# Disabling MIDI Play Message Globally?

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/disabling-midi-play-message-globally/6737>\
**Category:** Organelle\
**Created:** [December 26, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/disabling-midi-play-message-globally/6737 "2020-12-26T18:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![AvityDeRerum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/avitydererum/32/4585_2.png) [@AvityDeRerum](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/AvityDeRerum)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/disabling-midi-play-message-globally/6737/1 "2020-12-26T18:58:00Z")

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Hi,

I popped through the manual studying the MIDI implementation and couldn’t find any details on the MIDI Play/Sequence Start message, so figured I’d ask here.

Is there any to globally disable the Sequence Start/Play message? The situation is that I’m triggering the Organelle from an Octatrak, and starting any sequence on the Octatrak triggers the sequencer on the current Organelle patch - which limits the usefulness of the Organelle sending note-on data.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/chrisk/32/11_2.png) [@chrisk](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/disabling-midi-play-message-globally/6737/2 "2021-01-06T18:53:00Z")

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Hi -

There’s no global setting for MIDI transport controls but you can edit patches as mentioned here:

> [@How to remove sequence playing on Organelle M](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-remove-sequence-playing-on-organelle-m/6648/4):
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> just disconnect the MIDI start / stop messages.
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> In the patch there is a folder ‘CG-Library-Local’ and inside there is the sub patch metronome360.pd. You can open this file and delete these 3 connections:
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> ![Screen Shot 2020-12-12 at 1.03.03 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/critterandguitari/original/2X/3/310f7eb12b8c68471fead4b201708af8e3d3b6ca.png)
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> This will disable MIDI from starting and stopping the sequence. Unfortunately not the best solution because you will have to do it for each patch.