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Ive got the A8 and both the trigger and cv expanders - and Im still trying to figure out a good workflow. I like the triggers track because the drum matrix view makes sequencing triggers much simpler.

The problem is that you cant control the CV expander outputs from the more triggers track. You can use the local cv/mod outs from track FX but those are already used for other tracks. So if I want to have say, modulate velocity/volume per trigger, I need to have a cv track pattern running along side the trigger track pattern. This works, but it seems that you are limited to using 6 CV expander outputs per track.

You could do it the other way around and just use a CV expender track, but again, you are limited to 6 outputs. You can use FX from there to control more triggers as well and leave the CV columns for CV (not triggers), but programming triggers through track effects is no fun, especially compared to using the drum matrix view.

I just dont see a simple way to control the A8 with a single track and have all the per-trigger control.

My main use is wanting to be able to use the drum matrix view to trigger drum samples but also somehow map some triggers to a preset voltage that would be output from CV expander at the same time to control A8 channel zones. For example, I have 4 snare samples in a single channel spread across zones. The only way to really control all that is with two tracks, and even then you still have to make sure they run together.

Maybe I should post this to feature requests...

Ah, man, I just got my NerdSeq a couple of days ago and have an A8 coming and I was just thinking about the setup conceptually and arriving at the same conclusions, but figured maybe I just wasn't knowledgable enough yet.

It would definitely be sweet to be able to set a More CV output from the trigger tracks in a pinch. I was planning to do almost exactly what you describe with selecting zone per step.

Ive been playing with the DROID ecosystem of modules and having a lot of fun writing custom patches specifically for the NS and A8. One set up Im having fun with is NS more triggers track going to DROID, which sends a preset voltage for each trigger to zone CVs on A8. Theres so much potential for deeper control with NS and DROID, worth checking out.