OT ARR mode row switch

[mishxn]

Hello fellow Elektronauts! I was wondering if anyone has found a way to start arrangements from a selected row and not always from the beginning. In case the octatrack crashes, I need a way to quickly recover and continue where I left off. I thought that it must be some button combo but I’ve yet to find one… Is it possible?

[Schnork]

I think arranger responds to midi song position pointer.

[mishxn]

how would that work?

[Schnork]

I think it’s possible to select the row via midi commands (SPP messages). I’ve never tried it so I can only link you to other threads like this one. But at least in theory it should work.

SPP messages with midi controller?

Can someone recommend me a midi controller that sends SPP messages? I’d like to jump to certain points in an arrangement by pressing a button.

And this one:

Arrangement/song sync with song position pointer OT/AR

Judging by the OT and AR manuals it should be possible to send song position pointer from OT to AR if you activate midi transport send and receive accordingly. I did a quick test with 3 patterns on OT and AR. I’ve create a simple arrangement with the 3 patterns on the OT and the same song on AR. What I’d like to achieve now is jumping between pattern by changing the row on the OT (which is midi master). So I engage both arrangement mode and song mode, I press play on the OT and I select the th…

[mishxn]

That’s cool! Though I’d be sad to see this as my only resort

[error.eyes]

Other then scrolling to the selected row, pressing [YES] to select and start playback from there, and any aforementioned MIDI options, there isn’t a quicker way that I can think of.