Trouble to sampling Digitakt on Blackbox

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#1

I am having trouble getting a clean looping sample on my Blackbox from my DT. I have an Octatrack and am able to get perfectly looped samples, but have been struggling with Blackbox.

This is how I sample:

  • Threshold set to something really close to the noise level at the time

  • RecThresh On

  • Set the record length to 4 bars

  • In song page mode I set the BPM to the BPM of the Digitakt

  • On the DT I have simple 4/4 timing to 132 BPM

  • One loop going over the four bars with each beat being 1/16th

Then the Blackbox replays the loop in clip mode there is a beat stutter when the loop resets
When I play the beat in sample mode there is a little awkward pause.

Things I tried

  • Setting the Sample length to all the same number - no work
  • In clip mode: 1. goto slicer and scan for slices, change the pad to clip, set the sync to slice, this seems to be more accurate but something still feels off when the loop occurs
  • In the sequencer I’ve set the step size to 1/16th and have played with the step count from 16 to 32.

Ideally, the Digitakt would send a program change to the Blackbox to trigger recording (or the Blackbox can send a program change to trigger play on the DT, but the Blackbox doesn’t send out PC messages AFAIK). But, I haven’t found a way for this to happen.

#2

That’s a convoluted way to record a loop in the blackbox. Why don’t you midi sync both then just set recording length on the blackbox to the number of bars you want (ignoring all the threshold recording which is only good when recording one-shot samples) and then just hit record ?

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#3

I didn’t realize that BB could send midi program change messages. The manual makes it seem like it can’t send these out. So I started sampling this way and it has been working way better. Thank you!

#4

You don’t need PC messages, only midi clock and transport. I’ll make a video eventually.

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#5

When I had them hooked up I had the DT sending clock and transport to the BB, then it was a case of holding record on the BB and hitting play on the DT. If you set up the BB to record the amount of bars of your choice you’re good to go. That’s how I remember it anyway.

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