Hi all,
I’m a complete newbie with my first analog (Mavis) and I’m trying to get the Akai Mini Plus sequencer to work with the Mavis to no avail. Does anyone know how to get this running? I have the Pitch, Gate, Mod all working and clock out from the Akai to the Mavis (not sure if I’m in the right input tbh) but can’t seem to get it to work.
Thanks in advance.
This is a bit late, so maybe you’re sorted now. I don’t have that sequencer but maybe you need to check it sends the right gate format. I have my MAVIS connected to a KeyStep Pro and I have the gate format set to ‘V-trig 5V’, which works. (The other options are ‘V-trig 12V’ and ‘S-Trig’. S-Trig doesn’t work - it looks like a much lower voltage - and I didn’t try the 12V one cos it sounds bad 
You don’t need a clock.
The reason is that there is no voltage at all at the S-Trig. An S-Trig is a current sink, and no voltage source like V-Trigs. In each and every aspect the complete opposite. If you connect a (Moog) S-Trig Output of one device to a V-Gate Input of another device you connect two sinks together - so nothing happens at all.
Well okay, it’s just words to me. I see a little blip on my oscilloscope, hence the observation.
Hi There,
I’m trying to do the exact same thing and as a non modular expert, the kind responses so far have not been of much help.
Again, this is trying to sequence a Mavis with an MPK mini plus. There seems to be no issue making the Mavis make sounds, but when it comes to sequencing, the sequence never plays back…
Update.
So, from what I’ve found so far, you can sequence the Mavis no problem using the MPK mini plus, but you have to setup the CV settings to send Key sequence. The limitation is that in that mode, you can no longer use the keys on the MPK to just make sounds when pressed, at that point it will only send the sequence.
The next thing I’m trying to work out is how to sync my Maschine+ BPM to th MPK so that my Maschine tempo is driving the BPM of the sequence.