How to make MIDI Triggers cancel previous triggers?

Hi there.

New DT user. So I want to use the DT to sequence my sub 37 and Summit synths.

I’m trying to sequence continuous chords. My thinking was that when I trigger midi note(s), I can set the trig length to a long time, and the next MIDI trigger will cancel the previous notes and trigger the new notes, just like playing on a real midi controller, synth keyboard would.

From what i can see, the DT by default does not cancel previous MIDI triggers and so I get a note soup of old triggers mixing with new triggers, with only a trig len parameter to play with, which is extremely tedious to program in accurately for anything except equal 4 bar chord patterns.

Is there a way to make midi triggers cancel previous triggers?

Thanks in advance!

Welcome @Nomad91

A lock trig (yellow trig, Func + trig to create it) with LEN set to minimum, microtiming +23, just before next trig

You can copy/paste them.

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Thanks! Smart workaround.

I didn’t even know about lock trigs yet! Much manual reading to be done…

Just so I understand, a lock trig doesnt trigger notes but will here send a stop signal to the synth? Do I need to set any parameters for this? (away from studio right now).

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It should shorten the note LENgth to minimum, hence stop the note. I didn’t try.

Plock LEN to minimum, microtiming +23 if you want to end notes just before next ones.

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Appreciate the help homie. Might have taken me days to figure this out!

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@sezare56 thanks ! that trick fixed the problem I had with the arpeggiator not syncing properly when sequencing the roland s1 with my DT

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I tried this now and it doesn’t override the length of the previous notes. The previous note keeps ringing out with the lock trig set at min LEN.

I think it works for audio tracks.
Put a regular trig with velocity = 1 ? I have to give it a try…

A CC120 or CC123 should also stop notes, but unfortunately Digis CCs go to CC119 max…iirc

Out of interest, are your chords fewer than 4 notes?
Would that be why they linger- you have, for want of a better way of putting it, unused polyphony?

Yeah, I was just wondering if placing a “stop” trig with 4 notes, 0 velocity, min length before the next note would do the trick of canceling all 4 possible midi notes before the next one sounds.

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It has to be the same notes, and lowest velocity is 1. 0 would have been interesting ! (And CCs above 119 too).

So @Nomad91 if you copy the playing trig and paste it after with shortest length, eventually velocity 1, it may do the job, depending on synth settings (velocity, attack, release, envelope reset, etc).
You can add a CC that lowers volume, combine with an lfo for fade out…

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Yes that works thanks bud! Appreciate it!

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