Digitakt Midi x 3 synths

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#1

I have the Digitakt hooked up and only able to control one synth and tried the midi channel options to my 2 other synths. Do I need to select a certain option in the midi menu?

Assigned the midi channel output on synth A (channel1) - synth B (channel2) - synth C (channel 3) as a test but still not working.

#2

Just checking, you need to assign each synths MIDI input channel to match that chosen for each Digitakt MIDI track.

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#3

Hey,
you need to go to the SRC-menu of each MIDI-track to set the output channel (and of course the corresponding channels on your synths A-C)

In the MIDI-Menu you decide which output ports were to be used.

#4

Thanks, I did that - do I need an extra midi box to control it all? So I have the Digitakt out (A) going in to the DSI OB-6 - then the out of OB6 to in of the PolySix and Thru to the MonoPoly.

p.s I’m new to midi setup

Cheers!

#5

no, you do not need any further devices,
but the chain from DT must run over OB6’s MIDI thru.

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#6

Think of MIDI thru like a bypass for your synth. It sends out via the Thru port what is received in the In port. So…

DT (OUT) -> (IN)Synth 1(Thru) -> (IN)Synth 2(Thru) -> (IN)Synth 3

If a synth doesn’t have a Thru port then you need to get a MIDI router or a MIDI thru box.

#7

Thanks again - I just set up the Digitakt as Ghostly specced, still no joy with the midi signal going to synth 2 + synth 3.
One synth has a midipoly retro fitted and the other a kiwisix, this could be the problem with the handshake with the digitakt maybe?

I will need a midi pass thru box, both the retro midi synths don’t have a Thru.

#8

Grab a midi splitter box , quite cheap and very handy.

1 in 3 out would be fine and allow options if you buy more things.

#9

Plenty of scope for expansion here:

And here’s some bedtime reading:

http://tweakheadz.com/how-to-get-started-with-midi-and-the-difference-between-midi-and-audio-is-explained-along-with-many-other-core-concepts-for-building-a-home-recording-studio/

#10

Which MIDI channel numbers have you set on the three synths?

#11

progress…

  • OB6 controlled fine via Midi in - MonoPoly controlled fine by using the pass Thru from OB6 - PolySix no joy using midi out from OB6. Will I need a pass thru box now?

Almost getting there!

#12

OB6 chan 1 - PolySix chan 2 - MonoPoly chan 3

and the corresponding same on the Digitakt, test purpose used input 9, 10 & 11

Thanks.

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#13

Yes. The MIDI Out from the OB-6 does not re-transmit what arrives at its MIDI In port.

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#14

Thanks!

#15

Thanks again.

#16

I also recommend getting a MIDI thru box. Get one with at least four ports (even more is not a bad idea), as there are so many MIDI instruments & modules these days that do not have a proper MIDI THRU port.

#17

How is this for a Midi Thru?

Kenton THRU5 MIDI Thru Box

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#18

There are no routing possibilites in a Thru-box so you always have to decide which port to multiply. If your setup changed a thrubox soon reaches its limits. If you needed flexibility I would think about a Motu or an iConnectivity.

#19

How about this one?

Iconnectivity iConnect MIDI4+

#20

Perfect for MIDI, but do you need an audio interfce as well?