Octatrack midi out can be soft thru if you send midi data with the same channel as a midi track. (This channel must be different from audio tracks in MIDI > CHANNELS).
It merges midi in with midi out.
Thank you so much for this! So I changed the audio track 1 channel from 1 to 9 in MIDI > CHANNELS settings and then used the first MIDI track to send on channel 1, and now my MS-20 receives MIDI from both DAW and OT at the same time! I just knew there was some arcane trick to make this work and of course sezare is here to grace me with their knowledge as always.
In case you do run into limitations I can always recommend a Blokas Midihub for smallish setups. Makes a lot of basic MIDI routing tasks quite easy and allows you do expand your device’s capabilities if you like.
You can also set audio tracks channels to OFF if you don’t need to control them externally or send midi data with knobs, buttons, crossfader, etc…
Btw crossfader channel is the lowest used by an audio track, channel 2 in your case. Doesn’t send anything if all audio tracks channels are set to OFF.
I guess I meant a setup like you might have for a live performance compared to connecting up a whole studio full of gear. For the latter something like the MRCC is probably more desirable, but I find the 4 ins/outs on the Midihub to be about enough for several controllers + a few samplers/synths. I suppose it’s all relative
That was my first recommendation. I use it in many cases but it didn’t seem to convince you. If you can speak to a channel, then you can … speak to a channel.
Yeah you’re right I should have asked you more about it.
You asked “Why not using the midi channels corresponding to each synth?” and I had already tried that, I just didn’t realize I couldnt have an audio track occupying the same channel in the MIDI settings. Once I changed that it worked out as I had hoped!
And you can’t send midi with knobs, buttons, crossfader.
Same with Midi > Sync > Prog Change Send/Receive set to AUTO : no PCh sent or received if all channels are set to OFF.
AUTO doesn’t correspond to Auto Channel but lowest audio track midi channel. Doesn’t work if there isn’t a defined channel, not shared with a midi track channel ! To sum up : don’t use AUTO setting.
