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Today retrokits solved the problem of the double tap stop button . You can install the firmware 1.4 following this steps:
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Iām using this sketch programmed into my Arduino and it works great with the Digitakt!
midipoly (V6) - an Arduino sketch for Polyphonic Digitakt
Iām having a lot of fun with polyphony and the old Fairlight CMI IIx sample set. I like the RHODES4 sample loaded into multiple slots with some LFO panning. Turns out you can convert the loop points between Fairlight and Digitakt pretty easily. The following formula gets you close, then adjust.
(120 / 16000) * loop point in bytes
You can look them up at: Fairlight sound library database
Have fun!
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did you ever figure out if this works? 
I didnāt end up ordering the RK cableā¦ Iād recommend emailing retrokits to see if the channel filtering is possible.
sorry for the basic question, but Iām new to Ableton (using Live 10). how do you set up Digitakt as the ābrainā?
Welcome
Using yours. 
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I just received one directly from Retrokits, and I ordered it to come pre-loaded with the Digitakt firmware ā I thought the point of ordering it pre-loaded was that you donāt have to go fiddling around with the website to have it properly configured.
I tried connecting the Digitakt with several different MIDI controllers using the cable, tried both ways (orange end on midi in on digitakt, black end on midi in on digitakt), but nothing works. Ordinary midi cables work (they only will trigger the digitakt monophonically, of course), so I donāt think itās the controllers or the digitakt.
On the digitakt, my midi settings under āPort Configā are:
Turbo Speed (not checked)
Out Port Func - MIDI
Thru Port Func - MIDI
Input From - MIDI
Output To - MIDI
Output CH - Auto CH
Param Output - CC
Encoder Dest - INT
Trig Key Dest - INT
Mute Dest- INT
Receive Notes - Check
Receive CC/NRPN - Check
Track channels are all set to their corresponding channel (e.g., Track 1 Channel is 1, Track 2 Channel is 2, ā¦)
Track channels for A thru H are set to Off.
Any help would be appreciated!
With the new firmware update āUSB compliantā does that mean we can change settings on this cable with just the digitakt??
With OS 1.20, Elektron introduced the āUSB Class Compliantā-Feature to the Digitakt. This only refers to the audio, not the MIDI. This means you can record your audio (master output only) directly through USB (even without Overbridge). For Android I use the free app āMotiv Audioā by Shure. Works like a charm. (Youāll need an adapter for your phone of course)
No that wonāt work. Youāll need to connect the cable to a computer with a suitable MIDI interface (not all of them support sysex properly). That will allow you to use Chrome browser to access the page for the firmware you have on the cable, it connects to your MIDI interface, and communicates with the cable. You can also change the firmware on the cable.
The RK002 is fantastic but itās not a polished product that is easy to use. If youāre comfortable doing the above then itās really powerful. You can also programme your own firmware for it using the Arduino IDE, which Iāve done and itās simpler than I was expecting, but itās still coding.
I got this to work now but it only plays the first four tracks of the Digitakt. Iāve followed Retrokits instructions on settings and the Digitakt settings are set to fit their instructions. I even compared with @DaveMech excellent video tutorial, and I seem to get it all right. Yet, only the first four voices play on the Digitakt before it starts to cycle from the start again.
Anyone else encountered a similar scenario? Obviously, Iām doing something wrong, but having followed the instructions, it does seem like Iām doing it all by the book. What might I be missing?
Do you have each trackās midi in consecutive order?
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Yes. However, Iām starting to wonder if maybe the midi interface Iām using is actually not sending the system exclusive data required. It shows up in the settings browser, but it could be that the information doesnāt go through and that my four voice allocation is the default set by Retrokits as I bought the cable.
So perhaps Iām doing it all right but not using an interface thatās actually transmitting my settings change, when I switch up Polymux to 7 and midi channel to 1 in the Rk-002.
That is entirely possible. I had to move one of my synths to the end of my chain because it wouldnāt pass the data through.
Yes, I think that might be it. I donāt have much gear around to try this with, but I do know that my Prophet 12 sends and receives system exclusive. So Iām gonna try that next.
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Doesnāt seem to work with the Prophet. However, the Prophet 12 only sends and receives system exclusive over either USB or MIDI, not both at the same time. So Iām not sure I got the full chain required to make this work.
Gonna try the Toraiz SP-16 next.
EDIT: Didnāt work. Toraiz donāt do sysex. Nor does the Deluge, as it seems. Setting my hopes for the AS-1 now, which I havenāt sent back yet to da dealer.
Iām on the edge of my seat. AS-1 for the win!?
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Just to make things more interesting, I havenāt tried it yet. Just put the kids to bed.
And will try it.
Now.
(tension rising)
UPDATE: At least it recognises the AS-1 as an interface. Plot thickens.