Hey everyone, I’m trying to use my Digitakt to sequence a Monomachine. Using the Digitakt midi track keys, when I test out the sounds and play around with CC values that I have set in the Digitakt, everything works and sounds accurate. But then, when I actually sequence a couple notes and do P-locking, everything sounds wonky when I press play. Values don’t change quick enough and in some cases it’s not even close to what I actually have it set to on the Digitakt. It doesn’t make any sense to me…
I love the idea of using the more powerful Digitakt sequencer to control the MnM but there’s not much of a point to it if I can’t control the MnM’s synth parameters when sequencing. Is there a way to get this working properly? Cheers
Not much to go on but sounds like potentially you have an LFO running? Check on the DT midi channels LFOs and make sure they are zeroed out.
You might just be up against the reality of the difference between using the digitakt as a hardware controller (in real time) and the actual stepped nature of automating parameters when using the sequencer.
When twisting knobs, you’re covering the full range of MIDI’s available resolution which is still not going to be as tight as internal controls but will mostly translate to an audibly smooth range of travel.
When using the sequencer to automate CCs (motion recording), I’m pretty sure that it’s moving in stepped increments which approximate the knob travel but do not precisely mimic it. Like walking up a grade vs walking up stairs, the resolution is not the same.
If your expectation is to achieve an audibly smooth automation, then depending on the parameter being controlled, this stepped behavior could sound very jarring.
I don’t know if this fully accounts for sounding wonky, or precisely what you’re describing about values not changing quickly enough but maybe at least part of it. Depends on what you specifically mean by those descriptions.
Also true!
I have a hardware slew limiter after my midi CV converter to control exactly this issue.