Polyphonic Digitakt via Retrokits RK-002 cable?

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#164

I wrote the original script with @grit’s help. :wink:
You can make your own scripts with DUY.

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#165

my feeling is that you need to work it out to a certain extent . understand whats going on and possibly alter your tunes / midi layout.

i’m not talking about writing coder and your own duy , but knowing the principles of whats being done , remapped etc.

you may be doing something unique that no one else can help with , or you may find a small change in your setup can work with many already existing duy/cable configurations.

you may then find that wanting it ‘in loop back mode’ in both settings isn’t possible.

isnt this basically 'one note in , passed across other channels? ’ , sounds like you still have 1 note in , triggering 1 channel.

#166

ok so here’s the problem. You need to check that the midi interface does pass power to the midi cable. I would think that the MIO4 would pass power, but after checking with support, it does not.

Using the midi through port like Dave Mech did in his RK-002 video does work and allows you to set up the polymux number so the DT will work properly with the RK-002 cable.

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#167

So the digitakt doesnt send midi power?

#168

The digitakt sends power through midi.
It is the MIO4 interface that doesn’t pass power as stated in the post above yours.

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#169

if the digitakt didnt send power then i wonder how the cable works to enable many people to use it to turn it into polyphonic module ?

digitakt out into retrokits cable into digitakt midi in (with no additional box!!!)

i suspect it can power the cable.

#170

The digitakt does support midi power.
It doesn’t act as a midi interface, so that’s why it’s not possible to change settings on the cable using DT. You can use a routing trick by using the DT to power the cable and an audiointerface to change the settings (a lot of audio interfaces don’t support midi power). Check my youtube channel for instructions. :slight_smile:

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#171

It is possible to write a sketch that let you change parameters with CCs sent by the DT.

#172

i’m fine , been using it for a long time , using mac to change it , using it on digitakt / volca.

#174

Not this again. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
If you want to write your own sketches, here it is :

#175

Hi @sezare56 ,

Could you elaborate a bit more on this Octatrack slice trigger? Forgive me as I’m trying to learn midi and understand this. Is it covered more somewhere else in the forum by you that I can read more on?

Are you essentially saying , I could trigger 64 slices on the octatrack on say track 1 via the pads on my Mpc 2000XL ?? So I could play the slices freely on the pads type thing…

If so, I need to buy this cable.

#176

Hi, yes you can control slices instantly with RK002 or some other midi processors, but it requires crossfader, so it seems not convenient to play it at the same time. Possibilities to record trigs with associated slices, change scenes, and use crossfader for other purposes after.
Please thank people who find that workaround, in that thread :
Triggering slices with midi notes?

#177

Thanks @sezare56 . That was a long read with lots of information. I think I’ve gathered enough information without going crazy.

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#178

Thank you, sir!!! :exploding_head:

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#179

We made a custom DUY for the Digitakt which now allows you you set the polyphony and such via controllers on the Digitakt itself, it also features some Euclid stuff, just as an experiment but it’s lots of fun.

The source can be downloaded and changed. PolyMUX and Arpeggio flavours of the legacy RK002 firmwares are now also part of the RK002/DUY to experiment with (we do need to work on some more documentation though):

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#180

I purchased th rk002 direct from the site. Very excited

#181

As I understand it, the RK-002 has specific code to prevent midi feedback loop occurring on the DT. Is this true?

At the moment, using a normal midi cable in loop, the DT goes into a feedback loop and needs to be rebooted.

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#182

Did you try to disable all midi send / receive parameters?

#183

Not sure what you mean Sezare56. You need to have at least some midi channels open in order send and receive data. Do you mean disable all ‘non-used’ channels? I was using the programme change channel to try to send midi information that told the DT which pattern to play next…

#184

Are you sending clock and transport with the cable?

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