (kick), which is centered.
My goal is to be able to create pads on the minlogue and play them using the minilogue keys, but that sound gets sent to the Syntakt Tack 8. Currently seems to be sending to Track 1. Again I really appreciate your help.
For your audio being on the left channel only, It looks like you’re only monitoring from the left output, is that correct? Do you have a Y cable? Or a cable that will turn mono into dual mono (fake stereo)? The left output will only send in the left channel, in mono, therefore you need to either split out that one left output into 2 mono signals which will play L/R through monitors, or you need to have both left and right merged into a single TRS cable to input into your stereo or monitors or whatever you’re using to listen.
Headphones do output left and right together, but the actual monitor outs which you’re using send a line level signal for left channel and right channel separately.
So, with the minilogue audio which you are sending into the syntakt, unless you need to control the syntakt with the minilogue, or control the minilogue with the syntakt then you can disconnect the midi cable between them. You should keep the midi cable if you need the midi clocks to synchronize, if you need to sequence one with the other, if you need to start the transport (playback) of both at once, or if you want to play one with the other.
So for track 8, you just want to be able to hear the minilogue? Do you want to live play the keys along with the syntakt beats, or when you press play on the syntakt, do you want some melodies to automatically play from the minilogue? My question is: Is your goal to set up the minilogue like another track of the syntakt? If you want the pads to automatically play, you’ll need midi hooked up and you’ll need to use the sequencer of one or the other. If you just want to play chords or pads on the syntakt and hear the audio on the syntakt output, but you will do all the playing yourself, then you don’t need midi hooked up.
You’ll get properly summed audio out of each side by doing that, but to solve the left speaker only issue I’m pretty sure you’re going to need a breakout cable. I have a cheap hosa cable that I use with headphones sometimes, I think it’s this one
It takes a mono ts signal and splits it left/right, so if your speakers have a single 3.5mm input then something like that would work.
I don’t think he’ll need a cable like that. He’s sending out L/MONO from the Minilogue, so the dual mono setting Settings → Audio Routing → Dual Mono) will fix the OP’s left speaker issue. (Sets if the incoming audio from INPUT L/R is treated as a stereo signal or two mono signals.)
You don’t need to configure this on your Syntakt but on your Minilogue. Configure the Minilogue to send MIDI on channel 8, now one of the Syntakt tracks will respond which is configured on channel 8. Checkout the auto channel section in the Syntakt manual as well, this will let you play the active / selected channel on your Syntakt.
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That would definitely be better, I hope that will work for him.
If you just want the sound of your Minilogue going through the Syntakt, you don‘t have to sacrifice a channel. The inputs are an additional channel.
If you don‘t want to trigger an additional sound on the Syntakt with the Keys of the Minilogue, the midi connection is not needed. The Midi machine you have on Track 8 is used to send Midi from the Syntakt to the Minilogue.
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Thank you all for the help so far. The audio balance issue is fixed.
I’m still a bit stumped though on how to achieve my goal of being able to play the keys of the minilogue, but have it sequenced and recorded through the syntakt. Is this possible, or do I have to utilize MIDI and use keyboard mode on the syntakt to make this happen?
You have to connect midi in 2 ways to achieve this. Midi out from the synth to midi in of the syntakt. Then you need that midi track that you mentioned to record the sequence to. Ths sequence can the be sent to the midi in of the synth through the midi output of the syntakt again.
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It sounds like you’ve got the audio setup figured out.
For the MIDI config, you need to connect the Minilogue out to Syntakt in, and Syntakt out to Minilogue in.
In ST’s MIDI config, have it send but not receive clock and prog ch.
Transport (start/stop commands) are up to you. It might be confusing if you have that enabled while there is sequence data on the Minilogue as well as ST.
Configure Track 8 on ST as MIDI.
Set it to output on channel 8 by going to the [SYN] page, holding [FUNC] and pressing the [A] encoder to enable it.
You can select presets on other synths by using Bank/Prog on this page.
In the Minilogue’s MIDI config, you will need to set the MIDI channel to 8.
This is detailed on pages 30 and 41 of the manual.
I think that’s all you should need to set, to be able to play/sequence the Minilogue via Syntakt.
Keep in mind though, that the Elektron sequencer is 64 steps long, and can only have one note/chord played per trig.
You may find it useful to reduce the track scale, so the sequencer is running slower on that track (note that you have to increase M.LEN to compensate for it - 64 steps at 1/2 speed = 128 M.LEN).
Anything more would be unmanageable; but some people find these limitations frustrating if you’re trying to play in live, rather than sequence on the device.
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Wow this has been a huge help. I have everything working as intended now. Thank you all who responded!!
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Another tip: Set Local SW to Offon the Minilogue XD so the Syntakt will be the one triggering the sounds on the XD (or other sounds on the Syntakt) without any double triggering or unwanted internal sounds.
Have fun with these two excellent machines!