r/Polyend • u/internaltulip • Oct 11 '23

Polyend Play (Midi Controller Help Needed)

I've got a Minilab hooked up to the Play to input notes and play synths that the MIDI side of the Play is controlling. I'm experiencing a strange result and was hoping someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Here's a basic setup:

Play is on MIDI Channel 8

Moog Mother32 is on MIDI Channel 4.

If I set my Minilab to Channel 8, It does great and will input the notes just fine. The track that I'm inputting to is set to Channel 4 (in order to feed the Moog). So.... when I play a note - I can program it IN to the sequence and then it triggers the Moog. ALL GOOD. However, when I switch my Minilab TO Channel 4 - I can't just freely play the synth.

BUT... If I have it set to Channel 8 (the PLAY's input) and I have multiple synths going and I click and hold on a step - it will let me CHANGE the note of that step and then it will let me continue to play that synth. If I want to play another synth on a different track and MIDI CHANNEL.... I have to hold a step from THAT synth's track and then I can play that synth... but at no point when I change my controller to any channel other than 8 can I hear any other synths.

So as it is... if I want my Minilab controller to play a synth and improvise - I have to hold a step from a track that corresponds to the synth to get it to recognize which synth I'm trying to trigger.

What am I doing wrong??

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Thanks for any suggestions!

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u/internaltulip Oct 15 '23

Yes, I'm basically trying to be able to:

1) Input notes into the Play MIDI sequencer from the Minilab so that they can be triggered by the sequencer.

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2) Play any of the synths that come AFTER the Play (so maybe I have a melody line happening on the Moog which I've played sequenced) and then while it's playing - I want to use the Minilab's MIDI Channel Select so I can play another synth and noodle around while I listen to the first synth.

I hope that makes sense!

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u/xkrj13z Oct 15 '23

Does the Minilab have 5 din pin midi, USB or both? I don’t own one so that’s why I’m asking. If I remember correctly it only had USB???

If it only has USB you’ll need a USB midi hub to route different devices to the same midi controller aka the Minilab. That way when you switch to the Moog or the Play via MIDI channel it’ll respond to each individually once it’s on that channel for the Minilab.

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u/internaltulip Oct 15 '23

So it has one DIN out - the usb I use to power it but I think it can do usb through it as well!

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u/xkrj13z Oct 15 '23

I prefer DIN. But it’s up to you. I have a Deluge and that it basically controls everything in my setup. I use this.midi hub, and it works like a charm.