Octatrack - Triggering next pattern via MIDI controller

Can you tell me pls how to use the event processor to call the program change to the OT? Thanks!

They share the same OS! Never heard about a different sync behavior, or any different behavior not related to harware differences. (6 years on Elektronauts).

Not a bug. The Prog Change has to be sent before the beginning of the pattern.
With the method you used, it is sent after. You can try the other method.

@shinobi, try this before send OT back.
@hausland ?

Event Processor Plus. I use too.
Maybe you don’t need it with above RESTART method…send that note at the beginning of a pattern, it has to be sent just after the Prog Change

What do u mean note 35?

He means send note B on corresponding midi track.

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That B1* Restart note restarts OT from the beginning of the pattern.
Sent just after a Prog Change, it plays corresponding pattern directly.

*Probably a different note name on MPCs, such B0, B2…

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@shinobi. A video about this. Interesting part arount 6m40. A lot of talking, a 1 mn video should suffice!

He apparently uses note 34 and 35, I don’t know why, 35 should suffice :

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I just tried Restart (Note 35) with Digitakt, in order to control OT pattern changes.
Beware, there might be a small delay. I compensated it with microtiming (minus 3 values).

Pretty simple to setup on Digitakt/Digitone.
Midi track, channel 11 (OT Auto Ch).
Set trigs with note 35, -1/128 microtiming.
Set Program Changes.
Probability.

“Random” pattern change on any step! :loopy:

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I don t know… maybe I am doing something wrong. I put a B0 note on the first note of the pattern. Nothing happens.
I mean the program changes but is half time after…

I don’t know if it corresponds to Note 35 on MPCs. Which midi channel? With a default project, you can use channels 1-8 or Auto Channel (11).

With that note and the right channel, OT restarts to play from the beginning of the current pattern, or the beginning of pattern corresponding to a previously received program change.

It works flawlessly with right settings.

The guy in the clip says 35.

You say B0. :content:

That s 35 :smiley:

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Works… but still there is a small delay. .

I think here you referred to it …
You said you compensated with microtiming, but how did you do that?

On Digitakt. For you, it should be on the MPC, using the other method @hausland explained, unless there are some delay compensation settings on the MPC.

Compensate delay with negative microtiming on all OT trigs doesn’t seem a convenient solution!

How to I do negative microtiming on OT trigs?

Hold a trig, press left arrow 3 or 4 times.
Trigs with microtiming can be copied/pasted.

Works great, except it doesn t play the note on 1st step (the first time it plays… than it does)… so if u have a kick on the first step it will not play it…
#Houseland didn t explain how to delay compensate on Mpc… I went back to see…

Yes, logical, that’s also why I said it’s not convenient nor satisfying.

I was referring to this :
Octatrack - Triggering next pattern via MIDI controller - #33 by hausland