digitakt & roland JP-08 CCs and MIDI setup

 Some patch notes for my live setup.

My setup at the moment uses a OT, digitakt and Syntakt.

the digitakt sends MIDI CCs to both the 

Korg Volca FM (channel 1)

The patch notes are here: https://djjondent.blogspot.com/2023/03/digitakt-korg-volca-fm-patch-notes.html

and the

Roland JP-08 (channel 2)

program change works well.

as does PB (Pitch bend) & MW (mod wheel)

The LEDs on the two touch strips light up when you adjust this. (PB & MW)

Here are the JP-08 factory patches.

Patches 1-1 to 3-8 are from the original jupiter 8 patch sheet.

4-1 to 8-8 are new patches

Paolo of Synth Mania: Why do I think these patches are important? They have been used in so much great music of the 1980s.

Patch 31 LO STRINGS and 35 LO BRASS, in particular, are the classic - now become standard – “JP Strings” and “JP Brass” that we find in all modern-day synthesizers and samplers. 

Many of the others are also classic, evergreen sounds.

https://www.synthmania.com/jupiter-8.htm

The CCs ive chosen are:

1. CC = 26 (HP filter cut off)

2. CC= 74 (VCF cutoff)

3. CC= 71 VCF resonance)

4. CC= 28 VCF Env mod)

5. CC= 47 Env-1 attack

6. CC= 52 Env-1 decay

7. CC= 53 Env-1 Sustain

8. CC= 54 Env-1 Release

Elektron OT Mk 1 vs Mk2

The Octatrack MII has a few more buttons than my old Mk1

Deciding if I should get a MkII ??

This may help.

I understand that the firmware is identical. The screen on the Mk1 is larger,

but the buttons on the Mk2 are better lit for club work.

Maybe the fader on the Mk2 is smoother too.?

The Record buttons: 

REC1, REC2,REC3 on the MK2 replace just 2 buttons on the MK1

The Mk 2 also has Proj, Part, AED, MIX & Arr buttons

There are 1000s of shortcuts. Here is short list of some of the basic ones.

Mk1

Mk1 Project

[FUNCTION] + [MIXER] will open the PROJECT menu.

[Cue] +[Tempo] will activate/deactivate the metronome.

Mk 1 TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES

[FUNCTION] + (SETUP AB/REC1) Open recorder setup menu page 1

[FUNCTION] + (SETUP CD/REC2) Open recorder setup menu page 2

[REC] + [BANK/EDIT] will open the Audio editor.

[Track 1-8] + [Bank/Edit] will also open the Audio Editor for the respective track

You can edit the sample by pressing LFO

Press [FUNCTION] + [BANK] or [ENTER/YES] 

to open a window displaying the available edit 

commands.

To delete a file:

1. press SELECT ALL. This will select the whole file

2. press [FUNCTION] + [ ► ] to Clear the recorder buffer 

or scroll to "SELECTION to SILENCE" & YES

Mk1 - PARTS

Parts store machines (+ their settings), effects (+ their settings), 

scenes and track volumes.

[FUNCTION] + [MIDI/PART] will open the PARTS menu.

► ◄  [up], [down] Select part

[FUNCTION] + [EDIT] Part Edit popup menu

[FUNCTION] + [COPY] | [CLEAR] | [PASTE] will Copy / clear / paste parts.

Mk1 Arranger:

FUNCTION + PATTERN will enter arranger mode.

Then press [FUNCTION] + [BANK/EDIT] to open the arranger menu

[F] + [down] Insert an arrangement row

[F] + [up] Remove an arrangement row

[left] [right] ► ◄ Move the focus between the columns

MIDI

Access the MIDI mode by pressing the [MIDI] key

Mk2

[PROJ] opens the project menu.

[FUNC] + [PROJ] saves the project.

[PART] opens the part select menu

[FUNC] + [PART] to edit the current part.

[AED] opens the audio editor

[FUNC] + [AED] opens the SLICE GRID menu.

[MIX] key. Opens a menu where settings for the in- and outputs can be made. 

Tracks can also be muted and soloed here.

[FUNC] + [MIX] toggles the metronome on/off.

[ARR] key. Opens the ARRANGER menu. 

Press [FUNC] + [ARR] to toggle the ARRANGEMENT mode

on/off.

Mk2 Recording

[REC1], [REC2] keys are used for real-time sampling through the external inputs. 

[FUNC] + [REC1/2] opens the RECORDING SETUP 1/2 menus.

[FUNC] + [REC3] opens the RECORDING EDIT menu.

[REC3] key is used for real-time sampling from internal sources.

Mk2 - CUE

Pressing [CUE] + a [TRACK] key will cue the track. 

The audio of the track will then be routed to the cue outputs

[FUNC] + [CUE] reloads the active part to its saved settings.

[MIDI] activates the MIDI editing mode.

[FUNC] + [MIDI] opens the MIDI sync settings.

Elektron - Program Changes

Generally, Program Change messages are used to specify the type of instrument which should be used to play sounds on a given Channel. 

This message needs only one data byte which specifies the new program number. 

MIDI Control Change messages in comparison  are used to control a wide variety of functions in a synthesizer.

In Elektron terms “program change” means pattern change. 

So, for example, an Digitakt and a Digitone can step in sync to the next pattern.

This is how I set up Program Changes on a Octatrack-Digitakt-Syntrakt system.

Many thanks to EZBOT for his great sync video.

https://youtu.be/i69tj48vfxM

The OT is the master.

Its sending Program Changes on channel 10

Both the Digitakt & Syntrak are slaves.

Make sure they both are also receiving clock, transport & Program messages.

They receive Program changes on channel 10 in this example

Now when you change a pattern on the OT, the ST & DT should change in sync.