Connecting Your Hardware Live Setup Start to Finish | Octatrack Digitakt Digitone Faderfox PC12 MIDI 

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Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m so happy you are getting something positive from the videos. I really appreciate the time you spend here with me. Thank you so much for watching!

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!

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Thank you. I love my Octatrack! I’m glad you got something positive out of it. Thanks so much for watching!

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Constantly updating and shifting around my live setup. It is a never ending process. hahaha Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for watching!

So happy you are getting something positive from them! There are a lot of videos, but it really depends on the individual midi controller. That will dictate how it is programmed. The Launch Control XL that I use a lot is very simple to program using their online tool. Once you have entered the cc numbers and channels for each knob or slider, you just upload the new template to the controller. The PC12 is more complicated but you don't need a computer. It has a midi learn function that allows you to program directly while connected to the device, then you can save the preset. Each one is different. It depends on what you want to control with what. Thanks so much for watching!

I love the flexibility of the Launch control XL (and it is far less expensive than the Faderfox), but the Faderfox has a lot more assignable knobs for a large setup. The Novation SL is very different as it is a keyboard and it has e built in sequencer that can sequence other instruments. The PC12 and Launch Control XL are just assignable midi controllers. It all comes down to what you will use them for. THanks for watching!

I don't own a midi controller like the fader fox, but that's actually (at least for me) a big problem. I think except the fader fox controller with an included display you get those annoying parameter jumps. So when you change a pattern live its super annoying isn't it ? Or maybe there is a workaround which I didn't get?

It all depends on the controller and how you have its settings, not the box being controlled. Most midi controllers have the ability to chose ‘skip’ which gives the immediate jump to the position of the knob, or ‘hook’ which you have to move the knob to the current value to ‘hook’ it before adjusting it. If your controller has endless encoders like most of the Arturia stuff, there is never and issue as there are not fixed knob positions. It assumes the current value then you just adjust up or down from there. I hope this helps. Thank you so much for watching!

Hey! Yes that’s an unfortunate issue when a controller doesn’t have endless encoders.

@@SURCOlive I wish there is a endless encoder with 12*6 lol, because Syntakt has 12 tracks and has many parameters for its synths. it's very hard to control things without menu diving on improvising performance. Anything you would suggest to overcome such issue :) ?

I haven’t but I’ve heard that you can. It is MIDI CC 110. I think it’s listed wrong in the manual. Thank you so much for watching!

@@SURCOlive Thanks. I'm planning to get PC12 for DT+DN setup. Wondering what other limitations could be. I'm trying to imagine how it will act when jumping form pattern to pattern....

it works really well for those. one thing to keep in mind is that the PC 12 will be mapped to CC numbers, and not specific functions. where this can be an issue is if you have it mapped to. a perimeter in a synth, then you change the synth, it will still be mapped to whatever parameter you had it mapped to before. it does not change based on the pattern. thanks for watching!

Any audio interface that is mac compatible should work as long as it is recognized by the streaming software you will use. Thanks for watching!

@@SURCOlive Thanks! 🤝

I don’t see this happening anytime soon

There is a section of the video where I talk about what each piece of gear is doing. Basically the OT is doing a number of things. One of them IS being the mixer for the DT and DN. Here is how I have the tracks being used: T1 Thru machine for DN to control channel FX and include it in the master for global performance FX T2 Thru Machine for DN for the same reasons T3-T6 Flex machines for longer samples that need to be time stretched since the DT can't do that. Examples would be Vocals, atmospheres and ambiance, melodics, etc. These can also be used as Neighbor machines for T1 and/or T2 if more channel FX are needed. They can also be used as further Thru Machines if more external gear is added in the set. T7 Flex Machine set up to listen to and play back a quantized 4 bar recording buffer taken from the master track. This is used to transition smoothly from one project or pattern to another on the DN and DT without things jerking abruptly. Also having this transition method allows the set to be fully improvisational. If I want to change projects because the mood of what I'm doing isn't perfect for the crowd, I can completely stop and load other projects in the DN and DT while the loop captured on the OT continues to play, then mix across by assigning to scenes to the cross fader. T8 Master track with master FX The AB cross fader has a number of performance scenes set up that allow for improvisation of breaks, drops, transitions, builds, etc. The idea of the setup is to do everything to allow for flexibility in performance while reading a crowd, and not get stuck to a pre planned set with pre planned transitions. The point of my live set is to perform live music improvised at a moment in time, and to avoid just muting and unmuting preplanned loops while twiddling the filter cutoff. I'm basically live producing or remixing. Not the easiest (and can be scary as hell), but I feel the performance aspect is worth it. I hope this helps. You've given me the idea to do a video more in depth about just this part of everything as a 'pert 2' to the setup video. Thanks! Thank you so much for watching.

@@SURCOlive thank you so much for taking the time to answer! You are the best

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch!