Help! Digitakt [PLAY] clips MIDI Ultranova synth patch

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#1

I’m stumped. I’ve gone through all the MIDI menus and settings, and cannot figure this out. Looking for help from a MIDI guru.

I’ve got a simple bass line recorded on MIDI track A (9) and it’s triggering a bass patch on my Novation Ultranova. Everything sounds great. But then if I press [STOP] and then [PLAY], the Digitakt beat starts up, but now the Ultranova sound is “clipped” — nothing comes out but a little “tic” sound. And a * appears next to the Ultranova patch name (patch “A005” becomes “A005*”)

To make the synth play again, I change the patch to the next patch and then back again.

I have a feeling there is some program change or CC change trigger being sent by the Digitakt when I press [STOP] or [PLAY] but I cannot find it.

  • I disabled the CC channels on MIDI track A
  • Both are set to MIDI Ch 1

This may be an Ultranova problem, I know, but you guys are smart. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

#2

Maybe MIDI Channel 1 is also set on track 1 as by default. Check midi-settings -> channels

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#3

@isaacorion
Had exactly the same issue triggering MiniNova, MicroFreak and Deepmind 12.
Solution was to ensure that all midi hardware used has the corresponding bank/patch/program assigned on the midi track.
Works flawlessly now :slight_smile:
Hope it helps,
V

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#4

Ok, I’m stumped. I thought I had it fixed with the advice above, but I didn’t. Here are the settings.

Everything seems to match. It works until I stop and then hit [play] again. Any other ideas? Thanks!

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#5

Try disabling the PB, AT, MW and BC on the DT’s SRC page. I think either PB or AT was the culprit for my setup (bass station II pitch shoots as low as possible causing the clicking). If that makes no diff, do the CC page have encoders enabled? They could be sending values on prog reset

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#6

Following, 'cause I seem to have the same issue (with DSI Mopho). I guess I don’t have the same problem with Minilogue XD, Moog Sirin. I’ll try to dive in again this evening.

#7

@garf it was the CC encoders! Brilliant! Thank you so much. This has driven me crazy since I got the DT and I actually quit using the Ultranova for a while because of this.

It wasn’t the PB or MW in fact, but the CC encoders. I turned all of them to [X] using the [Func] + knob press, and then started and stopped the pattern. Worked perfectly. Ultranova audio stayed just as it should. Then to see which one was the culprit, I turned each one back on one-by-one, and it was CC VAL 6 (knob F). It was apparently sending a “note length” or “note decay” of 0 or 1. I couldn’t find what parameter it was in the DT manual, but when I turnurning it up to 127 gave me the full note length from the Ultranova.

I’m not sure how many people have been affected by this, but I just learned a lot about CC parameters. I didn’t realize the patterns I was using had these CC values all on. It makes me want to make sure they’re always disabled to [X] unless I need them.

Whew. Thanks folks!

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