Midi Implementation with Pickup Machines

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hi,

New to this forum. Thanks for any responses to my query.

So, i have setup my octatrack with 8 pickup machines and i have midi pedal that is sending:

pedal 1: midi note 60(should start the loop and any overdubs, essentially rec 1 button)
pedal 2: midi note 64 (start the loop and stop overdubs, essentially rec 2 button)
pedal 3: midi note 68 (change active track down)
pedal 4: midi note 69 (change active track up)

My problem is that on track one, everything works fine. I then change the track using the 3rd pedal to track 2 and press record (midi note 60) and the track jumps back to overdubbing track one. Why can’t i record on the new track?

Is there something i am missing?

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Sounds like you maybe look into the Auto Channel functionality if not using it already.

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the channel on the foot pedal i have set to 11. i have also set the octatracks midi auto channel to 11. it still jumps back to recording track 1.

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It’s been a while since I did this, it’s doable, but I forget the config considerations. There will be setup info buried in the pickup machine threads, might be worth browsing those in the meantime

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thanks anyways buddy.

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What channels are configured for track 1 and track 2 on the OT?

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track 1 midi channel 1
track 2 midi channel 2

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If all pedals are really configured to send on the auto channel (11 in your case), then everything seems okay.

Do you see the active track change to track 2 on the OT (track led)?

btw: In the weird cases (when everything looks okay, but won’t work) rebooting the OT may help …

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I know this is years old, but if anyone is hunting the forum for this answer (like I was)…
My foot pedal wasn’t actually sending note info on 11 in all circumstances, so I was having the same annoying frustration where the active track would hop back to 1.

Digging through the pedal and and ensuring nothing but 11 was used solved the issue.

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I noticed recently that note 60 doesn’t work if nothing is set to SRC3 (‐‐).