Midi Bank Select (outgoing)

[PeterHanes]

Digitone OS 1.20 introduces a new SBNK parameter for its MIDI sequencer tracks that sends CC32. Elektron even says that this is a bug fix in the release notes. Can we hope that Elektron provides a similar bug fix for the Octatrack after all these years?

Edit to add: let’s hope Elektron gets it right if they try a similar bug fix on the OT:

Sending Bank Changes after 1.20 Update

Prior to the latest update, I had set up all my tracks to properly send program/bank changes to my hardware synths. Since the unit did not initially send Sbank messages correctly, I would use a workaround to access the different midi Banks on my Alesis Micron by sending a midi message with CC32 followed by the standard patch change message. After updating, they changed the way Program Change messages were sent out and this this little trick does not seem to work anymore. But to add to my woes, t…