If the red light at the back is on but the front led is off then it sounds like a dead chip on the Daisy mcu board. it’s easy to replace but you’ll need to contact your dealer.

There shouldn't be any issues with Octatrack any more but I've attached the 2.1.0 firmware in case you want to see if that solves it. Let me know how you get on.

The 8 chords are selectable over a 0-5v range so you will need to send a wide range of voltages to access all 8 chords. Also it is not advisable to change chord at the same time as sending a gate since the intended voltage will be sampled whilst it is still changing although poly cinematic does a pretty good job to mitigate this. Currently there is no way to clear to chord bank.

Schneidersladen and Midi Amsterdam both stock our products. Poly Cinematic was influenced by the simplicity of my Roland sh101 and the sound of my JP8000. Always a fan of Detroit techno but spent most of the 90’s involved in the London House music and break beat scene. Your English is perfect , much better than my French!

in the uk we buy them from Thonk. https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/tall-trimmer-toppers/

Hi Steve, sorry I wasn’t suggesting you unpatched every time, but just temporarily to help find the source of the problem, then we can try and fix it in a future firmware release. Factory reset is a last resort.

Its sounds like the unit is receiving some sort of unrecognised midi message at startup and that could be crashing the midi buffer. Alternatively there could be a spike at one of the CV/gates that is sending it an unusually high signal, the Chord Select input can be quite sensitive to this. Are there any inputs patched in at power up when this happens?

Updated manual uploaded today. all shift functions now included.

Max you're right, the manual needs to be updated. I'll get that done this week.. In the meantime check out the changelog in the firmware download.

Yes this is implemented. The September batch of kickain has it, otherwise there is the firmware update on our website.

Retailers received the dark mode order forms on the same day as our Instagram post. Sorry about that, it may take a day or two before they place their orders and update their sites.

No sorry. We had a limited run of black panels and they have all been made into finished modules.

You know what, I'm going to implement this. I'll take a look at the code and see if I can add it to the new firmware.😁

have you tried connecting other midi devices in a similar way? It sounds like there could be some midi clock or midi machine control issues happening, you could try disabling midi cc receive on the poly cinematic to see if that helps.

Yes the latest version supports this feature

Pitch envelope is midiCC 80, or Shift + Env Depth. Its not stored after a power cycle so it should be easy to get rid of.

For true polyphonic playing you'll need to use midi direct from your DAW and connect with the cable supplied. Poly Cinematic can additionally be controlled by CV/Gate and this will pitch all the oscillators at once. CV can also be used to select stored chords and control filter frequency.

I've attached a beta firmware that should address this issue, let me know how you get on and we'll release it on the main site.

the attack does make the body of the kick sound quieter, so the click becomes more dominant, this is true. Its something we're looking into.

the midi input is a stereo trs socket, so it does feel different and thats normal. It is probably a fault with the blue cable but unless you have spares its going to be difficult to confirm. where did you purchase from?