Elektron Musical Instruments

thanks. so lets say i have a standard MIDI controller keyboard plugged into the MIDI IN 
on the MD. then out of the MIDI THRU on the MD to the MIDI IN on an external rack 
synth. i should be able to play notes on the external synth with the keyboard like 
usual. but i can't use the MD to record those notes? strange. 

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joe Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
 > press and hold record, then press play. it will entire live recording 
> mode (record
> LED flashes). then any drum trig buttons you hit and any parameters you 
> turn
> (if in extended mode) will be recorded. and you might want to lay down a
> simple scratch click track first (in grid mode), if you've got nothing 
> recorded.
> 
> as for recording other synths...you can't record the MIDI in port. but 
> if you
> have mapped the MIDI channel controlling the synth to say track 16, 
> then pressing
> the trig button for track sixteen (and any parameter locks you change, 
> such as the note value) WILL be recorded. so if nothing else, you can 
> record the rhythm of the
> synth track and then fine-tune the note values in grid mode.
> 
> hope that helps!
> Joe