wait…there’s more??? YES!! DigiPAD is deep!
Super rich in features… one of the issues with Launchpad Pro is no screen to help guide a user in what’s going on with a super deep ‘app’ like this.
Next up Using Tempo based features:
LiveFills Mode and tempo features
Hardware Jammers Dream tool!
A very exciting performance tool. See below for different MIDI configuration options. If just using LPP as the master clock, Hit the CLICK pad, then press-hold-release the green button on/off to set quarternote length. 2nd row Blue and Yellow raise and lower the tempo by increments. Then DigiPad (LPP) acts as master clock. (See video below or the text below that for more instructions)
PLEASE NOTE: while passable, the LPP as master clock is not solid based on non-submillisecond timing. Its advisable to use an external clock for best results.
Then the bottom row plays 1/8th note fills on digitakt tracks 1-8
2nd row plays 1/12th note fills (slower triplet)
3rd row plays 1/16th note fills
4th row plays 1/24th note fills (triplet)
5th row plays 1/32nd notes
6th row plays 1/64th notes (whoa! fast!!)
That’s a mouth-full but it does amazing things!
This is a bit hard to fully describe in text and convey the ease of use. So please see the video below to explain it visually:
Tempo Setup and Control
To use the arpeggiator, LIVE-FILLS, and RandomSequencer… 1st make sure you have a way that TEMPO is established. 2 Methods:
Use LPP as the master clock
Use Digitakt as the master clock (or some other device midi clock)
Setting this up will also engage the Fills Mode and Random Sequencer abilities. So let’s walk thru this in detailed steps (the video above can help but more features exist now!)
LPP as clock
Hit the CLICK button on LPP. You’ll see a Green button in the top right. Press-hold-release the green button once to set quarternote length and there-by tempo. This is a unique way of doing tap tempo with 1 click/tap!!! Now the LPP is acting as the master clock and sending tempo to the Digitakt. 2nd row Blue and Yellow raise and lower the tempo by increments. The RED button in the top left is to stop the tempo send from LPP. With this setup you can just have 1 Midi cable going from the LPP Midi Out to the Digitakt Midi In.
On The Digitakt make sure you have these setting in Midi Sync: Clock Receive ON, Clock Send OFF (but ON is fine too). In Midi Ports: Receive Notes ON and Receive CC ON
Digitakt as clock
Midi cable going from the LPP Midi Out to the Digitakt Midi In and LPP Midi In to the Digitakt Midi Out. On The Digitakt make sure you have these setting in Midi Sync: Clock Receive OFF, Clock Send ON. In Midi Ports: Receive Notes ON and Receive CC ON. Then hardly anything needs to be set on LPP! You are ready to Arp, LiveFill, and Random Sequence all sync’d to Digitakt’s clock!
Arpeggiator Use (Expanded since video!!)
Hold TRACK SELECT on LPP for quick Arp control (let go to go back to jammin’)
When in it hit the pads do this:
row 1 column 3: arpegio_type = ARP_UP
row 1 column 5: arpegio_type = ARP_DOWN
row 1 column 7: arpegio_type = ARP_UPDOWN
row 3 column 1: arpegio_subdivision = 4 (quarternote)
row 3 column 3: arpegio_subdivision = 8 (eighth note)
row 3 col 5: arpegio_subdivision = 16th
row 3 col 7: arpegio_subdivision = 32nd
row 3 col 8: arpegio_subdivision = 64th !!!so fast... like C64 arps!!!
row 4 col 2: (triplets) arpegio_subdivision = 12
row 4 col 4: arpegio_subdivision = 24
row 4 col 6: arpegio_subdivision = 48
Digitone 4 Play
Digitone and Octatrack modes are on the USER screen 3rd Row from Top, Right 3 buttons
Play all 4 synths on the Digitone on one screen.
These 4 areas go to 4 different midi channels and could also be used on any synth that has 4 tones.
Its set up as a diatonic scale and can work for both major (Ionian) and minor (Aeolian) and the key can be changed as usual in DigiPad. Giving you 2 octaves per synth. Octave can be changed for all of the synths at this time.
Digitone FM Mutator X
Control each of the 4 synths key parameters
Many of the key synth parameters are controlled by this pressure sensitive mode. Each synth can be live manipulated by pressing the pads in the 4 sections
(more details later)
DigiPad Videos
There are quite a few videos on DigiPad. Explore here or view in YouTube channel. Probably won’t be adding more, moving on to creating original hardware and more… it’s been a joy and privilege developing this custom firmware, and its led to learning midi inside and out - enough to catapult me into making my own PCBs, learning Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other deeper microcontrollers. :)
