Innacurate live rec with DN arpeggiator

Elektron Gear Digitone/Digitone Keys
#1

Hi folks,

I like to perform on my keyboard with the arp engaged because it kind of real time quantizes the played notes to the master clock of the sequencer.

But when i record my performance using live rec and then play it back, i never get the exact same result.

  • If I set live rec to quantized, well, the result is not the same because the recorded trigs do not correspond to my playing anymore so arp doesn’t respond the same.

  • If i record unquantized, this time the recorded trigs correspond to my live play but the result is completely sloppy.
    The arp do not seem to be hardlinked to the master clock anymore. it triggers according to the microtiming offset of each recorded trig; this generates a complete mess. :sob:

am I missing something? Anyone having the same issue?

Thanks

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#2

Hi Philippe,
I’ve had similar problems and I’ve found this solution, you have to start playing at the beginning of each pattern. For example, if you start recording an arpeggio in a four-quarter bar starting from the second quarter, the recording no longer corresponds to your performance, if instead you play at the beginning of each bar the recordings correspond to what you played, so for me it works.

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#3

Thanks,

If I understand correctly : when you use live rec with arp engaged, you try to restrict to one note trig at the beginning of each pattern.

Unfortunately when I live play with the arp engaged I like to hit a lot of notes and chords along the sequence, the results are so cool as it is real Time quantized!
So as a result I get a lot of note trigs on a pattern after a pass of Live rec.

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#4

I’ve noticed this issue as well. Hopefully there is a better fix than hopefully sampling a great arp jam on another machine haha

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#5

Lets bump this thread up, hopefully some Elektron Jedi will show up with a bag of tricks to help us!

#6

Are you using a daw or midi straight into the digitone or is it a digitone keys?

#7

it is the digitone keys.
would be interesting to check with external midi, or with the mini keys on the desktop version if the behaviour is the same.

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#8

Just tested with a midi loop back cable. Same behavior unfortunately.

#9

Damn that’s unfortunate. I was considering live recording midi from my guitar on stage (so that the sounds are still manipulatable afterwards) rather than recording the audio loops into OT’s pickup machine. Back to plan A then

#10

I just submitted a support ticket.
I’ll keep you in touch.

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#11

Hey! Same problem here… Any solution?

#12

hi, my question didn’t recieve an answer unfortunately, even after i asked again.
i will create a new ticket today.
@Jofrevalles could you also send a support ticket so that we maximize our chances to be heard?
cheers

#13

just submitted another ticket. fingers crossed.

#14

Yes! I think it is quite a big problem and I don’t even know if Elektron has seen it, it mades this piece of gear not the best that it could be and that’s sad… What did you put in your support ticket exactly? @Philippe-2000

#15

My first post ~90%

#16

Okay, I will do the same. I hope we get a new update because since last summer there is nothing new. I hope they can fix this as well as being able to record the motion wheels when real time sequencing. I don’t know, but for me the sequencer has some problems when recording in real time, it’s quite frustating.

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