Hello, this is my first post here. I am using the T1 to sequence the Syntakt and I wanted to add parameter locks on some tracks. Is that possible? Tried with FUNC + TRG but that doesn’t seem to work. Has anyone else tried pairing a T1 with the Syntakt?
Hold down a Trig and turn the encoder of the parameters you want to lock.
Any incoming MIDI notes will supersede (take priority over) the trigs that they land on top of - so you cannot have a parameter locked trig be recognised whilst it is taking its info from incoming MIDI … incoming MIDI takes priority
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If you’re sequencing the Syntakt externally, I can’t imagine Syntakt’s native p-locks will work, unless maybe they’re at the instrument level. I’m not familiar with Syntakt though.
You learn new things everyday. Thanks for the info.
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You can be in step edit mode, hold the trig(s) and basically reprogram the trig note with incoming Midi such that the parameter lock will play, but it’s not quite what was desired here to have a photoshop layers type outcome
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I don’t use my T-1 that often with the Elektron boxes but once I just recorded in the triggers that was played from the T-1 and then you can add the p-locks on the Syntakt. 
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That, or you can step edit on the T1 and use the CC track section to set up “parameter locks” that way.
It takes a little bit of setup and reading the manual though to get everything in such a way that it doesn’t change your track parameters in a way you don’t want outside of that special trig.
Incoming MIDI will have priority on internal p-locks.
Advantage: you can use this as “scenes” 
In REC mode on Syntakt: FUNC+Trig will insert a trigless trig (say on Filter Freq.) which will have no effect since you sequence Syntakt from the T-1.
Though when you press the trigless trig on your Syntakt, it will respond to it (Filter Freq. in this case).
Works more or less like scenes on Octatrack.
I found that a while back when sequencing DT from T-1.
Edit:
- That means you could have 16 “scenes” per track
- Instead of my filter example, you could p-lock a trigless trig to have a LFO modifying the filter Even better
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So just to get this clear, I cannot set triggerles trigs that are triggered when the sequencer runs over it, that simply doesn’t work as the input midi from Torso has priority.
BUT I can set them up so the parameters swap over when i press the triggerless trig by hand (with parameter locks) on the sequencer. Is there a hold-function? To “swap” between lets say trk1 settings and trk 2 settings or do I have to hold for the time I want the changes to take place?
Hey 
I don’t have my DT anymore (stupid me to be honest…) but as far as I remember, that was the way I was using it: you have to maintain the key pressed so as to have the parameters change. The parameters changes DO NOT take place when the sequencer runs over the key itself. And to my knowledge, there is no HOLD function for this
Hope this helps and clarifies
Best,
V
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Right you can press the trigs by hand for momentary punch in effects.
If you’re looking for a hold type behavior, it may be worth working with multiple patterns. When sequencing with the T1, I find jumping between ST patterns very effective as a performance tool, and it is very reactive espectially when triggered by and external midi controller.
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Lovely, thx for the ideas! So I can have patterns with fixed machines and setups for all tracks in a “hold” behaviour, and within them I can have punch in fx for the single tracks via the trigers? (and if I got it right I could trigger the hold behaviour faster when having shorter patterns-though sacrificing punch in capabilities the shorter the patterns get) ?
Hmm yes and no.
Yes each pattern has its sequence onto which you can set up trigless trigs used as punch in fx.
Not sure I’m following you here. The sequencer isn’t running on the ST, so there’s no notion of short or long pattern, and your trigs are always available to set up the manual punch in fx.
Your T1 sequencer is doing its thing independently, triggering the ST’s voices, and your ST patterns act more like kits you can switch around instantly.
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Example:
I have a PatternA01 (Machines in track1-12set up how I like them) the other PatternA02 has different settings (machines track1-12 are set up in different flavour, but kick stays a kick, just different sounding). When the Torso plays(starts running), the ST plays(starts running) in parallel (even though nothing is triggered by the ST as MIDI>ST-TRIGGERS in the ST sequencer. But nontheless the machine-settings for the pattern take place.
When I want to change to Pattern A02 it normaly takes the ST time, to finsih the 16/32/48/64 steps to begin with step one again and a pattern change (from A01 to A02) takes place.
So when I have, lets say a pattern length of just 1 step, I can instantly change the sounds when changing patterns. But if I have 64 step patterns, the pattern change will take place after the 64 steps are finished?
Ok I see. I was referring to a simpler method which consist in only running the T1 sequencer and manually changing patterns on the ST. This can be achieved by either :
- turning off Transport Receive in the Syntakt’s midi settings
- changing the default T1 global setting to not send start/stop messages
- alternatively, if the previous default setting is ON, you can manually start the sequence without sending a start message by pressing Ctrl + Play
I find it simpler to manage the sequence fully on the T1, and the sound design / kits on the ST manually.
Your suggestion to run both sequencers in parallel adds a layer of complexity that can definitely be interesting though, especially when playing with different sequencer lengths.