First the good news. New firmware today! Now the bad news - none of these topics seem to have been addressed. I has so happy to pass midi AND audio to and from iPad, but the midi thru data is filtered. Not even a sustain pedal.
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Thanks! this really helped with setting modulation, and mapping to other parameters too! Sadly it didn’t work with PB, but I don’t use it that much.
+1 for @Elektron to include in MIDI THRU messages in next upgrades. Sustain pedal too please!
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+1. A few weeks into learning my Digitakt and as I start to hook it up to other synths this makes me sad. Considering returning it and finding another option but I really like the rest of the feature set so far 
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Still waiting for this to be fixed.
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Also still waiting…I love my Digi boxes, but this one limitation has me constantly annoyed and needing to change things in my setup. I supposed I should buy a merge box but seems like it should be such an easy fix!
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Would also love to see this added. Even pass-through to start. Fingers crossed for an update.
Big limitation on live performances.
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Just wanted to add my voice to the crowd here, I’m with everyone… I’d be happy even with just pass through… i’m comforted to know that so many want this too, but I’m hurting to know that this thread started in 2017… I’m using a digitone, I absolutely love the synthesis but a big sell for me was also getting punch-step style polyphonic midi tracks and trig conditions, but I didn’t expect the piece to choke external expression parameters like this… so upsetting, and really bizarre
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Oh je, run into the same issues. Sad!
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Same here… 
looks like a simple fix to be honest
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This is a persistent issue that many would appreciate being solved. The DT+DN combination is severely hampered by not being able to share MIDI controller modulation between them. Please consider making passthrough a priority, @Elektron.
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anyone know if this was solved in the 1.30 update?
no change to PB rec in 1.30
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sad. still a great update
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So, no word on at least passing PB and MW through the dtgitakt to the digitone?
Right now I’m running digitakt-keystep-digitone.
Problems: can’t use the key step on the digitakt, have to disable the key step sequencer and arp to actually play the digitone while playing a digitakt/digitone sequence.
What are the downsides to running keystep-digitone-digitakt?
+1, at least PB + MW pass-through
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maybe others know this, but the Octatrack does pass through Pitch, Mod Wheel, and Aftertouch for midi.
I recently switched my midi control over to the OT, that and the Arp and 3 midi LFOs make it a big upgrade in my opinion.
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Hi, do you mean Octatrack passes through MW, AT on MIDI OUT port? Not MIDI THRU but OUT, right?
This is how to have the Digitakt pass through CC messages:
- Configure your controller to transmit CC70 through CC77. These CCs control the CC value knobs in the Digitakt’s MIDI tracks.
- Set the Digitakt’s CC select controls to the CCs you want your synth to receive.
I always have to configure my master keyboard to send the modwheel on CC70, and on the Digitakt I set SEL1 to CC1 (modwheel). Thus the Digitakt receives the modwheel on CC70 from my keyboard and translates it to CC1 for the synth. Likewise, I have my keyboard send the sustain pedal on CC71 and set the Digitakt’s SEL2 to CC64 (sustain).
I can confirm that this works on OS 1.30. Some early OS versions had an issue where the CC value knobs are controlled out of order, and one of their ranges is limited to 0-2 instead of 0-127.
I would be very happy if they enabled MIDI control of the PB and MW controls of MIDI tracks, as well as the sustain pedal being passed through. I like to play live on my synths instead of relying on sequencing alone.
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Another +1 for PB passthrough. Seems like something quite basic
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Oh actually, there is one partial solution I just figured out which allows the pitch bend and mod wheel to be use live (not recorded):
I’m using Digitakt, Keystep and Volca Keys.
Just patch the Digitakt MIDI out to the Keystep MIDI in and then Keystep MIDI out to your synth. You get the full unfiltered MIDI expression of your MIDI keyboard and also ability to sequence the synth from Digitakt.
The only downside is you can’t record anything live from the MIDI keyboard into the Digitakt, but generally in my workflow I’m only playing back sequences and playing live keys.
Could work for some.
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