Digitakt + Arturia Keystep + Minilogue + Roland SH09

Elektron Gear Digitakt
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I’m trying to figure out how to connect my Digitakt to multiple synths and an Arturia Keystep.

So far I have my SH09 — Doepfer MIDI to CV converter – MIDI In – MIDI Out on my Digitakt. Then I have my Keystep MIDI Out – MIDI In on my Digitakt. I can use the digitakt’s sequencer this way and not the keystep’s, which is fine, but would be nice to mess with the Arp mode? maybe I can’t?

Now I have my Minilogue and I’d like to play notes on / maybe use the on board sequencer but have everything in sync. So not sure whether I need to buy another MIDI cable (only have 2 currently) and plug it into either the Doepfer (has thru) or the Keystep? Or just use the sync inputs from the Minilogue — Keystep? In / Out?

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I wouldn’t know how to use a doepfer midi cv converter or why u would need it for this set up.

I think I would go for keystep into the digitakt, digitakt midi out1 to Minilogue and Sh09. just daisy chain should work.

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Thanks, the Doepfer is for my SH09 that doesn’t have MIDI. So it’s either In / Thru on the Doepfer -> SH09.

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Couldnt you put it like keystep into digitakt into minilogue into doepfer into sh09?

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To use the arp from the keystep, the keystep needs to be master tempo

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I have a similar setup, where I have a keystep that goes in the digitakt to a korg monologue. I set the digitakt as master (don’t receive sync in), which I use to sequence the monologue, and the monologue sync out goes to the keystep for the arpeggiator or sequencer. This works only if the monologue has a sequence playing, but I usually play an empty sequence, because I use the digitakt to sequence the monologue anyway.

The thing I would add is a midi thru box right after the digitakt so you can control multiple synths, and sequence them from the digitakt while still being able to play everything from the keystep.

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I have a very similar setup you might want to consider:

Keystep MIDI IN to Digitakt

Digitakt MIDI OUT to a MIDI Splitter

Splitter to Minilogue (set to MIDI Channel 1), Roland (set to MIDI Channel 2)

Set your Keystep to MIDI Channel 14

Now your Keystep will serve as a controller for any channel you select on the Digitakt.

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great advice! will try this with a midi splitter. Maybe something like the Quadra Thru?

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Yes, I do this with a midi keyboard into my Monomachine (keyboard set to the auto channel on the MM) and the midi out from the MM into a QuadraThru and then in to everything else. Works perfectly.