Routing Midi CC from a midi controller through Octatrack

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Hi! I need help with routing MIDI CC via OT.

My setup is like this:

Novation Launchcontrol XL -> OT MIDI IN -> OT MIDI OUT -> DIGITAKT MIDI IN -> DIGITAKT MIDI THROUGH -> Other Devices

What I want to do is, keep OT as the brain, but also route MIDI CC messages from LaunchControl to DT. So far I couldn’t achieve this, MIDI CC messages are not being routed to DT.

Is there a way to make OT act as a brain and also pass down the MIDI CC messages?

If not, I will have to use DT as the brain, or buy a MIDI merge box :frowning:

Thanks in advance!

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Doesn’t work with Auto Channel ?

It should pass thru an OT midi track if you set it to the same channel as LC XL (and DT).

Channels have to be different from audio tracks channels (1-8 by default. MIDI > CHANNELS. Or set audio tracks channels to off.

Maybe it is not practical to change the channel on the LC XL ?

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I know that Auto Channel is for controlling the currently active track, but haven’t used it yet, also have no idea how it works on OT.

I’m still a newbie when it comes to OT, so I’m not exactly sure how to setup the OT the way you describe it. So if you could tell it like I’m a total idiot, I would appreciate that :sweat_smile:

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To pass thru midi messages from LC XL (OT midi in) to OT midi out, you need a midi track set to the same channel as DT Auto Channel, different from channels 1-8.

In OT midi mode :
Midi track channel can be set in MIDI NOTE SETUP (SRC/NOTE secondary page)
Validate value with yes

Choose OT Auto Channel on the LC XL : (11 by default)

DT Auto Channel can be set in MIDI CONFIG > CHANNELS

Let me know which points we’d need to be elaborate on.

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Thanks for explaining this further! I got it working, but it only works for the currently selected MIDI Track of OT.

I guess that’s the purpose of auto-channel anyways, right? What I need instead is to be able to control all 8 channels without choosing a MIDI track on OT.

Just like when I connect LC XL directly to DT.

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Good point. Yes Auto Channel is for that purpose.

I see. You’d need 8 midi tracks, one per channel you want to pass thru via midi out.
So, depends on your OT midi tracks use.

Or router with merge.

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I’m fine with using all the OT MIDI tracks for this purpose. I’ve tried that but it didn’t work.

For example, I set an LC XL fader to send to MIDI channel 6, OT MIDI track 6 to channel 6, DT listens on channel 6, but DT doesn’t receive the CC messages on channel 6. It only worked with the auto-channel as I mentioned above.

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It should :

If you need to control OT audio tracks and want to use midi tracks you need to choose different channels.

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question: if LaunchControl has only USB, how do you transform USB midi protocol to MIDI DIN into Octatrack? Which device do you use in between? Cause the USB midi will only work directly connected to devices that have USB midi host service implemented in their firmware. In case the OT MK2 has this feature that would be something new to learn to me i missed out maybe… Still happy smashing midi din with my OT MK1 and faderfox pc12 (monster that does merge, route, split, clock-blocking) which you remind me how i was struggling with midi before back in the days as well.

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Oh I’ll give that a try, thanks!

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I have a USB MIDI host in between. So no, OT MK2 doesn’t have a USB MIDI host built in :smile: