Dear Elektronauts,
Is it possible to assign a different midi bank + program on the same tracks on a different pattern but in the same bank of the Octatrack? It doesn’t seem to work but that might be logical 
So in pattern 1 of bank A i assigned midichannel 9 to track 1 - 5,
which is set to - let’s say - BANK 4 PROG 110.
Now switching to pattern 2 of Bank A i want to assign midichannel 9 BANK 4 PROG 50 to tracks 1 - 5
… can it be done?
Thanks in advance <3
Have you tried with Parts involved?
It’s possible…but only with Parts.
When you use another (pattern) bank this implicitly uses another part (each bank has its own parts). That’s why it works with different banks out of the box.
Within a bank you need to handle the part change by your own.
So the midi bank and program info cannot be changed going from pattern 1 to pattern 2 on the same tracks in bank A for example? But when I change to another part this can be done? Sorry I feel stupid now 
Thank you 
You are mixing “banks” in the octatrack with “midi bank” i guess.
Sure it will work. Just copy your part of pattern 1 and use the other part for your pattern 2. then you can switch programs and banks on the midiside.
Yes 
No, I don’t: Bank == Bank of Patterns (and each bank of pattern has its own 4 parts)
Each pattern has an assigned part to it. Just assign another part to pattern 2 (a copy of the original part with different midi note setup parameters) and the changing of parts gets automated.
I think Alienna was talking about the Bank in the MIDI part where you can switch Midichannel/Bank/ Program…not the Pattern/Bank in the Octatrack 
I know.
I have just explained the technical background why it looks like it “only” works when you use a pattern from another pattern bank, but not when you use a pattern within the same pattern bank. When switching to another pattern bank a part change also gets performed without any special configuration necessary.
So working with parts is the solution? Or am I missing something? So it’s logic that midi bank changes on the same track in the same octatrack bank is not possible? 
Thanks again
Don’t use banks. Keep your money at home. 
Sure its possible. You just need to setup a new part for the next pattern.
Let’s say you have Pattern 1 using Part 1 with Midichannel 1 and Bank 0 and Program 15. Then switch to Pattern 2, change the Part to Part 2 i.e. and there you can set the same Midichannel (1) , the Bank (i.e still 0) and Program 38…that should work. So in summary you could have 4x Programchanges in a Octatrack-Bank because there are 4 Parts in a Bank…on the same Track
Yes. It’s functions like on an audio track. When you want different machine settings on an audio track you need to use another part. On a MIDI track the “machine” settings are Channel/Bank/Program and when you want to use different ones you also need to use another part.
that indeed sounds logic 
thank you very much
