Hi,
I am having hard times finding any information on topic of controlling new synth engines on Tracker+ with external controller. Can you map CC for synth params via midi learn or just via CCs? As far as I understand this is impossible on Play+.
Thank you in advance
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Hey there! Do you have an OG tracker?
Hi, no, I am trying to figure out whether to by Tacker+ or mini
So the tracker plus and mini both have the ability to be Sequenced is a midi instrument from external gear, and you can custom map CCs in the midi instrument configuration.
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Can you please point to the manual page or youtube video about this?
I think you can only control the currently selected instrument via external MIDI controller. You could not sequence all three synths at once, for instance. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Here’s a video showing using the Tracker w/ and external controller
EDIT; it’s an older video with the OG Tracker so it doesn’t show the new synths.
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Yea, I’m not finding the MIDI CCs documented for ACD, FAT, VAP, WTFM, nor PERC anywhere in the plus or mini manuals either. I think we need to be careful and call out carefully that while the OG sample-based instruments do have clear documentation on their parameter maps (even having a dedicated document integrated in the tracker itself), the new synths don’t appear to. It looks like something that hasn’t been implemented yet, but I would be happy to hear that I’m wrong about this.
Specifically in terms of use case I would like to use the tracker mini as a portable synth module for an external keyboard. It works somewhat for this purpose, but doesn’t appear to respond to MIDI CCs for the 5 new synth modules as far as I can tell.
Hi, not clear for me either if the Tracker / mini can be controller via CCs from external controller.
Ideally, I would like to map my NTS-1mkii as controller for the Tracker.
Notice I have tried both with and without A/B TRS MIDI converter and I cannot even play notes.
I also haven’t found a way to learn CCs in Tracker’s midi settings. I only see a list of fixed CC messages.
I wonder if that would need a wish to be created as I haven’t found anything related to that in the existing wishes
The NTS-1 is using TRS-A. So you’ll definitely need that converter in between the two.
Make sure your MIDI settings are correct on the NTS-1:
- Set MIDI route to 0
- Set MIDI Channel to where you want to send it.
Make sure the Tracker / Mini then listens to either all MIDI Channels or the specific one that you defined.
You can find how to set these options in the NTS-1 MK2 Owner’s Manual.
Keep in mind i’m just going by what the manual says, as i don’t have a NTS-1 MK2, but apparently the device should be capable of doing so. The MK1 did not support this.
Trackers own Parameter CC’s are hardcoded (like with most hardware devices), so you’ll need to map whatever controller you are using to these CC.
Or do you mean how to send CC messages to an external device FROM the tracker?
You have to setup the performance CC for this. In the performance page you can assign the synth macros to the 12 slots. Each of these slots has CC assigned, that you can use to send value changes, to affect the synth that you want to play.
See section 11.7 MIDI CC In in the Manual for the CC Numbers.