Select bank via MIDI

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hi!

Is there a way I can select bank via MIDI somehow? I can change the pattern via simple program change messages to the auto channel. I’d guess that if I send a bank select CC to the auto channel, the bank would be selected, but it does not react (tried the msb (0) and lsb (32) CCs)
Thanks!

(ps: I wonder why is this and the pattern change undocumented?)

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Moreover, it seems that it does change bank when I send a program change. It changes to bank 9, no matter what pattern I select. Why bank nine is beyond me.

Any help…?

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Actually, my last post is untrue.
What actually happens, is that if I send cc0 with value 0, then bank 1 will be selected, if I send cc0 with anything else, bank 9 will be selected. cc32 seems to be irrelevant.

4

Ah, finally I’ve figured out. I leave this here for future reference so that others will not waste their time with this:

From the MIDI perspective, there are only 2 banks in octatrack, selected with cc0. Each bank has 128 programs. These correspond to 8 banks of 16 patterns. 8x16 = 128.
So for example program change 27 selects bank 2 pattern 11, or if there was a previous bank select for bank1, it will be bank 10 pattern 11.

The confusion arises because the word ‘bank’ means two related but different things.

5

Thanks for this, selecting banks via midi is going to make my live shows much more elegant when I’m using the OT for backing tracks in the band while holding a guitar. Appreciate it.

6

thanks for posting that

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You’re welcome!