I was hoping to strip my current setup down to just my AR mk2, Virus Ti2 61 note, and my OB6 keyboard, taking advantage of the multi-timbral mode of the virus. I enjoy recording live, playing everything all at once into my DP32sd (no, I haven’t used a computer since my Mac Pro broke down 7 plus years ago, so using a daw to sequence is not an option). After getting everything setup, i realized that my AR mk2 only has a note range of c7-c3 for sequencing external gear, which means i can’t sequence anything on my virus past middle c. Am I missing something here? Is this really a limitation of the sequencer? Any help is much appreciated. I have an arturia keystep pro, but i really was trying to scale everything down to fit nicely into a corner of my living room. I don’t have the room for all my gear to be setup at once anymore. i was hoping i could just use the AR for my sequencing duties. I don’t mind sacrificing the tracks since i use drums sparingly anyhow. i like to have 2-3 sequences happening along w/ my pads and minimal drums - i suppose what is called berlin school nowadays. any help is much appreciated.
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This is a legacy of the way the AR was designed originally which was not in anticipation of general MIDI sequencing duties
I appreciate your response. Thank you. I’m assuming digitone and digitakt don’t have this limitation? Also, do you know if digitone was updated with song mode like digitakt was?
They were designed to have dedicated (rather than retrofit) MIDI sequencing from the outset. No such compromise as the MIDI is not piggybacked on existing sequencing methods
All 3 Boxes got the song mode!
Digitakt has 8 didicated MIDI tracks, Digione 4; Syntakt has no dedicated ones, but you can select MIDI for every Track and have the same features, as the other 2 have on them.
thank you. i suppose a quick google search would’ve told me that as well. i only heard about the digitakt getting song mode. that’s great that digitone did too.
that makes sense. i was hoping to just have a 3 piece setup but i guess the keystep pro will have to stay. i can’t justify buying a digitone or digitakt just for the sequencing while i already have a digital powerhouse with my virus and a sampler and drum machine with my analog rytm