“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.
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
What OS version do you have? If this is a 1.30d change I’ll be sad.
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Isn’t D the mystery one they ship with new units, and no one knows what it has over C? Or am I out of date on that?
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
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.
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.
This is where I first came across it & some details about what used to happen
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
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. 
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!? 
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?
@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…
Thanks @sezare56. In parallel I have created a support ticket (#56909). But no response by now. Keep you posted …
Yep, I’m interested in testing again in a couple of days.
I have some more important details. The unexpected behavior only occurs with SCALE MODE per TRACK.
Steps to reproduce:
Cheers,
Thomas
Confirmed.
Feels like an old nemesis back. I guess it was never properly fixed. I was stoked it seemed to be working though I always wondering why it wasn’t announced as fixed
Update: Elektron support has confirmed that this is indeed a bug. They can reproduce it and their developers are informed.
Keep fingers crossed that a fix will make its way into the next firmware upgrade.
Thomas
Is there any progress on this issue? I just had this idea with the free direct play of the midi but was very disappointed to find out that it doesn’t work with midi 
I guess you gonna have to wait for a firmware upgrade.