Midi setup with A4, ableton and tr-626

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if someone could help me with getting a midi chain set up. I’ve spent a few hours trying to get it to work properly but no luck.

I have a A4 slaved to Ableton through USB, and the A4 Midi out is connected to a roland tr-626. I’m able to get everything to sync up just fine, but what I would like to do is sequence the tr-626 through an assigned midi channel in Ableton. When I play notes via Ableton, I can get the A4 tracks to sound, but no luck with the tr-626, even when I select the option to receive all channels. I can get the tr-626 to play when I play the A4 keyboard, and it works when I have the 626 directly connected to my audio interface.

It seems like if I have a chain set up, the midi signal does not transmit after it’s moved to one device.

Does anybody have any suggestions with the A4 midi settings?

MODS - could you move this to the A4 forum? Sorry, I accidentally put this in the AK forum.

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You want to use midi thru of a4, not midi out

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This is probably your problem. Get back if you still haven’t managed.

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This is probably your problem. Get back if you still haven’t managed.[/quote]
Thanks guys for the feedback.
I got it to work, but not with midi thru. I couldn’t get anything sent with midi thru, the 626 wouldn’t even sync with ableton (it would with midi out though).
The configuration I had to use so that ableton would sequence the 626 is:
ableton>>>>>626>>>>A4
This setup works for my current needs, but it makes me wonder if I’m gonna run into some problems if, for example, I buy a Analog Rytm and sync through the A4 midi out (or thru)