MIDI Plays Free tracks won't play 'Direct'

Clancy · 2016-09-06T17:06:45.402Z

Yes this one is very fundamental and sounds like it’s been around for a long time. (Samples get assigned to the wrong machine and the wrong slot):

Another silly bug? Octatrack

Here’s another bug with 1.25 H. Not as bad as ‘changing to/from dynamic recorders silences your project’ but still really annoying. Would be really confusing for someone new to the OT: Samples get assigned to wrong machine, wrong slot Could be an issue with my OT or my card but i suspect not. Would appreciate if anyone can confirm if it happens to them. Thanks! To test: Create a new project and assign Track 8 as FLEX machine, RECORDING 8. Create another new project and just double click PL…

Another one which constantly requires work around (changing the memory setting mutes machines):

Request: can you replicate this bug? Octatrack

Hi all, I’m trying to determine if this problem is my OT, my cf card, or a problem with 1.25 H OS. If you’re willing to try these steps and let me know what happens with yours I’d be really grateful. Thanks! Please let me know which OS update you’re on. QUICK TEST SETUP: Create a new project. Populate a few flex slots from your audio pool. Populate a few static slots from your audio pool. Assign some flex samples to tracks. Assign some static samples to tracks. Drop some trigs on those…

Here’s hoping

invisible_acropolis · 2016-09-06T21:32:43.267Z

Im running 1.25E … because I thought it was the newer updates that introduced the bugs… i will try to replicate this one above with the slots and report back later sometime

Sternenlicht · 2016-12-20T04:37:00.305Z

I did run into the same problem - i wanted to quantize the track start when playing the track in free mode.
As far as i did understood the manual - the track is set to plays free, and should be individually started via:
track + play and start after some configurable step settings.

I can see that the track is playing in the display , but actually there is no LED running from left to right to show this.
Also no midi notes are generated.

I had a sequence which was 16 steps, master length 64.

When i put the track back to normal, the sequencer triggers the steps again. I have not tried it with audio tracks, but i will do that soon. I think its very annoying because it would solve a lot of issues i have.

Is there a similar start /stop behaviour possible in the RYTM ?

Sternenlicht · 2016-12-20T23:36:29.863Z

Function +Project > CONTROL >MIDI SEQUENCER >check the CC DIRECT CONNECT box

Function +Project > CONTROL >SEQUENCER >should show PAT LEN ( i had here 16/48 =?)

Function +Bank> Pat Scale Mode = Per Track . T1 - T8 check Plays Free and Trig mode ONE2, Trig Quant TR.LEN

At least my problem was solved with this settings, Allen gave me some hints on Facebook, and i thought i share it with you.

slicetwo · 2017-04-20T17:52:23.567Z

Did we ever find a solution for the PLAYS FREE MIDI tracks not playing all the way through? This needs to be fixed for the OT to be a full on live brain for shows that use external gear sequenced by the unit/

tasmansea · 2017-04-20T18:23:45.661Z

i made my peace with the OT for all its (perceived) quirks but with the ‘plays free’ bugs. something I’m using extensively and wish could be fixed. there are numerous threads on here about quantization issues. I opened a ticket with elektron some time ago and they said it was indeed bung.

slicetwo · 2017-04-20T19:46:27.660Z

I’m not even worried about the quantization. My timing has gotten a lot better. I’m worried about not being able to trigger MIDI sequences live separate from the PLAY button.

sezare56 · 2017-04-20T21:53:12.578Z

“Funny”, I tried to control them with midi tracks today. What are the issues ? (Except Quantize)

I found something interesting today : with plays free tracks, in hold mode, you can latch them pressing Rec (grid recording mode), like for time delay in delay control mode.

Clancy · 2018-09-02T11:34:29.000Z

So Midi tracks set to plays free CAN now be trigged with quant setting ‘direct’?! That’s great!

Wait, Elektron fixed this and didn’t announce it?!

For anyone wondering. This is a powerful feature - try it! but previously it was broken leading to much convoluted discussion and trial and error head scratching. As here:
https://www.elektronauts.com/t/midi-plays-free-tracks-wont-play-direct/4110/15?u=clancy

Supercolor_T-120 · 2018-09-02T13:59:27.693Z

What OS version do you have? If this is a 1.30d change I’ll be sad.

Clancy · 2018-09-02T16:44:16.146Z

1.30c

Why sad?

Isn’t D the mystery one they ship with new units, and no one knows what it has over C? Or am I out of date on that?

avantronica · 2018-09-02T17:11:49.630Z

Midi plays free direct FIXED?

no one knows what it has over C?

nothing feature wise at all afaicr - so should behave identically to C

thanks for sharing, but this thread will likely be merged with the original for obvious reasons

Clancy · 2018-09-02T17:50:29.774Z

yeah i get the merge but wanted to share the good news more high profile. It amounts to a fun new feature to play with.

Supercolor_T-120 · 2018-09-02T22:29:21.917Z

Clancy:

1.30c

Why sad?

Isn’t D the mystery one they ship with new units, and no one knows what it has over C? Or am I out of date on that?

Because I have a MKI, so if it was a fix in D I’d have to wait for it until whenever Elektron puts D out for the MKI.

Clancy · 2018-09-03T10:59:22.488Z

This is where I first came across it & some details about what used to happen

Weird buggy behaviour or a feature? Octatrack

Just started using MIDI Trigs. As well as being unmentioned in the manual as far as i can tell, MIDI Trigs behave really strangely when Scale Mode is set to Per Track. Okay so in Normal Scale Mode they do what you expect - they start those MIDI tracks which have been set to Plays Free. But switch on Per Track and you get: An orange light on step 1 of all tracks set to Plays Free, whether in Grid Record or Tracks mode -tracks with a trig on step 1 - you hear just that one trig, no later trig…

Clancy · 2018-09-06T20:34:44.791Z

Seems trig quant ‘1’ has been fixed too!

If I recall that was broken across the OS wherever trig quantising occurs…

how weird of Elektron not to say

sezare56 · 2018-09-06T21:33:38.657Z

IIRC, it was working with 1.25E. At least 1 step quantize, which I prefer. Not 100% sure, I was triggering recorders with Free Play midi tracks (Hold mode), and playing recordings with Free Plays audio tracks (Hold mode, 1 step quantize too). Different length quantized recordings on the fly.

Clancy · 2018-09-07T05:26:38.558Z

sezare56:

Different length quantized recordings on the fly.

Yes exactly the sort of thing that makes this feature so good!

Pretty sure I tested at 30bpm with s multiplier of 1/8 and couldn’t get it to fire on the next trig. Can my timing be that bad!?

brainpump · 2021-06-17T15:03:12.055Z

I know this is an old topic, but has the issue been fixed?

Because on my Octa II (OS 1.40A) this issue seems to be still there. I have disconnected MIDI tracks with trig quantization set to DIRECT, but triggering the tracks with buttons 9 to 16 will only play step 1 and then stay on step 1 (sequencer is running).

Yes, changing trig quant. from DIRECT to e.g. 1/16 will help - but that is not really the same as DIRECT. So the bug is still there?

Can anyone confirm or has any news?

sezare56 · 2021-06-17T22:12:15.257Z

@brainpump It seemed working correctly last time I used it with Direct, a couple of weeks ago. Not 100% sure.

Can’t check for a few days…