Sending Midi notes via grid vs. chromatic

Elektron Gear Digitakt
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I am a new owner of a DT and am having an issue with sending triggered Midi notes to external devices. Basically I can play the external devices (tested both a Mother 32 and a Volca fm) chromatically via the DT. However, when I record Midi triggers into the DT I do not get any playback from the external gear. So thus far I’ve only been able to get the DT to work as a Midi controller, not as a sequencer.

If the Midi communication works as a controller then I’ve obviously got the DT and external synth on the same channel. Am I missing something within the Midi config settings or elsewhere? I feel like I’m missing some simple yet key info here. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.

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Your MIDI track might be muted? A muted track will still send info when you play it by hand, but the sequencer won’t send data. This is kinda obvious but it still gets me from time to time so thought I would mention it :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your reply! I will check that the track isn’t muted. It could definitely be something so simple (I’m new to the DT and Elektron overall). BTW Aldo, I’ve been watching your YouTube vids on DT lately - great stuff and very well produced!

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Oh thank you, that’s very nice to hear!

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You were totally right. The Midi track was muted. Case closed. Thank you very much!

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