Volca FM plugged into input A,B cannot be muted [resolved]

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hi guys, elektron newbie here. I’ve connected my synth to input A,B and as soon as i hit play on the Volca, i can hear the sound of synth.
If the mute all my tracks except for master, i can still hear the volca.
I want to route the Volca only to one specific track. Can someone tell me what I’m missing here?

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Hit the “Mix” button and turn AB DIR to 0 :slight_smile:

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Some audio is still bleeding into the output. Also, turning Dir to zero, will i be able to hear the synth from the thru track?

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I’ll try to explain the problem in a better way. Even if the thru track isn’t listening to input A,B i can still hear audio from volca. If i turn DIR to zero from MIX section and listen to inputs A,B from thru track, there’s still some audio coming from it. I don’t have midi connected from volca, just the audio.

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Is there a sequence playing on the Volca FM?

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post a few photos of your thru track and your mix

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Yes, there is.

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Turn DIR to zero in mix page, then on thru track INAB turn vol up, trig the track once to hear it.

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But wouldn’t that mean octatrack is not receiving any signal from volca? It’s like cutting off the audio from the source?
Tried it, basically mutes the volca input.

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Did you trig the track?

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Would you know what do i even hear the volca when no thru track is listening to the inputs?

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Yes there’s a trig on first step and a sequence is playing on volca.

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In the thru track you have not selected INAB in your pic, turn encoder A to AB, then turn up encoder B to a level that you want. Make sure DIR in mix is at zero.

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DIR in MIX page is for audio thru without the use of a thru machine, it isn’t related to using a THRU machine BTW.

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Not sure about Octatrack but from DT, I cannot mute a MIDI track whose sequence is playing from another (FM in this case) sequencer.
I can mute a MIDI track from DT if notes are entered in the DT sequencer.
Not sure this helps.

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Thank you. I misunderstood this part. Feels stupid :o
Solved! Thanks guys.

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Ayyyy, the photos worked. I take all credit hahahha :rofl:

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Haha i was 100% I’m doing everything right. Guess i watched too many videos and got mixed up.

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