Question about Program Change with Live lite/Elektron

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FredMailloux
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Question about Program Change with Live lite/Elektron

Post by FredMailloux » Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:09 pm

Ok...Here's the situation.

I set up Live Lite to run our backing tracks.

Channel 7 - Plays Bass station clips/sequenced in Live
Channel 10 - Plays Volca Beats clips/sequence in Live
Software synths clips sequenced in Live
Channel 15 - Change patterns on Elektron Digitone by PC messages
Channel 6 - Change patterns on Elektron M:S by PC messages

What's happening

1. When I start the Set from bar 1, every sequenced instrument (Volca/BS/Soft) and the selected patterns on the Elektrons play. I can even play individual Elektron tracks if I want. Program change messages are sent (I see the little light lighting up at the right moment) BUT nothing happens with the Elektron. Weird.

2. When I start playback AFTER bar 1, Elektrons don't start playing their patterns. I see the PC message being sent out and when I come back to situation #1, the pattern has been changed accordingly to the PC sent.

What is needed

Start playback at bar 1, everything plays like it does in situation 1.
When PC are sent, they change the patterns in the Elektrons, after they're finished playing (like Elektron intended the patterns to work).

Idea is to program entire songs with a mix of midi notes and PC messages that manages the M:S and DNK.

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