Do these exist? I tried to search for the topic but had no luck. My goal is to send a cc value from the pad of my MIDI controller corresponding to each of the 1-16 trigger keys.
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The appendix a: midi in the manual contains all midi cc specifications for the audio and midi tracks. Eg what midi cc values controls what element of the track.
There are 3 major ways to go about midi control of the Digitakt using an external controller.
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You setup your external controller pads to send midi notes on separate channels. Each pad sends the same midi note (think it’s C3). to trigger sounds. Benefit of this is that you can play each audio track chromatic if you like, but on a pad controller you might want to trigger the same pitch as you get when pressing the trigger buttons on the Digitakt.
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You setup your pads to send midi note data on channel 1 but starting on c0 (or whatever your controller thinks is the lowest midi note it can send) and upwards in pitch, this will trigger audio tracks 1 to 8. Just like a standard midi drum kit.
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You set your midi controller to send note and cc data on the Digitakt auto channel (don’t remember what channel that is by default) and this gives you control of the currently selected track on the Digitakt. Eg whatever track you select is the one that will recieve the notes and midi cc. Really great for keyboard input.
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Auto Channel in combo with a midi controller is very powerful. I love auto channel feature expecially when using multiple elektron units.
If I understood your question, no, you cannot. You cannot ‘replace’ DT trig pads by using MIDI messages.
Midi out channels 1-16 of keyboard should correspond to trigger keys in Digitakt 1-16 if I am reading this correctly? Trying it out now, thanks a bunch for the quick and detailed response LarsErik!
Yes, that’s correct. There are midi settings in the Digitakt for usb/din port (if they are enabled or not or both) and you can also see the channels assigned for each track and the auto channel number.
I have an external midi controller with pads and knobs so I’ve created a config where 8 pads correspond to the audio track channels and the knobs send midi cc on the auto channel to control amp envelope and filter envelope on the selected audio track.
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Yeah that’s true, might be the OP was asking for something else then being able to “play” the audio track with an external controller sending midi notes to it.
my interpretation is .
is there a midi cc / note trigger which would be the equivalent of pressing the step on the digitakt.
eg.
if i had an empty pattern and wanted to program it externally , can i setup a 16 pad controller (like an akai) to program the pattern in an xox style so that i press pad1 and it sets a trig on step 1 in the sequencer.
using an external controller to effectively setup a 4x4 step grid instead of a 1 x 16 step grid.
answer - not that ive seen.
1 question , many answers .
It appears this is the solution I am after, but my midi controller does not allow me to assign more than one channel to the pads… so I guess I am stuck with my current usage. Thanks for the help!
If you assign midi notes 0-7 to the pads and set your controller to the same channel as the digitakt auto channel.
The pads should trigger each audio track respectively. Midi note 0 = track 1 on digitakt and so forth.
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Ahh I will try that when I return home, thanks.
also i think this would only trigger the default sound/sample and default notes
if you want to be able to change the sample , thats probably another midi cc + note send crazy thread.
yes, it triggers whatever setting are link to the track itself, so if multiple sounds or samples are locked to various steps of a track those wont be triggered.
the cc for sample slot is 19
yup , but if you parameter lock midi cc 19 with trigless trigs, when you trigger them externally it would be a way to trigger sounds which youve already prepared.
or setup the lfo onto src which runs on an empty patterm for random triggerness.
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This is interesting. I’m gonna have to try it
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That is the main thing I am after, and further, is there a CC value for turning the encoders as well.
I should have more clearly stated my overall goal but the information you all have provided me has cleared most everything up.
I am using the MPK mini 2 controller, trying to use the pads as a way to change the track so that the keys could be played chromatically for the kick track then I could hit a pad and change it to chromatically play toms etc. On this controller, the pads all have to send to the same midi channel so I think I am out of luck for now.
Settling on this setup with your suggestions for the knobs as well.
Can you set a knob on the mpk to control what midi channel it sends on? If you could it would allow you to “scroll” through the digitakt tracks by changing what midi channel you are sending on.
As far as I know, the knobs and keys are all locked to one channel of choice, and the pads to another or the same channel of choice.
To be able to help you out think it’s a good thing if you explain what you are trying to achieve.
I am trying to use the pads to send CC messages corresponding to hitting the triggers 1-16 physically on the Digitakt, so that when I play the keys on the keyboard, it switches to playing the corresponding track chromatically.