Sequence synths in Ableton with Syntakt midi sequencer

I’m connected via USB, setting ”USB MIDI”.

I can play synths in Ableton Live with the Syntakt keyboard and hear sounds and see the keys of the on screen keyboard of the synth in Ableton move, but I hear no sound nor see the keys of the on screen keyboard of the synth in Ableton move when running the Syntakt sequencer. Ableton receives midi, I can see the little yellow flash in the upper left corner.

Doesn’t the Syntakt keyboard and the sequencer send on the same track?

I have tried with all 16 midi tracks in the CHAN box in the SYN view on the Syntakt.

In Ableton :

  • MIDI from : Elektron Digitakt and choose a Channel
  • Preferences (Link MIDI) : Input : Elektron Digitakt with Track and Sync enabled

On the Digitakt :

  • SYN Page : you must choose a CHAN to send on (FUNC + push Encoder A)
  • In the MIDI Config Port make sure to OUTPUT TO USB or MIDI + USB
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This is how it looks:

Skärmavbild 2022-11-09 kl. 07.11.35

OK, problem solved. Turns out I was working in a preset pattern where the track I chose to transmit midi had most of its steps muted.

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