Ot/beatstep/minibrute- midi

hello hello,
I’m new to the forum and new to the wonderful OT machine. Been working on syncing the OT/BEATSTEP/MINIBRUTE, I want to make the OT the master and use the Beatstep to SEQ the Minibrute. I have been having some trouble getting this to operate correctly because the BS only has midi out, which is SEQing the Mini, there by not letting the tempos of the SEQ and the Ot to clock correctly.

Any suggestions for a novice?

Thank you for your time and knowledge

I think it might be best to remove the Beatstep from the setup if the Beatstep can’t be master clock of the OT.

yea that seems the case

I would probably use a MIDI thru splitter box and have the Beastep as master to both the OT and the MINI Brute. (Then you just have to disable the CCs on the OT, so it doesn’t do weird shit on you when you’re sending commands to the Brute.)

Beatstep has cv/gate out so I’d be using that for sequencing the minibrute.

Have you tried OT as master midi sync out -> to beatstep sequencer cv/gate -> to minibrute?

So OT is just providing master clock to beatstep whose sequencer then controls minibrute via cv.

Beatstep will respond to start/stop from OT too.

I have not, thanks for the heads up, I’m gonna give it a go

Does the beatstep have MIDI sync Input? I’m not sure that is the case.

Octatrack’s own MIDI sequencer could also be useful for sequencing the brute.

Ide love to use the BeatStep slaved to my OT and sequence my analog 808 kick drum module via cv/gate!

It looks like the usb port of the BS is the only midi input option and its used for DC power standalone mode so midi in via a kenton usb/midi host isnt possible?

Hope the Beatstep midi-out port can be used as midi-in port via firmware update!!! :slight_smile: