# Playbeat - Trigger patterns with midi notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Playbeat\ **Created:** [May 14, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284 "2022-05-14T06:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lapidar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/lapidar/32/377_2.png) [@Lapidar](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Lapidar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/1 "2022-05-14T06:36:35Z")
I did not find any option to trigger the patterns with external midi notes? Is that possible? If not, please consider this beeing a feature request. ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/2 "2022-05-16T08:46:30Z")
Hello, This will be available with our upcoming update the soonest. Max ---
**Author:** ![Lapidar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/lapidar/32/377_2.png) [@Lapidar](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Lapidar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/3 "2022-05-16T13:45:16Z")
Thank you! This sounds very promising! ---
**Author:** ![Divesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Divesh](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Divesh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/4 "2022-06-11T10:34:09Z")
When will add this feature? ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/5 "2022-06-11T14:56:30Z")
Hello, at the moment you can trigger any of the quick-load slots via MIDI keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Divesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Divesh](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Divesh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/6 "2022-06-11T15:26:01Z")
Hello, I want to trigger any of the saved patterns (128 IS LIMIT) via MIDI keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/7 "2022-06-11T15:29:54Z")
Understood. For now we have added this option for the quick load slots, we can definitely add it to the presets via the preset manager. ---
**Author:** ![JCL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JCL](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/JCL)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/8 "2022-07-26T21:11:09Z")
Hey there. Was about to ask for the same request. Please, can you add the ability to trigger patterns through a midi keyboard? I just bought Playbeat today, I LOVE it, but it’s not usable for me without it as all my vst-i are on a secondary computer triggered by MIDI through my main DAW… Please, please, do it soon, this such an obvious feature for such soft… 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Lapidar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/lapidar/32/377_2.png) [@Lapidar](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Lapidar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/9 "2022-07-27T05:25:32Z")
@Audiomodern As I see similar questions coming up in your forum, may I suggest something like a pattern manager inside each preset. This is very common to step sequencers. So in my opinion you should get rid of that 16 presets thingy which is not handy for managing variations, drum fills and breaks. Instead, several patterns should be stored within ONE preset and it should be possible to trigger these patterns with midi notes from a DAW. Other sequencers are doing this by having for ex 12 banks and each bank contains 12 patterns. (So 144 patterns in sum) Playing a note in your DAW in one defined octave (say C2 to B#2) triggers bank 1 to 12 and a second note (i.E. C3 to B#3) selects pattern 1 to 12 inside that bank. So you only need to place two notes in your DAWs piano roll to switch to the pattern that PlayBeat should play. You could even go one step further and implement a mode, where PlayBeat does NOT automatically start playing when it receives the Play command from the DAW but only from notes triggering the play function of the appropriate pattern! Imagine an option where the pattern in PlayBeat is beeing played as long as you hold a note and stops when you release it. This feels like a highly creative approach to me… ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/10 "2022-07-27T13:20:30Z")
Hello Lapidar, Thank you for taking the time to share your suggestions. Indeed it is great and doable. I will forward this to the rest of the team and hopefully we can provide a new solution as new updates roll out. Max ---
**Author:** ![C.paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@C.paradisi](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/C.paradisi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/11 "2022-08-02T02:15:26Z")
I would also love to see some of this implementation. I definitely would like to use the quickload slots to save patterns for each pack. ---
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/12 "2022-08-10T16:26:49Z")
I agree with the above post from Lapidar. Just bought Playbeat and while it’s good for quick pattern creation, I am not having much luck triggering patterns for fills and variations. They easily go out of sync. Granted, i’m still learning it. May I suggest suggest an input quantize facility (1,2,4,8,16, triplets… etc) for accurately triggering on beat, and a re-trigger option to trigger from the start of a pattern. Thanks (I’m REALLY hoping for exact “session view” style triggering here) ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/13 "2022-08-12T15:53:57Z")
Thanks for your valuable feedback, We’ll definitely work towards this scenario for our upcoming update. Stay tuned! ---
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/14 "2022-08-20T09:43:52Z")
Just wanted to report in after some more time with the plugin. Regarding the sync problems: Upon rapid changing of patterns I have noticed that the first track (usually my bass drum ) tends to go out of sync. Seems like a bug. edit: actually the whole pattern is thrown off. ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/15 "2022-08-20T19:10:40Z")
Hi dnbhead, Do you mean regular presets via the preset manager tab, or the Quick load slots? ---
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/16 "2022-08-21T09:38:00Z")
Hi Audiomodern, I am triggering the quick load slots. Via midi and/or mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/17 "2022-08-21T10:07:35Z")
Thanks for the information, Could you please give us some more details in order to try an replicate the problem such as your DAW version and OS version? ---
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/18 "2022-08-21T10:15:38Z")
I am using Reaper 6, and windows 10. ---
**Author:** ![eclipxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@eclipxe](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/eclipxe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/19 "2023-01-08T19:25:05Z")
Is this still planned? ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-trigger-patterns-with-midi-notes/284/20 "2023-01-09T09:34:51Z")
Hi eclipxe, Yes this will come with our V4 update later on this season.