MIDI Designer's knobs don't receive new values when changing preset on synth

Question

MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Moog

Hello,

I'm using MIDI Designer on the Moog Minitaur, and while the knobs value is perfectly sent and received by both the iPad and the synth when rotating them directly, MD doesn't update its knobs when changing preset directly on the Minitaur.

Would anyone know if this can be fixed and how?

Thanks

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Hey Kakeb, MD may not update because presets probably are not sending the same MIDI CC messages.  If you pull up the log on MD what does the message look like when you recall a preset?  I don't have a Minitaur but first we need to figure out if it is a SysEx message or if it send MIDI out of the Minituar at all at preset recall.   Thanks,
Mitch

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Hi Mitch thanks for the reply.
I checked the log and the Minitaur sends messages when changing preset indeed. That's how it looks: https://i.gyazo.com/8950a6ea46dc9ac2d669d9a370a41780.jpg
Minitaur uses a button combination for going up (shift + 1) or down (shift + 2) through the presets list, so the first message is when I press shift and the other messages are when I press either 1 or 2.

What I can't really explain is the preset number from the log. I'm using an Octatrack with which I can also change the preset on the Minitaur, and while this one shows 35, MD shows 23.

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Thanks for the picture Kakeb, that is super helpful!! So basically the issue is that when you recall presets all the information is stored on the Moog but the MIDI data for that preset isn't being sent out, only a program change message which means nothing to MD right now.  So MD isn't going to recall your preset data when recalled from the pedal regardless of the number.
 One work around you could do is save the preset knob settings to MIDI Designer at the same time you save them to the Minitaur when creating a new preset.  Here are the instructions for adding presets to a layout - https://mididesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/manual:chapter-presets.
I know it doesn't get your current presets recalled but I hope that helps for the future.

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Alright I'll do that then, thanks for the help!

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Hi Kakeb,
if you expect the CCs of Minitaurs `under the hood´ controls, you have to trigger Minitaur to send these messages first.
It´s done be sending the Sysex : 04 08 1B 00 00. One way to automate this proceture is : a fader receiving `program change´ from Minitaur supercontroling a button that sends the Sysex.
Best, Christof