MonoMachine + Digitakt : Song Mode

Elektron Gear
#1

Hello,

The two pieces of Elektron gear I own are the MonoMachine (mkII no +drive) & the Digitakt.

I am thinking of just plugging the Digitakt’s stereo out into the “IMP AB” stereo input of the MonoMachine. So, that would cost me one machine/track.

I would like to:

Use the MonoMachine’s song mode to control the Digitakt through songs.

Send the Digitakt’s midi tracks to the MonoMachine.

Send the MonoMachine’s midi tracks/arp to other outboard gear.

I think this should all be doable. Is this doable?

Thank you.

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#2

Totally

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#4

Not to get too intimate, but if the two Elektron devices are occupying each other’s midi in/outs, I can’t figure out how to get the MonoMachine’s midi tracks out to other gear.

I must need some sort of midi hub/splitter thing.

But that can wait, pairing the two will keep me busy.

#5

The midi thru of the dt will pass along the Monomachine midi and vice verse.
Or a midi splitter to split the Monomachine signal.

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#6

ah ok!

So, just send the program change info to the Digitakt (for the song mode), but pass everything else through the midi through. to go to the outboard gear. That makes sense.

#7

Thank you everyone, for your input and observations.

Tonight I am reading the “MIDI config” part of the Digitakt manual (page 60-62), and the “Control” part of the MonoMachine manual (page 89-93).

As far as MonoMachine routing goes, I am thinking:

Track 01: GND (NOISE) > MIX A/B

Track 02: SID (6581)> MIX A/B

Track 03: various machines > MIX A/B

Track 04: FX (DYNAMIX) > MIX C/D (routed back to A/B)

Track 05: various machines > MIX E/F

Track 06: THRU (Digitakt) > MIX A/B

  • Tracks 01 through 03 can go to the DYNAMIX effect, if desired.

  • Track 05 goes out (E/F) to a Lexicon MPX-1, I want to control the Lexicon with some of the MonoMachine’s midi tracks. The MPX-1 can also spit out midi too, like a random number generator and other stuff. This could all get wicked complicated.

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#8

general advice , keep it simple , if you are going to perform , try to do most of it from one box an leave the others alone when you can.

and maybe think about if you want to record it all , and how many separate channels you might want (e .g digitakt , fx , multiple monomachines). for later polish.
you could if needed use digitakt lfo / random out to sequence lexicon via midi/cc as its got a little more grunt/options midi wise … just leave it playing a long slow pattern tweaking the lexicon .
and feed DT into monomachine via cc to get more / easier to access parameter locks that can be sequenced in different time signatures to any melodies from monomachine.

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