Sorry everyone, I just got the Digitakt so noob question forthcoming…
How can I run 2 midi tracks simultaneously? This seems so weird that I cannot figure this out.
I have midi track A successfully controlling my Novation Peak on midi ch.9. That’s all good, I got patterns saved and can switch patterns no problem.
The problem is that I can’t seem to get 2 synths to sequence at the same time. Midi track B is successfully routed to my Mono Station on midi ch.1, but when I load up a bank and pattern for this (on bank 13, pattern 1) it just switches over to the mono station and stops playing the Peak.
Very frustrating, I must say. I breezed through the manual but still couldn’t find shit.
Did you set up channel 9 on midi track A in the second pattern? The midi channel setting for the midi track output is tied to patterns. Each pattern needs to be set up with the appropriate settings.
Thanks for replying. I think in retrospect I may have misspoke. Told you I was a noob
What I meant to ask was: Can I have two separate PATTERNS playing simultaneously? For instance, midi track A (Peak) on bank 9 pattern 1, and then midi track B (mono station) sequencing on bank 13 pattern 1? Both played individually.
It seems that I can sequence both simultaneously, using separate midi channels, but only on the same pattern.
I feel like this a very daw-esq type of workflow. When I was heavy into logic use I would write several patterns in a single AU track and shuffle them around with other patterns written on other tracks.
I’m gonna have to check jjos on this. Maybe a good reason to pick up an mpc 1000.
Yeah, if I’m honest I can’t believe the digitakt CAN’T do this. It’s very full featured, why not multi-timbrality when sequencing?
My plan was to have banks 1/2 sequence synth#1 (total of 32 patterns), then banks 3/4 sequence synth #2, etc and so on. This would be so cool. You could basically write and live-perform (2) four-timbre, 16-pattern songs… or whatever combo you wanted.
Missed opportunity. Guess I’ll check out that MPC to see how many banks/patterns it can hold.
But why can’t you sequence both synths within the same pattern? You can literally sequence 8 midi patterns on 8 separate midi channel per pattern. It is multitimbal midi. Why limit yourself only utilizing a single midi track per pattern?
I don’t really get the issue, if you want the peak to keep playing just copy its track to the monostation pattern. All 8 midi tracks play simultaneously when you switch pattern, it’s like triggering a whole scene in Live. You can’t mix and match tracks from different patterns but that’s the only real difference.
Exactly this. And use track mute/unmute to control which instruments are actual playing …
The device was designed with one-pattern-at-a-time in mind. The usability with multiple running patterns would be awkward (think of voice limitations/voice cancelling/different BPMs and stuff like this).
LOL let’s give the guy a break, he is a self-proclaimed “noob”
OP: the DT has 8 MIDI tracks per pattern, each track can play 4 notes and be assigned to a unique MIDI channel. So yes you can sequence on 2 MIDI channels at the same time, in fact you can sequence onto 8.
In addition, the DT is multitimbral, but that term doesn’t apply here as multitimbrality isn’t something a sequencer can “have” - only sound producing modules can have that (which the sampler part of the DT is).
