Allow me to resurrect this thread…
Im the frightened owner of a used OT MKII as of about 1 month ago.
I have owned the DT for 2 years, the DN for 1.5 years and i feel pretty comfortable on both of those instruments even if my muscle memory leaves a bit to be desired. I purchased the OT with every intention of taking the rest of my life (or the OT’s, which ever comes first but im only 41) to learn this thing and enjoy the ride. Ive read the manual, and when i run into problems i consult it first, though its often like searching for water in the desert as that manual is drier than a cats ass as far as reading is concerned. I know the information is in there, but its hard to find sometimes when your problem is driving you up the walls.
After spending three weeks learning about flex and static machines, transferring samples from the computer to the OT, slicing, and assigning parameters to scenes, I felt like i was figuring things out pretty good and that i was moving right along. i started messing about with slide trigs and things were going good. So, i wanted to start experimenting with Through Machines, and assigning the DT and DN to their own track respectively and going from there.
The amount of weird MIDI bullshit i encountered has me wanting to just box up the OT for a while and walk away from it, as my music making has ground to a frustrating halt and the fun has been squeezed out of it.
My setup was (i did box it up, so im recreating from memory): OT MIDI Out > DN MIDI IN
DN MIDI Thru>DT MIDI IN
I had the DT and DN set to recieve CLOCK, TRANSP, and Pattern Change
I had OT set to send CLOCK, TRANS and P Change
(with this set up on just the DT and DN i had no problems whatsoever)
As far as the Thru machines goes: T1 = DT into AB, T2=DN into CD, both set to Thru
I had formatted the CF card, and started new projects on the DT, DN, and OT.
Now, this is where it got weird…
Changing the volume on The Thru Track SRC page would adjust both the ratios of the B Operator on the DN and the Pitch on the SRC page on the DT (it would drop it below -24 too, and just say ERR)
The cross fader seemed to be affecting multiple parameters…
Touching knobs on the OT is affecting parameters on both machines at once and i did not dive into any sort of MIDI CC set up. Aside from this, changing patterns on the OT doesnt change patterns on either of the other machines…
Its really frustrating!
I cant tell you how many of these sorts of threads ive read already, hard to find my exact problem either in the manual or in the forum.
Im not bitching about the OT, its clearly an amazing machine. But its proving to be really difficult to play nice with my other, all Elektron, gear…
i do feel like i need a break regardless. its stopped being fun and more like a self taught school session… but, man… any advice is welcome.
To reiterate, i cant get the OT to change patterns on the DT and DN, and without adjusting any sort of CC Send from the OT, its affecting parameters across both machines…
