I feel as though the new midi trig function with the new OS 1.40 on Octatrack is at odds with the standard midi map for ‘audio note in - Follow FW’ setting.
E.g. I can trig slices via a midi keyboard, great. But when landing on the keys that play audio tracks 1-8 and/or start/stop the sequencer, this no doubt has unintended consequences.
Is there a possibility to turn off the standard sequencer and audio track play functions on midi keys, and just keep the new midi trig slice feature?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I could not find it.
I think I scratched my head yesterday because of the same behaviour.
I had mapped Active Track Up/Down on my SLMKIII, but as soon as the active track was set to midi map Slices, the Active Track up/down didn’t work.
I was too tired for brain gymnastics, so didn’t really look into it more.
No what I mean is if you want midi trig mode on, then there is crossover with the standard mapping which triggers the sequencer start/stop and audio tracks start/stop.
So, for instance, you are triggering slices with the new midi trig mode, but then you hit a key which not only triggers a slice, but also by design starts the sequencer but you did not mean for this to happen.
There isn’t a crossover,
when in TM follow if you select slots you can’t start the sequencer via midi, it will only play slots… same for slices etc the regular mapping is disabled
In map/track it is per track so each track can be different per track if a track has the standard settings then that track will be able to start/stop the sequencer
In trig ‘slice’ mode, the sequencer start/stop commands via midi do nothing… I was flipping between normal track mode and slice mode a lot and probably thought I was still in slice mode when the sequencer all of a sudden started. Then it happened again later on and I thought I need to see what’s up here!
This reminds me of another problem. That I have to go into auto channel and set it to ‘1’ instead of ‘off’ to use midi trig. That makes sense, the only gripe here is that I need to then go and make auto channel back to ‘off’ so that when I’m using my midi keyboard it doesn’t trigger the OT sequencer.
I don’t know what I’d like to see here, but a completely separate setting for ‘midi trig’ would be nice so I didn’t have to flip/flop the auto channel from ‘1’ to ‘off’ because all I need is the midi trig functionality.
Not really sure what you mean here, using your midi keyboard to do what Play other synths?
You shouldn’t need to turn the auto channel off…
Can you change the channel on the midi controller?
I have a complicated set up… but basically what’s relevant here is,
let’s say I use my synth (which is also my midi controller) to play my synth. It is however connected to the OT midi input. So when I play my synth with the intention to record what I play on the OT sampler, I have to turn auto channel to ‘off’ so that my playing does not inadvertently start/stop the sequencer or mess up the recording.
Yes I could also change the channel the midi is transmitting on from my synth (midi controller), but I try to set and forget wherever possible. Menu diving etc, is the enemy of creative productivity.
That’s why, if the OT had a separate setting only for ‘midi trig’ when the track is in slice or slot mode, then I could leave the auto channel on ‘1’ always.
This is probably the easiest option, but with my set up I have the midi keyboard transmitted to all other synths all at once, I just control which synths I want to hear with their volume on an outboard mixer. So the OT responding to midi messages is the only thing I need to avoid (hence why I need to menu dive on the OT to flip-flop the auto channel setting - based on when I want to use midi trig slices).
edit: mine is probably a too-specific use case that won’t apply to many users, hence won’t be a problem for them.