Ozone thanks for the info!! I’ll try it out when I get back home 
I tried Ozone’s suggestion but I couldn’t make it work…
it does seem like it’s doing the request (all parameters under the screen knobs appear for a few seconds) but the changes are not reflected on the Novation Zero… I have Program Change activated on the Octa (I guess SEND is all I need really, although I have tried with both, with no luck)
I feel like I’m almost there!! anything else I could try? thanks a lot!
Ah you must also ensure on the Octatrack some settings are enabled
In the midi menu (within project settings) set AUDIO-CC to ‘EXT’ or ‘INT-EXT’
yeap I tried both, no luck either 
i’ve been using a pair of midi fighter twisters thru an iConnectivity MIDI4+ to control my octatrack.
if anyone else has them this might be of interest.
the templates are set up to control the 8 audio tracks, set to channels 1-8. bottom knob controls track level, if pushed bottom knob controls pan. nest knob up controls base of the filter effect if loaded, next up controls width. top knob if pushed activates cue and always controls cue level when turned. (i use cues to set up recording to audio tracks, as well as to feed an fx unit that comes back on audio channel 8, so i’ve eliminated the possibility of cue on audio track 8 to avoid feedback)
the second bank of the right twister controls mute of the 8 midi tracks.
i have attempted to use the two middle knobs that currently control filter base and width to control params 1 and 6 of effect 2 when pushed, but it doesn’t work. for some reason pushing to select second function stops the transport. can anyone help fix this?
i also haven’t worked out how to control midi track arp, lfo etc params without using the auto channel. i’d like to have all midi tracks available for control at all times like the audio tracks but can’t figure that out.
hope i’m posting this in an appropriate place.
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someone in another forum told me that MIDI feedback into the Novation is only possible via PC/Automap :-/
I have pretty much give up on this, it seems like, unfortunately, it’s not possible…
do any of you guys now of similar controllers that might be able to handle that?
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Shoot… that doesn’t sound correct… MIDI is midi… unless novation is doing something ‘special’
yeap, that sucks… I actually sent them an email, they responded with all this documentation that I haven’t read
today I recieved a midi-usb host (that I had ordered before getting the novation) and it works great… I already had a nanokontrol v1 that I wasn’t using, I mapped most things I need in there and I think I like it a lot more - the novation is nice, and of course built a lot better, but it takes a lot of space, leaves my hands to far away from the octa, so I might use this setup instead… it’s also a lot lighter 
Another, but related question:
Is it possible to play slices using MIDI note data on auto channel, when SLICES is set to ON? I have read old posts that say you can’t, but it seems to be a very basic function for a sampler like the OCTA. I am thinking about playing the OCTA with an MPD32.
You cannot, unless you have a control where you can send the slice cc before the note trigger. I believe you need a small gap between the two as well. I’m about to do some experiments using an arduino based midi host/filter i’m putting together, so i can use my QuNeo for slice triggering. I’ll let you know if I have any success. Theoretically, ifi can get it working, it should work for anything.
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You cannot, unless you have a control where you can send the slice cc before the note trigger. I believe you need a small gap between the two as well. I’m about to do some experiments using an arduino based midi host/filter i’m putting together, so i can use my QuNeo for slice triggering. I’ll let you know if I have any success. Theoretically, ifi can get it working, it should work for anything.[/quote]
Some interesting and insightful testing and comments from oldgearguy on the OctaEdit forums regaring triggering midi by slices.
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You cannot, unless you have a control where you can send the slice cc before the note trigger. I believe you need a small gap between the two as well. I’m about to do some experiments using an arduino based midi host/filter i’m putting together, so i can use my QuNeo for slice triggering. I’ll let you know if I have any success. Theoretically, ifi can get it working, it should work for anything.[/quote]
Some interesting and insightful testing and comments from oldgearguy on the OctaEdit forums regaring triggering midi by slices.
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Agreed. oldgearguy should write more!
I have a worse-for-wear but working Behringer BCF2000. Does the Octakontrol give me anything that this doesn’t? If everything can be controlled via MIDI, it should then be possible to control the OT’s mixer with these motorized faders, right?
You cannot, unless you have a control where you can send the slice cc before the note trigger. I believe you need a small gap between the two as well. I’m about to do some experiments using an arduino based midi host/filter i’m putting together, so i can use my QuNeo for slice triggering. I’ll let you know if I have any success. Theoretically, ifi can get it working, it should work for anything.[/quote]
Some interesting and insightful testing and comments from oldgearguy on the OctaEdit forums regaring triggering midi by slices.
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Agreed. oldgearguy should write more![/quote]
He does have a gift for it.
I’m pretty sure you could use that to control OT’s mixer - you could even have several pages to control as many parameters as the controller allows… I use a NanoKontrol with a MIDI-USB host to control volumes, mutes, solos, among other things 
Hi guys!
I’m mapping a nanokontrol device to use it as a mixer to all my setup featured on the octa, it would be very useful to me if it’s possible to assign a CC to mute DIR’s INAB and INCD, because I have some synths running on it without spending a track from the octa, and an instant mute like on the normal tracks would be amazing
any tips?
thanks!
The template URL seems down. I have a Remote SL mk1 nad Remote mk2. Can you please share it again?
Hi! I thought that i had the perfect mixer/midi controller to control the octatrack but i might be proved wrong… The mixer in question is the xone 4:d.
I want to, for example, control the track volume of each track with one of my xone´s 8 faders. If i try to do so, i have 2 problems:
1- In my xone i need to assign one channel to the whole mixer. so i can only assign one fader of my xone to control one, or more track volume on the octatrack. I cannot use each of my 8 midi faders on my xone to control the volume of the 8 octatrack audio tracks.
2- The xone sends fixed midi cc values, the octatrack´s audio track volume cc´s also fixed, so i can´t assign the xone´s fader to the octatrack´s volume.
Is there any way that i could make this combo work?
I am a newbie in the midi and hardware world, so i am kind of hopping that i am doing something wrong and there is a solution to have my xone controling the octatrack 
Thanx in advance
Sorry buddy, that really doesn’t sound like a good one for OT… You definelty want multiple channels and assignable cc’s… Looked at the manual for you too, it’s not going to do it…
Hopefully you already had that and have other uses for it as it seems quite expensive…
You can use something as cheap as this… You can configure different channels and cc’ s for each fader and knob with the editor on a computer…
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