Max Midi Note Length is 22 steps?

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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I don’t understand this weird limitation. Trig length when not in Midi mode can span all 4 pages whereas in Midi mode besides infinite, the next length down from that is 22 steps long?

It seems the only way to have longer notes is to use infinite and then place another trig elsewhere with velocity set to zero.

So weird. :crazy_face:

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Yeah, after 1/1 note length it goes quickly to 127=infinite. There are only 128 steps that cover all available note lengths and since those 128 parameter steps are tied to sequencer steps, to cram more note lengths option in, they’d have to somehow scale the available parameters, I guess.
That’s probaply the reason.

Infinite + trigless (or simply a zero velocity trig) to stop the note works well, though.

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And it’s very boring to set anyway.
I’d love something similar to other Elektrons.

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Right but I don’t understand why the audio trig length and midi trig length aren’t using the same values/scale.

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We want steps values for a step sequencer!

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that’s… crazy. I don’t understand how you do long pads.
I don’t understand the trig less workaround. I hit a pad then add a trig less…with a vel at 0 ? Isn’t trigless for lfos ?
but what midi gear are you using behind ? I’m using the polyphonic pads from Tempest and … I don’t see how that is going to release trigger or at best send note off… it’s going to steal more polyphony even at vel0.
hooo you add the trig less on the audio thru that gets the audio from your midi channel ?? please don’t tell me that’s that.
I mean if they are struggling with 127 values of length wouldn’t it be worth developing a system that records a trig on “notes on” with inf lenght and a second trig for note off ?

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Not sure if you know that’s the way OT send notes off : it sends a note on with vel at 0.

(it’s a midi standard, should be supported by any gear. I didn’t try this trick with OT).

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I’m not sure they could change it. Doing so could break every existing pattern on every existing OT (unless the pattern files are versioned).

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The could have toggle in the project settings which would give you the option to enable/disable it.

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