Controlling the play with an external controller

[OZz]

Many grooveboxes in the market have all their controls mapped with CC (midi). Normally you find those values in the manual so you could connect a midi controller and control parameters from it.

What is the problem?

Not having those cc values or mapping doesn’t allow to use external controllers. The problem with this is that this is very much needed to perform. For example having a midi controller that controls volume per channel or reverb, etc.

What do you want to achieve?

Asign any parameter the play has into a midi controller so it would be more tactile and not depend only on the knobs it brings.

Are there any workarounds?

Not that I know. I think some thing are mapable but the actual capabilities of the play regarding midi in are only for the sequencer and notes.

Any links to related discussions?

Not that I know.

Any references to other products?

Elektron OctaTrack, Roland SPS404 mk2, Novation circuit tracks

[ambivalence]

The vital thing for sure. However, there are some related wishes ready to vote:

MIDI control over patterns | MIDI control over Perform mode | MIDI control over variations

The exact thing you’re asking for:

Recording MIDI CC from external source

What is the problem? On the Play, MIDI CC values can be set per step or recorded from the encoder motion, but it is not possible to record them from an external midi controller. What do you want to achieve? Improve the modulation capabilities of the Play using MIDI data generated by a DAW or external instruments and controllers. This would allow the use of external LFOs and other modulation types that the Play can’t support. For this, it should be possible to record CC from an external sourc…

[icaria36]

As pointed out by @ambivalence, this wish is covered in other places already. Let’s archive it.